Types of Ecosystems

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Types of Ecosystems
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Review
Abiotic Biotic Ecosystem
Producers plants (make their own food)
Consumers organisms that eat producers
Herbivore plant eaters
Carnivores meat eaters
Omnivores eat meat and plants
Decomposers Organisms that break down all
other organisms
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Types
Tundra Coniferous Forest (Taiga) Temperate
Forest Tropical Rain Forest Grasslands Deserts Wet
lands Aquatic
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Tundra
North America, Europe and Siberia
Alaska high mountain elevations in the West
Long, cold winters (ground is frozen)
Short growing season- 60 days
Lichens, mosses, grasses, reindeer, musk oxen,
caribou wolves, lemmings, snowy owls etc.
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Taiga
Stunted trees (evergreen forest)
North America, Europe and Asia
NE US, and Alaska
Cold winters (not as cold as the tundra)
120 growing days
Pines, firs, spruce, willows, birches, moose,
wolves, bears deer, elk, rodents etc.
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Temperate Forest
Summers are hot and humid, winters are cold
75-150cm of rainfall each year
Oaks, maple, hickory, beech, chestnut, ferns,
mosses, wolves, gray foxes, bobcat, deer,
raccoons etc.
Eastern North America and Europe
Central and Midwestern states
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Tropical Rainforest
200-400cm of rainfall each year
25degrees Celsius year round
North America, South America, Asia
Hawaiian Islands
Flying squirrels, ants, termites, bees, monkeys,
vines
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Grasslands/Prairies
Asia, North America, South America and Africa
Midwestern and Western States
25-75 cm of rainfall a year
Grasses, wildflowers, coyotes, badgers,
rattlesnakes, lions, various birds, zebras,
giraffes etc.
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Deserts
Less than 25cm of rainfall a year
North America (Mexico to Washington), Africa,
South America, Asia and Australia
SW US
Very hot during the day, extremely cold at night
Cacti, yucca, mesquite, sagebrush, lizards,
snakes, spiders, insects, etc.
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Wetlands
Located near water sources
All over the world
Frogs, newts, squirrels, chipmunks, deer,
grasses, cattails, ducks etc.
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Aquatic
Temperatures are typically constant through out
the year
All water environment
Fresh water or marine (salt water)
75 of the world is an aquatic biome
Fish, birds, whales, sharks, dolphins, cattails,
algae, kelp, coral etc.