How do you think climate effects what vegetation and animal or in a region or area?

How do you think climate effects How do you think climate effects what vegetation and animal or in what vegetation and animal or in a region or area?a region or area?

Biome Terms

• Ecosystem- an interdependent community of plants & animals.

• Biome- an ecosystem of a specific region.

• The four types of biomes are : forest, grassland, desert, tundra.

• A forest biome is determined by the types of trees in the area.

Deserts

Forests

Tundra

Grasslands

What does Coniferous Forest look like?

• Coniferous means “cone bearing”.• Evergreen-trees that produce cones and pine

needles. • Pine needles remain on trees all year long.

Weather and Climate

• Cold, long, snowy winters

• Humid summers

Where are Coniferous Forests?

• Canada, Asia, Europe & U.S.

Coniferous Animals

•Reindeers•Bobcats•Bears•Squirrel

What do Deciduous Forest look like?

• Broad leaf trees like Maple, oak, & mosses.• Tends to lose leaves when the weather turns

cold.

Weather and Climate

• Warm summers and cool winters• Trees lose there leaves when it turns cold• Some deciduous forest has winter snow fall.• Rainfall tends to be heavy.

Where are Deciduous Forest?

• Eastern U.S., Canada, Europe, China, & Japan.

Deciduous Animals

White Tail Deer

Grizzly Bear

WolfeBold Eagle

Platypus

What does a Rain Forest look like?

• Has many layers of trees.• vines, palms, orchids, and ferns.• Contain a lot of moister and water

Weather and Climate

• Remains warm and frost free year round.• The temperature is consistent (between 70-90

degrees.• It gets lots of rain all year.

Where are Rain forest?

• Between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.

• Northern South America, Central America, Central Africa, and Indonesia.

Rain Forest Animals

• Many types of birds, monkeys, cat like mammals, insects, lizards and snakes.

What does Grassland look like?

• Grasses: prairie clover, oats, wheat, & barley.

Weather and Climate

• Windy, semi-dry biome, but has a rainy season• Temperature Range: (56°F). • Annual Precipitation: (32 in.).

Where are grasslands found?

• On every continent except the South Pole.• One-Fourth of the earth is grassland.• Great Plains of North America.

Grassland Animals

•Zebra •Lions•Elephants•Wilder beast

What does Deserts look like?

• Sandy often salty soil• Few trees, but may sand dunes• Various cactus plants

Joshua Tree

Where are the Deserts?

• Most are in Africa.• Others are in the

U.S. S. America Australia, and Asia.

• The largest Desert in the world is the Sahara in Africa.

Sahara Desert

Weather and Climate

• Dry, it barely rains

• Sunny, the sand is hot

• Hot temp., up to 131 degrees

• Cold at Night

Desert Animals

What does a Tundra Biome Look Like?

• Tundra “Treeless plain”• Almost no trees due to short growing season.• Sedges, shrubs and grass• ground frozen year round

Weather and Climate

• Permafrost-Coldest of the all the biomes.• To cold for many animals or plants to survive.• Very short summer season.

Where are Tundra biome located?

• Artic, North America, Europe, Siberia• Found in the most Northern climates

Animals of the Tundra

Polar Bear OxenPolar Bears

Wolves

Caribou

Create Your own ecosystem form the four types biomes we discussed. You must illustrate the type of vegetation and animal found in that biome.