The Earth’s Climate and Biomes Meredith Monsantofils

Climate Climate is the average, or typical weather conditions found in a region The weather patterns have been observed over a long period of time and are relatively predictable Weather and climate sounds a lot alike but they are actually different! If you kept a journal over a long period of time you would notice patterns. It’s those patterns, or average weather conditions, for a region that create climate.

What are Biomes Biomes are sometimes described as “the world’s major communities” because each environment noticeably changes in vegetation and the animals that live there Different biomes are found in various locations all over the world There are six major biomes Freshwater Marine Desert Forest Grassland Tundra

Freshwater

Marine

Desert

Forest

Grassland

Tundra The Tundra is the coldest of all of the biomes. The name tundra comes from the Finnish word “tunturi” which means treeless It’s characterized as having extremely low temperatures, frozen landscapes, little precipitation, poor nutrients and small growth season. There are two different types of tundra; Arctic and Alpine Arctic Tundra is in the northern hemisphere. It is cold and desert like. There are small shrubs, moss and grasses. Animals that live here are; rabbits, foxes, wolves, polar bears, and a wide variety of fish Alpine Tundra is located on mountains where the high altitude restricts trees from growing. The plants that are found here are very similar to the Arctic Tundra. Animals are; marmots, mountain goats, elk, and sheep Tundra

Activity We’re going to create our own biomes! By identifying plants and animals that live in the 6 different biomes and construct a mobile using our biomes.