1. The Six Biomes of Earth

2. Tropical Rainforest 1.

3. Tropical Rainforest
Warm and moist with little variation in temperature or rainfall during the year
_______in. of precipitation/year
Ferns, palm trees, orchids, vines
Tree frogs, birds, insects, monkeys

4. Grassland 2.

5. Grassland (Savanna) Hot with alternating wet and dry seasons
________in. of precipitation/year
Grasses and a few trees
________, Lions, Giraffes

6. 3.

7. Desert Hot and dry ________ in. of precipitation/year
________ and small bushes
Lizards, snakes, scorpions, mice

8. Temperate 4.

9. Temperate Grassland Hot, dry summers and cold winters
________ in. of precipitation/year
________
Antelope, bison, gopher, rabbit

10. Temperate Forest Warm summer, cool to cold winter
________ in. of precipitation/year
Hardwood trees
________ , bears, squirrels, insects

11. 5.

12. Taiga Cool, short summer and long, cold winter
________ in. of precipitation/year
________
Moose, weasel

13. 6.

14. Tundra Long cold winter and short, cool summer
________ in. of precipitation/year
________, mosses, grasses
Caribou, musk oxen, polar bears