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A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
Biomes A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
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Tropical Rain Forest 125-600 cm of rain a year (a lot)
20-34 degrees Celsius (68-93)F
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Tropical Rain Forest Most abundant life on Earth.
Plants: Kapok tree, Durian Animals: monkey, cobra, insects, insects, and more insects
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Temperate Rain Forest Lots of rain too: 300 cm a year
Temperature is more moderaterarely above 27 Celsius
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Temperate Rain Forest Plants: redwood tree, cedar tree, douglas fir
Animals: deer, squirrel, otter, elk, bird, etc
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Desert Very little rain: less than 25 cm a year
Temperature varieshot in the day, cold at night
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Desert Plants: Joshua Tree, low lying shrubs, saguro cactus
Animals: gila monster, sidewinder, other animals adapted to dry
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Grasslands Rainfall: 25-75 cm per year
Savannas are grasslands near the equator and they can get as much as 125 cm a year Temperature: very hot seasons and then cooler seasons
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Grasslands Plant: grass mostly
Animals: lions, antelope, wildebeest, rhino
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Deciduous Forest Average Rainfall: at least 50 cm per year
Temperature: varies from season to season but is moderate This is what we live in.
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Deciduous Forest Trees with leaves that fall off each year
Birds, bears, rabbits, etc.
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Boreal Forest Rainfall30-80 cm Temperature -54 to 21 Celcius
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Boreal Forest Plants: coniferous trees such as spruce and pine
Animals: large herbivores and carnivores such as elk, wolves, deer, bears
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Tundra Rainfallalmost no precipitation
Temperature -56 Celsius or -70 Farenheit Ground has a frozen layer of permafrost
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Tundra Plants: low lying plants such as arctic moss
Animals: Caribou, wolves, fox, rabbit
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