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2 A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
Biomes A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

3 Tropical Rain Forest 125-600 cm of rain a year (a lot)
20-34 degrees Celsius (68-93)F

4 Tropical Rain Forest Most abundant life on Earth.
Plants: Kapok tree, Durian Animals: monkey, cobra, insects, insects, and more insects

5 Temperate Rain Forest Lots of rain too: 300 cm a year
Temperature is more moderaterarely above 27 Celsius

6 Temperate Rain Forest Plants: redwood tree, cedar tree, douglas fir
Animals: deer, squirrel, otter, elk, bird, etc

7 Desert Very little rain: less than 25 cm a year
Temperature varieshot in the day, cold at night

8 Desert Plants: Joshua Tree, low lying shrubs, saguro cactus
Animals: gila monster, sidewinder, other animals adapted to dry

9 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

10 Grasslands Plant: grass mostly
Animals: lions, antelope, wildebeest, rhino

11 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.

12 Deciduous Forest Trees with leaves that fall off each year
Birds, bears, rabbits, etc.

13 Boreal Forest Rainfall30-80 cm Temperature -54 to 21 Celcius

14 Boreal Forest Plants: coniferous trees such as spruce and pine
Animals: large herbivores and carnivores such as elk, wolves, deer, bears

15 Tundra Rainfallalmost no precipitation
Temperature -56 Celsius or -70 Farenheit Ground has a frozen layer of permafrost

16 Tundra Plants: low lying plants such as arctic moss
Animals: Caribou, wolves, fox, rabbit


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