Transcript Taiga Final - cooklowery14-15

Ethan Marcus
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is located in some parts
of Asia. To be specific,
Siberia, Russia, and the
Himalayas.
It is also
located in some parts of
Canada.
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All industries are threats to many animals in
the Biome.
There is also logging there. It destroys
habitat and cover for animals in Taiga.
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The Forest Stewardship Council is a logging
organization that says that the forest is logs
from are logged safely fore the people who
live in the area and most important, the
animals.
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/30-fascinating-facts-about-the-boreal-forest.html
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http://borealbiome.weebly.com/index.html
http://taigamallory.weebly.com/humaninfluences.html
By: Timmy w.
The trees in the Taiga are mainly spruce, pine, and
fir. The plants adapt to harsh weather in this
environment, like icy and snowy winters. For
example, the needles of the pine are very smooth
to help keep water inside the dark casing. The
spruce's cone like shape allows them to shed ice
and sleet more efficiently. Berry bushes that
thrive in this biome are blueberry, bilberry, and
cowberry. Berry bushes are a vital food source for
mammals, birds and some types of insects. Not
very common trees that grow in the Taiga are
birch, oak, willow, and alder. They live in
particularly wet or disturbed areas.
You can find this in northern north America.
The balsam fur can grow up to 40-80 feet. A
thick base until the top witch is a spiky kind
of top.
A black spruce is a tall tree that grows up to 25
meters. This tree grows in the taiga biome.
As the tree gets older the crown on the tree
gets more like a spike and develops like other
plants in this biome.
Jack pine usually grows up to be 27 meters tall
and 32 centimeter diameter around the trunk.
The jack pine has needles instead of leaves
and long slender sticks.
Douglas-firs are very big. They can grow from
40 to 60 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide.
Because of this they are one of the most
important lumber trees in the world.
The Eastern Red Cedar is a small evergreen
that commonly grows to a height of 10-50
feet. Its name is misleading since it is a
juniper and not a cedar. Its range is from
Nova Scotia to northern Florida, and west to
the Dakotas and Texas.
Paper birch trees have a thin bark that peels in
horizontal layers which separates into sheets,
almost like paper. Birch trees can grow in
pairs or clusters.
Most spruce needles are four-sided, stiff, and
less than one inch long, 2.5 centimeters to be
exact. Woody, like projections help join the
needles to the twigs. Spruce trees grow tall
and most are shaped like pyramids. Some
grow as tall as one hundred and fifty feet,
mostly the white spruce.
Poplars do not live very long. It is illegal to
plant poplars along streets in some cities
because they clog underground drainpipes
and sewers. Poplar wood is light
whitish/brownish in color. It is soft, light, and
fairly weak.
www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
http://borealbiome.weebly.com/weather.html
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The Herbivores in the Taiga are the Moose,
the Snowshoe rabbit, and the Red Squirrel.
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The carnivores are the Lynx, The Wolverine,
and the Mink.
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The omnivores are The Black Bear, the Panda,
and the Jackal.
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For one of the food chains the producer is the
Black Spruce tree. The primary customers are
the Moose, the Elk, Insects, Birds, and Rats.
The Secondary customers are the Wolf, the
Owl, and the red Fox.
For the other food chain the Producer is the
Grass, The primary customer is the Rat, and
the Secondary customer is the Snake.
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Biotic factors like plants provide food and
scenery for the environment and all of it’s
inhabitants. Abiotic factors such as
precipitation help grow the plants and make
the soil more fertile. Causing the plants to
grow.
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Some animals adapt by hibernating. Others
adapt by blending in with their surroundings
to protect themselves.
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https://sites.google.com/site/hershmanmars
halltaiga/home/biotic-and-abiotic
Google Images
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga_anim
al_page.htm
http://borealbiome.weebly.com/plants-andanimals.html
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/bore
al.htm
Taiga Boreal Forest
Meteorologist
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Throughout the Taiga, the temperatures vary.
Throughout the year the temperatures may go from
-65f to 86f. In the summer the average
temperature is 64f. In the winter, the average
temperature is -4f.
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The summers are warm, rainy, and humid. A lot of
coniferous trees grow in the taiga.
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In the taiga, storms like windstorms can blow down
trees. However, some storms have benefits. A bolt
of lightning will hit a tree and start a forest fire.
The fire will burn down trees, but it will make room
for new ones to grow.
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In the winter months, the nights are very long and
the days are very short. The sun may not rise above
the horizon for days, when it does the day will be
very short. In the summer, the
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The length of daylight is 12 hours but varies
little.
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Climate in the taiga is cold, with average
annul temperatures from about 5farenhight
to -5farenhight.
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In taiga the air pressure isn't very high,
compared to other windy places.
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In the taiga ,there is usually between 20 and
50inches of precipitation each year. It is
usually in the form of snow.
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The winds in the region tend too not have
very high windsthe winds
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If a geyser doesn’t go of at its regular time it
could be a sign of earthquakes or tsunami
they usually go off every 30 minutes but if it
doesn’t happen for hours something wrong.
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Leaves grow on trees in the spring with many
colors and all the leaves drop from the trees
in fall.
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http://www.borealforest.org/index.php?categ
ory=ont_nw_forest&page=climate
http://borealbiome.weebly.com/weather.html