Transcript Unit 4 Review- Biomes - Hicksville Public Schools

TUNDRA
TUNDRA TEMPERATURE
Very Cold
TUNDRA PRECIPITATION
very little
TUNDRA LOCATION
The Arctic
TUNDRA PLANTS
Low growing plants, mosses, lichens
TUNDRA ANIMALS
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Caribou
Seals
Polar Bears
Arctic Fox
DESERT
DESERT TEMPERATURE
Hot during the day and cold at night.
Why?
There is little water vapor (greenhouse gas) to
trap the heat in at night.
DESERT PRECIPITATION
Very little
DESERT LOCATION
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Rainshadow
DESERT PLANTS
Succulents: plants that can store water
Ex: cactus
DESERT ANIMALS
GRASSLANDS
GRASSLANDS TEMPERATURE
GRASSLAND PRECIPITATION
GRASSLAND LOCATION
GRASSLAND PLANTS
Tall Grass
• More rain
Short Grass
• Less rain
GRASSLAND
ANIMALS
 Coyotes
 Eagles
 Bobcats
 gray wolf
 bison
 Canada geese
RAINFOREST
RAINFOREST TEMPERATURE
hot and humid
RAINFOREST PRECIPITATION
Most amount in any biome
LOCATION OF THE RAINFOREST
Near the Equator
RAINFOREST PLANTS
Bamboo, coconut trees, vines
RAINFOREST ANIMALS
Forest elephant, Chimpanzee, Tamarin, Toucan
MEDICINE IN THE RAINFOREST
¼ of medicine comes from rainforest plants
LAYERS OF THE RAINFOREST
o forest floor: completely shaded, poor quality soil, earthworms, fungi
o Understory: trunks of canopy trees, shrubs, plants, small trees, high humidity,
constant shade
o Canopy: 6—130 foot trees, shades below, most animals live- a lot of food
o Emergent: 100-240 foot trees, umbrella shaped canopies, small pointed leaves
TEMPERATURE IN THE DECIDUOUS
FOREST
seasonal
PRECIPITATION IN THE DECIDUOUS FOREST
Precipitation: 30-60 inches per year
LOCATION OF DECIDUOUS FORESTS
Eastern half of North America
DECIDUOUS TREES
leaves fall off the tree when the temperature is
cold (winter)
ANIMALS IN THE DECIDUOUS FOREST
 deer, squirrels, mice, raccoons, salamanders, snakes,
robins, frogs.
 Many hibernate during the winter
ALPINE FOREST TEMPERATURE
Coldest in the world
ALPINE FOREST LOCATION
high altitudes- just below the snow line of a
mountain
• Himalayan
Mountains
• Andes Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
ALPINE FOREST PRECIPITATION
• Very dry
• Similar to the arctic
ALPINE FOREST PLANTS
small groundcover plants- reproduce slowly,
able to grow in sandy, rocky soil (poor soil
conditions)
ALPINE FOREST ANIMALS
warm blooded, hibernate, migrate. Alpaca,
Chinchilla, condor, mountain goat, snow leopard