Biomes 2

Biomes Videos Watch the Videos below to help sort the Biome Characteristics. Types of Biomes Sort the characteristics into the correct biome Tundra Average annual temperatures are -70°F The ground is permanently frozen 10 inches to 3 feet (25 to 100 cm) down so that trees can't grow there. can only support low growing plants like mosses, heaths, and lichen Caribou Taiga located near the top of the world, just below the tundra biome The winters are very cold with only snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and humid coniferous trees Lynx Bobcat Temperate Deciduous Forest Fox Deer Deciduous Trees like Maple Trees The average annual temperature in a is 50° F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year. has four distinct seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Tropical Rain Forest An average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) of rain falls yearly. more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in this biome About 1 of all the medicines we use come from plants in this biome. Monkeys Desert The only animals they have that can survive have the ability to burrow under ground. temperature can exceed 120o F Plants are drought resistant and almost all ground-hugging shrubs and short woody trees. Grassland Prairie Dog Bison no natural barriers, like trees, so there is a constant win Agriculture (The Breadbasket of the US) Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? Desert Tropical Rain Forest Grasslands Taiga What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem? Population Abiotic Factors Biotic Factors Community