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Taiga

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE TAIGA

BY: PETER AND VIRGINIA
Photo by nbu2012

Taiga is the Russian word for forest and is the largest biome in the WORLD.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF A BIOME IN EURASIA

PLANTS OF THE TAIGA

LICHEN, MOSSES, CONIFEROUS TREES LIKE PINE, WHITE SPRUCE, HEMLOCK,DOUGLAS FIR.

ANIMALS OF THE TAIGA

AMERICAN BLACK BEAR, BALD EAGLE, BOBCAT, LYNX, GRZZLY BEAR, AND LONG EARED OWL.

CLIMATE OF THE TAIGA

THE TAIGA'S CLIMATE IS EITHER REALLY HOT AND HUMID OR BELOW FREEZING.

WHERE THE TAIGA IS FOUND

IT IS FOUND IN NORTHERN EURASIA AND IN NORTHERN ASIA AND CANADA

PRECIPITATION IN THE TAIGA

THERE IS ONLY SNOWFALL IN THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER IS VERY RAINY

HOW DID PLANTS ADAPT

TREES HAVE A THICK WAX COVERING AND THICK BARK THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DRYING OUT AND GETTING TOO COLD

HOW DID ANIMALS ADAPT

THE ANIMALS HAD TO LEARN TO CAMOUFLAGE AND THEY HAD TO LEARN TO EAT THE FEW PLANTS THAT LIVE THERE