Biomes (6)

Desert

• very dry
• very little rain
• hot days, cold nights
• rain dries up quickly

Grassland

• Are also known as prairies,savannas,and meadows.
• are called world's breadbasket

Tropical Rain Forest

• Warm and wet all year
• Soil is shallow amd easily washed away by rain
• Few plants live on the dark forest floor

TemperAte RaiN forest

• Winters are mild and rain
• Summers are cool and fogg
• Some plants are fungi, ferns, mosses, vines, and other small plants

TempErate deciduous forest

• Summers are hot and humid
• Winter is often below freezin
• Soil is rich in nutrient
• Plants: maples,oaks,birches,etc
• Animals:snakes,ants,butterflies, birds,etc.

Taiga

• winters are long and cold and snowy
• soil is thin and acidic
• evergreen trees: spruce, pine, and fir
• human impact: tree harvesting reduces taiga habitat.

tundra

• winters are dark and freezing
• summers are short and cool
• plants: shallow-rooted mosses, lichens, and grasses.

biomes

• desert
• grassland
• tropical rain forest
• temperate rain forest
• temperate deciduous forest
• taiga
• tundra