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The 5 Biomes By Mercedes And Sundene

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FIVE BIOMES OF CANADA

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BOREAL FOREST

  • CLIMATE IN THE BOREAL FOREST IS COLD WITH TEMPERATURE FROM
  • ABOUT +5 T0 -5.
  • You can find many plants in the forest such as the following...
  • Polytrichum Moss, British soldiers/a lichen,Fir and many pine cones.
  • Climate- winters are cold and long.... And summers are short and cool.
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ANIMALS YOU CAN FIND IN THE BOREAL FORESTS

  • Bobcats,Elk,Porcupine,Snowshoe hare,grizzly bear,Red fox,Gray fox
  • Owls,Cow Moose,white tail deer,mule deer,moose
  • Reindeer,white-tailed deer Buck.
  • Northern saw-whet owl,spruce grouse.
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TUNDRA

  • Fact-Tundra is the coldest of all biomes.Finnish word: tunturia,meaning
  • "Treeless plain"
  • Climate-tundra has cold desert-like conditions the growing seasons rangers
  • From 50 to 60 days.The average winter temperature is -34°c (-30°F)
  • And the average summer is temperature is 3-12°c (37-54°f)
Photo by Cecil Sanders

ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN THE TUNDRA

  • 1'700 kinds of plants in the arctic and subarctic, and these include..
  • Low shrubs,sedges,reindeer mosses,liverwort and grasses
  • Over 400 varieties of flowers
  • Arctic Fox, Caribou, Grey Wolf, Polar Bear, Seals, Walrus
  • And a Lemming it's a small reddish brown rodents.
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TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST

  • Climate- the annual temperatures is above 0?c
  • The warmest temperature is around 20?c
  • Plants- Indian paintbrush, big leaf maple, pacific bleeding heart.
  • Red columbine, queens cup, Bunch Berry,mosses,lichens
  • Trees- Big leaved maple,deciduous,coniferous,broad-leaved evergreens

ANIMALS IN THE RAIN FOREST

  • Slug, Banana Slug, Blue Grouse, Clark's NutCracker
  • Cougar,deer,fox,owl,mice,birds,skunk,opossum,lynx
  • And plenty of insects
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GRASS LAND

  • The average temperatures ranges form -5 and 20 °C
  • Animals-badger,black-footed ferret,bison,coyote,black-tail rabbits
  • Burrowing owl,eagle,golden owl,prairie chicken,red fox,skunks
  • Plants/flowers- sweet cone flowers poison ivy
Photo by SamuelJohn.de

TEMPERATE FOREST

  • Climate-average temperature is about 50F rainfall is between
  • 30 to 60 inches per year 75 -150 cm
  • Plants- The Beech, Sycamore, Oak, Aspen, Walnut Tree, Lime Tree
  • Chestnut Tree, Elm, Tulip Tree

TEMPERATE ANINIMALS

  • Ant, Bald Eagle, Beaver, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Cardinal, Deer,
  • Earthworm, Fox, Frogs, Ducks, Muskrat,salamanders, skunk,squirrel,turkey
  • Weasel,opossum porcupine,rabbit,raccoon
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