Biomes

Biome Project Include the following information for each biome: General location, Climate(Rainfall and Temperature), Types of plant and animal adaptations (example: plant leaves are large in the tropics to capture more light when very little penetrates the trees) Also, include a plausable food web for the biome, be sure to include the trophic levels such as producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary cosumers. Next, review your text about your biomes and make sure that your have included terminology from the book--this is an important step because it will be on your test. For example, the book discusses epiphytes and canopy in the tropical rain forest section. These should be included on your section of the page. Finally, include many pictures for your fellow students. Thanks and have fun!

Tundra The Tundra Neil White,Cal King Sohal Patel, and Lucas Haaren

Climate: Precipitation: 6 to 10 inches(mostly snow) average temperature: 18 degrees F in the summer the tempurature can be a high of 54 degrees F and a low of 37 degrees F  the winter it can drop to -94 degrees F

Animals: Plants: It is hard for plants to survive in the tundra because of the permafrost.
 * wolverines
 * Caribou
 * Polar bears
 * Snowshoe rabbits
 * Musk-oxen
 * Harlequin duck
 * Arctic moss
 * Arctic willow
 * Caribou moss
 * Bearberry
 * tufted saxifrage

Permafrost- soil that is frozen permanently

During the summer the sun shines almost 24 hours a day Tiaga Taiga Yash, Spencer, Brady, Hannah -Russian for forest -largest biome in the world

Location -They are found North America, Europe, and Asia Weather -subarctic and cold continental climate -They have l ong, severe winters (-65 degrees lowest and 30 degrees highest) and short summers (about 50 to 100 days long) -lowest for summer is thirty and the highest is seventy -the rainfall is twelve to thirty three inches in the summer Plants and Animals -Needle-leaf trees, conifer trees, evergreens, spruce, fir, and pine -moose, owls, skunks, minks, arctic foxes, wolves, caribou, porcupine, elk, buffalo/bison, bears, bald eagles, hawks, snakes, insects, coyotes, rabbit

Deciduous Forest: LiQiong Horchler, Michelle Rodriguez, Marquezshia, and Micaela

The average annual temperature in a deciduous forest is 50° F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year. Deciduous forests have almost 14 inches of rain in the winter months and more than 18 inches of rain in the summer.

 **Plants:**  **Animals:**
 * American Beech
 * Carpet Moss
 * Common Lime
 * Guelder Rose
 * Lady Fern
 * Northern Arrowwood
 * __Pecan__
 * Shagbark Hickory
 * Tawny Milksap Mushroom
 * White Birch
 * White Oak
 * American Bald Eagle
 * American Black Bear
 * Coyote
 * Duckbill Platypus
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Eastern Chipmunk
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">European Red Squirrel
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fat Dormouse
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Least Weasel
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">White-tailed Deer

Trophic levels:

General Location: Stretch from Easter North America, parts of Europe, and parts of Asia and the Southern Hemisphere.







> For plants the adaptations are: Close up there flowers, resead themselves for when it gets warm. Most of them are bulbs that way when it gets cold the plant dies on top but the ground keeps the bulb warm until summer. > For animals the adaptations are: Loosing and growing hair, flying south for the winter, hybernation, collecting food for winter, shed hair for summer, finding water.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Adaptations of plants and animals
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Other important details

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Temperate Deciduous Forests streach across North America, most of Europe and parts of Asia. The trees have broad thin leaves with a large surgace area that permits maximum light absorption. Ex: Birch, beech, maple, oak, hickory, sycamore, elm, ash, willow, and cottonwood. The animals are, bears, wolves, white tail deer, foxes, raccoons, and squirrels.

Desert

Gene Autry, Kerrinton Banks, Micah Graham
 * Desert:**
 * They receive less than 25 centimeters of rainfall each year.


 * They are found in North Africa, Central Australia, South-western North America, and Eastern Asia.
 * Most are very hot during the day but are cold at night.
 * The animals and plants found in the desert include; cactus's, small foxes, lizards, and snakes
 * Examples of Deserts; Atacama in South America is the driest place on earth, Sahara Desert in Africa, and the Great Victoria Desert in Australia.
 * __Stomata__: tiny openings in leaves that allows water to escape through evaporation and transpiration. Cactuses and most other desert plants only allow their stomata's to open at night when it is cool


 * Chaparral**:
 * The Chaparral is a biome that's dominated by spiny plants and shrubbery. There are also scattered clumps of coniferous trees.
 * It is located in the middle latitudes about 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator.
 * It is found mainly around the Mediterranean Sea and Southern California in coastal regions.
 * In winter the temp. is about 10 degrees Celsius and in summer about 40 degrees Celsius.
 * The other plants that have adapted to it are; shrub oak, poison oak, cacti, and other small shrubs.
 * Animals include; coyotes, jack rabbits, mule deer, praying mantis, etc.



Tropical Rain Forest

The dense growth called a Jungle is found along riverbanks and in disrupted areas. Because of the intense competition for sunlight, many small plants live on the branches of tall trees. They are called epiphytes and this includes moss, orchids, and bromeltads. These eptphytes use other organisms as support, but are not parasitic because these plants make their own food. Tropical forests have the highest species richness out of all the other biomes. One tropical rain forest may contain as many as 300 species of trees. Animal life is also different in the tropical rain forest. Rain-forests include many kinds of monkeys, snakes, lizards, and vibrant birds, such as parrots. Also, bugs are different from the other biomes and there can be over 300 types of beetles and insects. The general location of tropical rainforests to one the tropics near the equator. This includes parts of Asia, Africa, South America, and Central America. The climate is usually very humid because of all the rainfall, which amounts to about 250 cm per year. The temperature rarely gets higher than 93F (20C).

Producers: Mosses, Trees, orchids, etc. Primary consumers- Bats, beetles, insects, lizards Secondary- Parrots, Snakes, Tertiary- Snakes, Monkeys, Tigers, Puma's

James Griner, Levi DeVane, Emily Easler, Carolyn Williams Temperate Grasslands Found in US

Savanna __Shaniya Williams. Ronald Bryant, Jordan DePaola, Ezra Yant, Rebekah Allen__ > > >
 * Savanna has warm temperature year round. The Savanna has two very different seasons which is a dry cold winter and a wet warm summer.
 * In the Tropical Australian Savanna's it gets an average of 4 inches of rainfall.
 * The average temperature during the wet season is 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
 * The average temperature in the dry season is about 30 degrees Celsius.
 * In the African Savanna's it gets an average of 15 to 25 inches of rainfall.
 * The average temperature in this savanna 78° to 86° F (25° - 30° C).
 * The savanna's plants and Animals includes :
 * Orchids- grows in tropical rainforest and lives on the back of tree's.
 * Saguaro cactus which lives in the desert, especially rocky terrain.
 * Bengal Bamboo grows in the southeast.
 * Giraffe's drink water when needed and they can go weeks without out water.
 * Hyena's eat dead animals like buzzards.
 * Wallaroo are kin to the kangaroo because they have a pouch.
 * Producers: Grass, Bushes, Shrubs
 * Primary Consumers: Zebras, Gazelles, Giraffes, Wildebeest
 * Secondary Consumers: Lions, Hyenas, Leopards, Cheetahs
 * Decompose: Bacteria, Malaria
 * Carnivore: is a consumer that eats other consumers.
 * Omnivore: are animals that eats both plants and animals.
 * Herbivore: is a consumer that eats primary producers.