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Page 1: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Terrestrial BiomesTerrestrial Biomes

Page 2: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Terrestrial Biome Determining Terrestrial Biome Determining FactorsFactors

• Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude

• Climate- precipitation and temperature

• Soil type• Flora- vegetation types• Fauna- animal types

Page 3: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Tropical DesertsTropical Deserts

• Near the equator.

• Hottest and driest.

• Lowest species diversity.

• Sahara, Namib in Africa.

Page 4: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature
Page 5: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Temperate DesertsTemperate Deserts

• Defined season, hot summers, cold winters.

• More species diversity.

• Mojave, Sonoran in U.S.

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Page 7: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Cold DesertsCold Deserts

•Higher elevation.

•Cold winters, warm or hot summers.

•Gobi in China

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Page 9: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

SemidesertsSemideserts• Zone between deserts and grasslands.

• Long dry season, short, intense wet season.

• Scrub trees, shrubs, grasses.

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Tropical GrasslandsTropical Grasslands

•Near equator. Hot, dry summers, short wet season. Too little rain to support tree growth.

•Savannas of Africa.

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Page 12: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Temperate GrasslandsTemperate Grasslands• Very cold winters, hot, dry

summers with drought.• Fire and grazing.• Prairies of U.S., Pampas of

S. America, Steppes of Europe and Asia.

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Page 14: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Polar Grasslands(tundra)Polar Grasslands(tundra)

• Far north. Year round cold, permafrost.

• Short summer thaw allows growth of mosses, lichens, grasses. Grazers and their pred.

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Tropical Rain ForestTropical Rain Forest

• Near equator, warm and wet year round.

• Evergreen, broadleaf trees. Poor soil.

• Most diverse biome.

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Tropical Deciduous ForestTropical Deciduous Forest

•Warm year round, wet and dry seasons.

•Trees lose their leaves during drought.

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Page 21: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Tropical Scrub ForestTropical Scrub Forest

•Shorter wet season with trees that can survive more severe drought.

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Page 23: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Temperate Deciduous Temperate Deciduous ForestForest

•Marked seasons. Abundant precipitation.

•Deciduous, broadleaf trees.

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Page 25: Terrestrial Biomes. Terrestrial Biome Determining Factors Geography- biome’s location on earth, latitude and altitude Climate- precipitation and temperature

Evergreen Coniferous Evergreen Coniferous Forest(boreal, taiga)Forest(boreal, taiga)

• Just south of tundra. Drought and cold in winter.

• Cone and needle bearing trees. Pine, spruce, fur.

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