types of ecosystems. review abiotic + biotic = ecosystem producers = plants (make their own food)...
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Types of Ecosystems
Review
Abiotic + Biotic = Ecosystem
Producers = plants (make their own food)
Consumers = organisms that eat producers
Decomposers = Organisms that break down all other organisms
Herbivore = plant eaters
Carnivores = meat eaters
Omnivores = eat meat and plants
TypesTundraConiferous Forest (Taiga)Temperate ForestTropical Rain ForestGrasslandsDesertsWetlandsAquatic
Tundra
*North America, Europe and Siberia
*Long, cold winters (ground is frozen)
*Short growing season- 60 days
*Lichens, mosses, grasses, reindeer, musk oxen, caribou wolves, lemmings, snowy owls etc.
**Alaska & high mountain elevations in the West
Taiga
Stunted trees (evergreen forest)
North America, Europe and Asia
Cold winters (not as cold as the tundra)
120 growing days
Pines, firs, spruce, willows, birches, moose, wolves, bearsdeer, elk, rodents etc.
**NE US, and Alaska
Temperate Forest
Summers are hot and humid, winters are cold
75-150cm of rainfall each year
Oaks, maple, hickory, beech, chestnut, ferns, mosses,wolves, gray foxes, bobcat, deer, raccoons etc.
Eastern North America and Europe**Central and Midwestern states
Tropical Rainforest
200-400cm of rainfall each year
25degrees Celsius year round
North America, South America, Asia
Flying squirrels, ants, termites, bees, monkeys, vines
**Hawaiian Islands
Grasslands/Prairies
Asia, North America, South America and Africa
25-75 cm of rainfall a year
Grasses, wildflowers, coyotes, badgers, rattlesnakes, lions, various birds, zebras, giraffes etc.
**Midwestern and Western States
DesertsLess than 25cm of rainfall a year
North America (Mexico to Washington), Africa, SouthAmerica, Asia and Australia
Very hot during the day, extremely cold at night
Cacti, yucca, mesquite, sagebrush, lizards, snakes, spiders,insects, etc.
**SW US
Wetlands
Located near water sources
All over the world
Frogs, newts, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, grasses, cattails,ducks etc.
Aquatic
Temperatures are typically constant through out the year
All water environment
75% of the world is an aquatic biome
Fish, birds, whales, sharks, dolphins, cattails, algae, kelp, coral etc.
Fresh water or marine (salt water)