Conner Myers 7/8

ALPINE BIOME

Biome

A biome is a large geographical area, with a lot of community's of animals.

Climate

The annual average rainfall is 30 centimeters per year. The altitude is low -12, high 10. The Alpine and Artic biome cover 16% of the earth’s surface.

Producers

Producers- pine trees, edelweiss, dwarf orchid, glacier buttercup/they all reproduce by making seeds.

VocabularyConsumer- is an organism that eats food.

Herbivore- is an organism that eats plants.

Carnivore- is an organism that eats meat.

Omnivores- is an organism that eats animals and plants.

Decomposer

Decomposer- break down dead plants and animals.

2 decomposers- bacteria, fungi/ they get rid of wastes.

Food Chain

Omnivores Carnivores

Herbivores Decomposers

Producers

Food Web

Pine Edelweiss Dwarf Glacier Trees Orchid Buttercup

Bacteria Fungi

Collard Hoary Artic Ground Dall Picas Marmots Squirrels Sheep

Foxes Snowy Wolves Northern Owls Harrier

Red fox Moose

Interesting Facts

• The majority of the animals in the alpine biome are warm blooded animals, such as the Alpaca, the Llama, the Chinchilla, and the Snow Goat.

• The alpine biome is one of the coldest biomes out of all of the biomes.

URL

• http://www.google.com/• http://

www.blueplanetbiomes.org/alpine.htm