world biomes - animals and plants
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WORLD BIOMESChristina Li
BIOMES OF THE WORLD Arctic Tundra Biome Coniferous Forest Biome Deciduous Forest Biome Desert Biome Grassland Biome Marine Biome Savanna Biome Tropical Rainforest Biome
ARCTIC TUNDRA BIOME
ARCTIC TUNDRA BIOME
The tundra is near the North Pole. Trees do not grow there. Winters are very cold. Summers last for a very short
time. It is frozen and never melts.
ARCTIC TUNDRA ANIMALS
Arctic Fox(omnivore)
Caribou(herbivore)
Harlequin Duck(main diet is small sea creatures; arctic fox is its main predator)
Musk Ox(herbivore; predators are arctic wolf and polar bear)
Snowy Owl(carnivore; preys are arctic foxand small animals)
Polar Bear
ARCTIC TUNDRA PLANTS
Arctic Moss
Caribou Moss
Bearberry
Tufted Saxifrage Pasque Flower
CONIFEROUS FOREST BIOME
CONIFEROUS FOREST BIOME
Summers are short and mild and the winters are long, cold and dry.
Plants are mostly evergreen conifers with leaves like needles, such as pine, fir and spruce.
Soil is thin and lacking in nutrients.
CONIFEROUS FOREST ANIMALS
Gray Wolf
BlackBear (omnivore)
Bald Eagle
Northern Lynx(eats small mammals)
Bobcat(eats small mammals)
Wolverine(eats small mammals)
CONIFEROUS FOREST PLANTS
Balsam Fir(squirrels, deer, caribous eat its buds)
Eastern Red Cedar(animals such as birds eat its berry fruit)
Siberian Spruce(pine cones for small mammals)
Jack Pine(pine cones for rodents)
White Fir(seeds for squirrels)
DECIDUOUS FOREST BIOME
DECIDUOUS FOREST BIOME
The leaves change color before they fall.
Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn.
The fallen leaves are good for the soil. In spring, new leaves grow and the
forest is green again. The leaves are wide to catch more
sunshine.
DECIDUOUS FOREST ANIMALS
White-Tailed Deer
Least Weasel(eats rodents, birds,poultry, and rabbits)
European Red SquirrelEastern Chipmunk(omnivore)
Duckbill Platypus(carnivore)
Coyote(omnivore)
Fat Dormouse(eats fruits, seeds, insects, and bird eggs)
DECIDUOUS FOREST PLANTS
Tawny MilksapMushroom
Lady Fern
Guelder Rose
Carpet Moss
White Birch Tree
Pecan Tree
DESERT BIOME
DESERT BIOME
A desert can be very hot in daytime and cold at night (no rainfall at all.)
Some deserts are cold all the time. Desert plants need special ways of getting
water; their leaves and roots are special. Desert animals have special ways to
survive. Many shelter underground. Some animals are active at night when it’s cool.
DESERT ANIMALS
Roadrunner(omnivore)
Thorny Devil Lizard(eats ants; a prey of birds)
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Javelina(herbivore; mainly eatsPrickly Pear Cactus; Bobcat’s main prey)
Sonoran Pronghorn Antelope
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Banded Gila Monster(carnivore; eats small animals)
DESERT PLANTS
Barrel Cactus Soaptree Yucca Mojave Aster
Pancake PricklyPear Cactus
Ocotillo
Joshua TreeBrittle Bush
GRASSLAND BIOME
GRASSLAND BIOME
Grasses are the main kind of plant in grasslands.
There are not many trees in grasslands. Some grasslands are hot all year round.
Some grassland areas have hot summers and very cold winters.
Grasslands are big open areas that get between 25 and 75 cm of rain per year. This is less rain than a forest gets and more than a desert gets.
GRASSLAND ANIMALS
Bumble Bee(hunts by birds, skunks, Badgers, etc.)
Bobcat
Coyote
Badger(carnivore)
Prairie Dog (Herbivore)
GRASSLAND PLANTS
Fleabane
BlueGramaGrass
Buffalo Grass
June Grass
StingingNettle
Milkweed
MARINE BIOME (OCEAN BIOME)
MARINE BIOME ANIMALS
Harp Seal
Striped Dolphin
Shark
MorayEel
Skipjack TunaHawksbill Sea Turtle
MARINE BIOME PLANTS
Red Coralline Algae
Green Seaweed
Kelp
Seagrass
SAVANNA BIOME
SAVANNA BIOME
A tropical grassland with some clumps of trees.
It is characterized by its specific wet (summer) and dry (long winter) seasons.
SAVANNA ANIMALS
African Wild Dog(carnivore; eats mainlydeer and antelopes)
Zebra
Emu (eat plants and insects)
Chacma Baboon(eat plants, fruits,and bugs)
Egyptian Mongoose(eats mainly small animals, but it also eats fruits)
African Elephants
Black Mamba
SAVANNA PLANTS
WhistlingThorn(long seedpod is nutritiousfor animals)
Elephant Grass
Bermuda Grass
Acacia Tree
Kangaroo Paws
TROPICAL FOREST BIOME
TROPICAL FOREST BIOME
Rainforests are thick, warm and wet forests.
They are forests that get at least 250 cm a year of rain, often more.
It has a lot of rain (high rainfall throughout the year.)
Tropical forests are located near the equator.
Areas that are warm and frost-free.
RAINFOREST ANIMALS
Toco Tucan(eats fruits, insects,and spiders)
Sumatran Rhinoceros(herbivore)
ChimpanzeeJambu Fruit Dove
Wagler’s Pit ViperBengal Tiger
RAINFOREST PLANTS
Coconut Tree
Jambu
Honey Bee Tree
Bengal Bamboo
Bougainvillea
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Blue Planet Biomes Missouri Botanical Garden – Biomes of t
he World Animal Planet – Map of World Biomes Planet Earth – Biomes Biome Basics