Terrestrial Biomes PDF

Terrestrial Biomes Fill in your chart during this presentation ©StrategicScienceTPT Know your latitudes—this is helpful when studying terrestrial biomes. Sketch the zones on your map. Polar Zone Tempe...

Terrestrial Biomes Fill in your chart during this presentation ©StrategicScienceTPT Know your latitudes—this is helpful when studying terrestrial biomes. Sketch the zones on your map. Polar Zone Temperate Zone Tropical Zone Temperate Zone Polar Zone Temperate Seasonal Forest/Deciduous Forest Major Locations: Europe, Eastern China, Eastern North America, Great Lakes Rainfall: High precipitation throughout year Climate: Warm summers, cold winters with freezes Features: Leaves fall off trees which decompose and make fertile soils Picture credit: NASA Earth observatory Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: NASA Earth observatory Temperate Grasslands Major Locations: North American Plains (Prairie), Russia (Steppe) Rainfall: Limited. Supports more grasses than trees Climate: Extremes. Very cold in winter and hot in summer Features: Very little of biome remains as most has turned into agriculture due to excellent topsoil. Topsoil formed from thousands of years of herbivore waste (buffalo) and grass decomposition. Picture credits: k.schertz and Wikipedia commons Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: NASA Earth observatory Temperate Rainforest Major Locations: Pacific Northwest of US, S Alaska, Japan Rainfall: Abundant Picture credit: Wikipedia commons Climate: Mild temperatures year-round Features: Parts are old-growth and important for biodiversity. Commercially important for logging. Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: Wikipedia commons  Tropical Rainforest Major Locations: Equatorial on most continents Rainfall: Abundant year-round Climate: Hot year-round Features: Highest biodiversity on land. Lush, dark, and damp. Poor soil Picture credit: NASA Earth observatory Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: NASA Earth observatory Savanna Major Location: Mainly Africa Rainfall: Low overall, but has rainy season Climate: Warm year-round Picture credit: nsf Features: Grasses dominate due to limited rainfall. Has large acacia trees Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: Wikipedia Commons  Desert Major Locations: Many places globally around 30N and 30S latitude Rainfall: Very low Climate: Extremes between winter and summer. Very hot and very cold Features: Organisms are specialized to survive. Some deserts are barren with sand dunes while others have drought-resistant shrubs. Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: NASA Earth Observatory Tundra Major Location: High latitudes surrounding the poles: Arctic and Antarctic Rainfall: Very low Climate: Very cold—snow and ice in winter. Summer looks barren, but its vegetation is important --> Features: Little daylight in winter. Lots of daylight in summer which leads to abundance productivity. Important for migratory animals in summer. Has permafrost soil that is melting with climate change Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: NASA Earth Observatory Taiga/Boreal Forest Major Location: Canada, Russia, Alaska, Scandinavia and very high altitudes in mountains Picture credit: Wikipedia commons of other biomes. Rainfall: Moderate Climate: Very cold winters and mild summers Features: Conifer and Evergreen trees (like Christmas trees). Animals hibernate and then feed abundantly during summers Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: NASA Earth Observatory Shrubland/Chaparral Major Locations: Southern California, Mediterranean, Chile, Australia Picture credit: Wikipedia commons Rainfall: Low, but more than desert. Only biome with almost no rain in summer. Climate: Hot summers, mild winters Features: Has evergreen shrubs. Adapted to and dependent on fire. Shade in the locations of this biome on your chart. Picture credit: Wikipedia Commons Climatographs (Climatograms) Special graphs that show precipitation and temperature for each biome. It is important to be able to recognize patterns to match a biome with its climatograph. Make a Climatograph using this data from a Shrubland/Chaparral Shrubland/Chaparral Ave. Precip. Month Ave. Temp. (°C) Months go on the x axis (cm) Jan. 12 9 Precipitation goes on the right y axis. Feb. 11.3 9.2 Temperature goes on the left y axis. Mar. 9.5 9.4 Apr. 4.8 12 Precipitation is a bar graph May 0.5 15 Jun. 0.2 16 Temperature is a line graph on the same grid. Jul. 0.1 18 Aug. 0.1 19.4 Sep. 0.7 18 Oct. 2.1 12.2 Nov. 4.8 8.9 Dec. 10.1 9 Example Graph