3. What are Biomes
✦ Biome is one of Earth’s major land ecosystems
✦ This has its own characteristic
✦ animals
✦ plants
✦ soil
4. What are Biomes
✦ Biome is one of Earth’s major land ecosystems
✦ This has its own characteristic
✦ animals
✦ plants
✦ soil
✦ Climate is the average weather pattern for a region
13. Desert
✦ Sandy or Rocky biome with little participation
and plant life
14. Desert
✦ Sandy or Rocky biome with little participation
and plant life
✦ Plants and animals need special adaptions to
survive in dry desert
15. Desert
✦ Sandy or Rocky biome with little participation
and plant life
✦ Plants and animals need special adaptions to
survive in dry desert
✦ Most animals are active at night
22. Taiga
✦ Worlds largest biome is the Taiga
✦ Cool forest with conifer trees
23. Taiga
✦ Worlds largest biome is the Taiga
✦ Cool forest with conifer trees
✦ Temps are cold but not as cold as tundra
24. Taiga
✦ Worlds largest biome is the Taiga
✦ Cool forest with conifer trees
✦ Temps are cold but not as cold as tundra
✦ Taiga is able to support pine firs, spruces and
other conifer trees
30. Temperate Rain Forest
✦ Has a lot of Rain and Fog
✦ Cool Climate
✦ Has mild winters and cool summers
31. Temperate Rain Forest
✦ Has a lot of Rain and Fog
✦ Cool Climate
✦ Has mild winters and cool summers
✦ Dominated by large evergreen and Epiphytes
Trees