Land biomes

Tropical rainforest

This type of land biome is dominated by broadleaf evergreen trees and has nutrient poor soil.

Tundra

This type of land biome has a layer of permanently frozen soil, gets little precipitation and very long winters.

Biome

A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

Taiga

This biome is dominated by coniferous trees.

Tropical Rainforest

This type of biome has warm temperatures year -round and lots of precipitation.

Abiotic factors

Soil type, precipitation, and temperature are all examples of ___________________________ factors

Temperate deciduous forest

This biome is dominated by trees that drop their leaves in the winter and has fertile soils.

There is not enough rainfall to support large trees

Why are trees absent in the tundra, desert, and grasslands?

Desert

This biome has little plant life, extreme temperatures and little precipitation.

grasslands

I have fertile soils, hot summers, cold winters and am susceptible to wildfires

Tropical rainforest

Plants in this biome are adapted to climb, shed water, and may have large leaves to capture the little sunlight that hits the ground.

Desert

Plants in this biome have a waxy outer covering, reproduce quickly, and often have needles that protect them from animals.

temperate deciduous forest, taiga (coniferous forest), and tundra

If you traveled north from your current location, what biomes would you pass through?

biotic factor

A living part of an ecosystem

abiotic factor

A nonliving part of an ecosystem

Permafrost

Layer of permanently frozen soil

ecosystem

Living and nonliving things that exist together in an area