day 1 types of biomes
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Types of biomes
Desert
• Little water• Extreme temperature changes• Hot and Dry• Difficult to adapt
• Includes: Hot and Dry, Semiarid, Coastal, and Cold deserts
Forests
• Dominated by trees and plants• Diverse in terms of kinds of species
• Includes: Tropical, Decidiuous, and Taiga
• Recit: Destroy a forest. Give a side effect.
Freshwater
• Has water that has a salt level < 1%• A lot of plants and animals• Source of drinking water
• includes: Ponds, lakes, Streams, Rivers and Wetlands
Grassland
• Filled with grasses • Length of grasses depend on amount of
rainfall
Marine
• covers more of the Earth’s surface than any other – about 70%
• provides most of the rainwater
Tundra
• Cold climate• Remains wet because of the cold temp that
delays evaporation• What does tunturi mean?
• Mosses and lichens
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