HabitatsBy Mrs. Blakeslee

Rainforest

It rains 80-400 inches per year in the tropical rainforest.Chimpanzees, gorillas, and loris’ live there.Tropical rainforests are close to the equator.50% of the world’s plants and animal species live in the tropical rainforest.

TundraVery cold weather. The average temperature is 10-20°F.Less than 10 inches of precipitation each year.Animals: Arctic Fox, Caribou, Polar BearSoil is frozen, very little water.

                                           

TaigaVery cold winters, warm summers12-33” precipitation each yearAnimals: lynx, moose, wolverineLong nights in winter, long days in summer because of the earth’s tilt on it’s axisHas mostly evergreen trees with needles

Desert

Very hot and dry, cool at nightLess than 10 inches of precipitation each year.Animals: dingo, gila monster, sidewinderAntarctica is a cold desert!

Temperate ForestThis biome has 4 seasons.Average precipitation 30-60 inchesAverage temperature 50°Leaves change color, fall off trees and grow back.Animals: gray squirrel, raccoon, turkey, black bearAnimals adapt, hibernate or migrate in winter

Grasslands10-30” rain each yearFertile soilBig open spacesTrees grow near rivers and streamsFound on every continent except AntarcticaAnimals: zebra, bison, elephant, lion

Sources1.     What’s it like where you live?http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/ 2.     Biome Basicshttp://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits

/biomes/biomes.html 3.     The Wild Habitathttp://library.thinkquest.org/11234/index.html 4.     The Virtual Zoo: Habitatshttp://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/habitats.htm 5.     The World’s Biomeshttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/