Angelo Mendova SBAC-2C

TERRISTRIAL BIOMES

Precipitation 3 Examples of Plants 3 Examples of Location Picture

Animals
1. Aquatic The aquatic  WATER LILY  TURTLE Located in the
biome is divided  EEL GRASS  ANGEL FISH nutrient-rich
into freshwater  FANWORT  STAR FISH
and marine Coral Triangle,
regions. the Philippines is
Freshwater home to an
regions, such as astounding
lakes and rivers,
have a low salt
number of
concentration. marine
Marine regions, creatures.
such as estuaries
and the ocean,
have higher salt
concentrations.
2. Tropical Rainforests  AVOCADO  SNAKES Central and
receive the TREES South America,
Rainforest  TIGER
 CASSAVA
most rain of all TREES  MONKEY western and
of the biomes  NARRA TREES central Africa,
in a year! A western India,
typical year Southeast Asia,
sees 2,000 to
10,000
millimeters (79
to 394 inches)
of rain per
year.
3. Tundra This biome  LABRADOR TEA  POLAR BEAR Found in the
sees 150 to  COTTON GRASS  SNOWY OWL regions just below
 LICHEN  ARTIC FOX the ice caps of the
250
Arctic, extending
millimeters across North
(6 to 10 America
inches) of
rain per
year.

4. Dessert The little  FRAGRANT  SNAKES The Sahara of

precipitation BURSERA  CAMELS North Africa and
and rain that  AGAVE  JACKRABBITS the deserts of the
falls in deserts COLORATA
is usually erratic southwestern
 WILDFLOWERS
and varies from U.S., Mexico, and
year to year Australia

5. Taiga  Occupies  SPRUCE  MOOSE The taiga lies

about 17  PINE  BOBCATS between the
percent of  FIR  PINE tundra to the
Earth’s land MARTEN north and
surface area in temperate forests
a circumpolar to the south.
belt of the Alaska, Canada,
far Northern
Scandinavia,
Hemisphere.
6. Precipitation is  BLUE GRAMA  BISON The steppe in
Grassland moderate with  BUFFALO GRASS  COYOTES Eurasia, the
just enough
Temperate  PURPLE NEEDLE  ANTELOPE prairies of North
rain and snow
to distinguish GRASS America, the
these areas downs of
from deserts. Australia.
Because
grasslands
have few if any
trees, strong
winds often
blow through
them adding to
the dryness. 
7. In temperate  LICHEN  RABBITS Found in the
deciduous forests,
Temperate the average annual  MOSS  BEARS eastern part of
Deciduous precipitation ranges  WILDFLOWERS  LADYBUGS the United States
from 30” to 60” in
Forest the form of rain and and Canada.
snow and it is
dispersed evenly
throughout the year.
Temperate
deciduous
rainforests have
more than 60” of
annual precipitation.