Differences between Ecosystems and Biomes

Ecosystems Biomes
Smaller area where all ____________ and ____________ factors in an area Very large area of land with similar ____________. Organisms __________
that ___________ with each other. always ______________ with each other.

Multiple ________________ can fit into one _______________. Consists of ___________ ecosystems that share similar _______________
conditions.

Major Biomes
Biome Biome Biome Biome Biome Biome
Taiga Desert/Tundra Grasslands Aquatic Rainforest Deciduous Forest
Marine/Fresh
*Nicknamed: TUNDRA Marine: *Between *Trees ________
___________________. *Open areas of *Coral Reefs _____________degrees leaves in the fall.
*____________ of ALL Biomes
*Coniferous Trees: _____________. _______________ and F. Never below 64 *_____________
*Name Means:
_________ and ___________________- Lack of Trees. *Hot Summers ___________. Degrees F. degrees F.
___________________ *Contains __________________- A ___________F, and * ______percent of the *___________ inches *____________avg.
*_________ Avg. permanent layer of ice under the soil. cold Summers earth’s surface. of rain per year. rainfall per year.
rainfall per year. *Less than _________ of rain per ____________F. *Richest *____________ *____________
year. *_____________ soil _____________ of humidity always. leaf forests:
*Shrubs and __________grow *___________ inches species. *__________ diversity Plants/trees have
__________to the ground or not at of rain per year. of life. very
all. *___________animals *Carbon ___________: __________/wide
Fresh Water:
*_________________degrees F
on earth. *__________ of all Store unwanted _____________.
water on earth. carbon.
DESERT *Less than *Huge amounts of
* Hot/dry, cold deserts _________salt in the ______________.
*_________of the earth’s surface water.
are deserts. *_____________ in the
Range from _____________ per summer
year. _____________ in the
Hot Desert Temps: _________ winter
degrees F to 120 degrees F. Rainfall between
Cold Desert Temps: ______________ in.
_______________ degrees F. per year.