Biomes

Front 1

tropical rain forest

Back 1

300-400 cm rain
most species
high temperature
no fixed growing season
bad soil
no dominant species
fast decomposition

Front 2

Savannas

Back 2

90-100cm
not consistent
drought
generally warm
deep roots
deciduous trees
high aluminum in soil
grazing animals
shrubs and trees

Front 3

Desert

Back 3

25 cm or less
extremely low rainfall
greatly fluctuating temps
short growing season
cactus, sagebrush, reptiles, anthropods

Front 4

Temperate Grasslands

Back 4

25-75cm
rich soil
variety of plants (tall.short prairies)
forests with abundant rain
6month growing season
rain.snow
grazing mammals

Front 5

Temperate deciduous forests

Back 5

moderate rain 75-150 cm
flora: trees (oak hickory)
fauna: deer, bear, squirrell, fox
*chaparral: in california
like mediterranean, evergreens, need fires

Front 6

Taiga

Back 6

25-100cm
coniferous trees
snow
long cold dry winters with most precip in summer
short days in winter 6 hours
rapid plant growth in summer
variety of animals, large/small
4-5 month growing season
spruce, hemlock, pine etc

Front 7

Tundra

Back 7

Permafrost
25 cm or less = snow
few small trees, grasses
grow during summer
various animal life
lichen, moss, grass, no amphibians

Front 8

features affecting marine ecosystems

Back 8

light
temperature
salinity
pressure

Front 9

EMBA

Back 9

epipelagic: neritic
mesopelagic: up press low temp
Bathypelagic: 1000-3800
abyssal

Front 10

benthic

Back 10

bottom
light
temp
press
moisture vary

Front 11

supratidal:

Back 11

narrow above normal high tide mark
wet/dry, salt spray, storms

Front 12

intertidal:

Back 12

great biotic potential
warm h20
high o2 co2
high nutrient, species number and diversity, lotsa light
competition
wet/dry

Front 13

subtidal

Back 13

below tide
photic
nutrients
shallow: more turbidity/ plankton/ no waves or high/low tide

Front 14

bathyl:

Back 14

continental slope
sediment
bioluminescent

Front 15

abyssal plain

Back 15

bottom
limited by temp press food light
adapt