Biome

the weather conditions of the forest and the type of vegetation it contains. Soil mineralogy and organic matter also play an important role in the nitrogen and phosphorus transformations on the forest floor. Boreal forests are the second largest biome and make up 33% of the world forest cover. These forests are unique due to their intense cold temperatures and long winters. Boreal forests contain spodosols and inceptisols and they are primarily inhabited by an evergreen vegetation containing…

America such as deserts in Mexico. There are wet regions like the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil. ”The Amazon River is the life force of the equally large Amazon rain forest, which makes up about half of the rain forest of the entire planet. This tropical biome has as many as 100 different tree species on a single acre.” “Access to the sea within a country, not just the distance from international markets, is crucial for economic accessibility” Latin America has large populations even in…

explains that her class was losing interest in the ocean unit they were learning about, so she moved on to something else. I have to wonder how many of the children in her class had actually been to the ocean, or had any prior knowledge about this biome and animals before studying the unit. This chapter says that If students do not have a foundational understanding to accompany new concepts, then their ability to functionally explore their new information will be short lived. That is unless,…

thoughts of which people have of them, this impacts in a more negative way. People would need to change their ways of thinking sharks are not just a dangerous type of fish. Sharks are needed to keep the ocean a heathy and are a virile part of the ocean biome. Why Sharks Are…

Tropical Rainforest Damage Tropical rainforests are home to over half the world 's species such as butterflies, spiders, worms, snakes, frogs, parrots, sloths, and jaguars. There’s three levels of the rainforest; the forest floor where plants don’t grow because there is almost no sunlight. Understory layer where little sunshine reaches this area so the plants need to have big leaves to capture sunlight. Canopy layer where most of the trees have oval leaves that are pointy. Then the tallest…

The Maned Wolf The legs of a deer, the face of a fox, and the body of a wolf, what is it? The maned wolf is an interesting animal that not many people may know about. It can be described by what it looks like, its eating habits, and its social structure. Despite its name this animal looks more like a fox rather than a wolf and has even been described as a “fox on stilts”. But, this unique looking species isn’t closely related to either. In fact, the maned wolf is the only member of its genus,…

Description: One of the most critically endangered big cats with only 35 left in the world. They have been critically endangered since 1996. If the amur leopard becomes fully extinct this will cause the ecosystem to become unstable. Reasons why they are critically endangered/threats include habitat loss. It is estimated that between 1970-1983, the Amur leopard lost an 80% of its territory. They will have nowhere else to go. deforestation cutting down trees, Poaching illegal trade, prey being…

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The Inuit People of Newfoundland and Labrador Introduction Once known as the Eskimos, the Inuit (The people) are a group of indigenous people originating in Asia. The Inuit have a worldwide population of approximately 155,000 (2). Of this 155,000 approximately 59,000 live within Canada, with the rest of the population living in Alaska, Greenland, and Russia (2). In Canada the Inuit live in four regions, one of these being Nunatsiavut; a recent self-governed region approved in 2005 under the…

Background: Acidic rain or acid deposition is predominantly caused by air pollution. Acid deposition in the form of gasses and microscopic particles, floating in the air, is called dry deposition. However, wet deposition is in the form of precipitation. As a result of chemicals being released from human productions, great amounts of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are respired into the atmosphere, where rain and gas matter is polluted. Once both sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide come in…