Biomes

Has permafrost; in the Arctic or Antarctic

• alpine tundra
• savanna
• desert
• polar tundra

Has clumps of trees and seasonal rains

• temperate deciduous forest
• coniferous forest
• savanna
• temperate grassland

Has many trees that do not change much seasonally

• desert
• coniferous forest
• temperate deciduous forest
• savanna

Has many trees that lose all their leaves to save water

• coniferous forest
• tundra
• temperate grassland
• temperate deciduous forest

Has organisms with special adaptations to a hot, dry climate

• desert
• savanna
• tundra
• taiga

What is a biome?

• Interactions between living and nonliving things in an environment

• A large ecosystem with its own kind of climate, soil, and living things

What is a grassland?

• a biome with very little rainfall

• a biome where the main kind of plant is grass

What is a deciduous forest?

• a forest biome with trees that lose their leaves each year

• a biome that is hot and humid with a lot of rainfall

What is a tropical rainforest?

• a biome with very little rainfall

• a biome that is hot and humid with a lot of rainfall

What is a taiga?

• a cool forest biome in the far north

• a cold, dry biome with frozen ground and no trees.