DIFFERENT

BIOMES IN
THE WORLD
Bonite, Zhylla Mae S.
BSN 1B
 What is Biome?
➢ A biome is a major region that is characterized by its
climate, soil type(s), and the dominant plants, animals, and
other organisms that live there.

➢ A biome is made up of many individual ecosystems.

 What is an ecosystem?

➢ An ecosystem is a community of organisms that live in a

particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings.
Types of Biomes

❏ Tundra
❏ Desert
❏ Grassland
❏ Coniferous Forest
❏ Temperate Deciduous
Forest
❏ Tropical Rainforest
 Types of Biomes

❏ Taiga
❏ Chaparral
❏ Savanna
❏ Temperate Broadleaf
Forest
❏ Estuary
❏ Wetland
TUNDRA
 Tundra
● Arctic tundra can be found in
Antarctica and the North Pole, North
of the Arctic Circle.
● Grass, lichen and herbs
● Permafrost - layer of a soil that is
always frozen.
● Very short warm season that is very
wet
● Many insects during warm season
CONIFEROUS FOREST
 Coniferous Forest

● Is one of the most fragile

biomes
● Spruce and Fir trees
● Found in Northern Hemisphere
● Growing season very short
● Nearly constant daylight in
summer
● Many lakes and swamps
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST
Temperate Deciduous Forest

● Climate and amount of sunlight can

vary tremendously between each
season
● Deciduous trees lose their leaves in
fall
GRASSLAND
 Grasslands

● Grasslands are characterized by their tall,

perennial grasses and lack of trees
● 2 types of Grasslands
● 1. Tropical Grasslands: between the Tropic of
Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, hot year-
round, very dry, season of heavy rain
● 2. Temperate Grasslands: north of the Tropic
of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn,
cold winters and hot summers
● Cover a quarter of the land on Earth
DESERT
 Desert

● Get less than 25 cm of rain

each year
● Has little or no vegetation
● Driest places on Earth
● Often located on the dry side
of mountain ranges
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
 Tropical Rainforest
● is a hot, moist biome where it rains all
year long.
● It is known for its dense canopies of
vegetation that form three different
layers.
● They climb trees in the canopy to reach
for sunlight.
● The middle layer, or understory, is made
up of vines, smaller trees, ferns, and
palms.
 Tropical Rainforest

● Layers:
● Top - Emergent Layer - tallest trees
above rest of forest
● Next - Canopy - top of normal trees
● Lower Canopy - Epiphytes - plants that
grow on tree trunks, not soil because
light is so far from ground
● Understory - lowest level, much darker
TAIGA
 Taiga or Boreal Forest

● is a biome characterized by coniferous

forests consisting mostly of pines,
spruces and larches
● it has been called the world’s largest
land biome
● found in northern circumpolar
forested regions characterized by long
winters and moderate to high annual
precipitation
CHAPARRAL
 Chaparral

● is a shrubland plant community

● vegetation composed of broad-leaved
evergreen shrubs, bushes, and small trees
usually less than 2.5 m tall
● is found in regions with a climate similar to
that of the Mediterranean area
● characterized by hot, dry summers and
mild, wet winters
SAVANNA
 Savanna or Savannah

● is a mixed woodland-grassland
ecosystem characterised by the trees
being sufficiently widely spaced so
that the canopy does not close
● it maintain an open canopy despite a
high tree density
● it is often believed that savannas
feature widely spaced, scattered trees
TEMPERATE BROADLEAF
FOREST
 Temperate Broadleaf Forest
● is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat
type
● with broadleaf tree ecoregions and conifer
and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous
forest ecoregions
● have a long, warm growing season as one of
four district regions
● there is abundant moisture
● the soil typically is rich
ESTUARY
 Estuary

● is a partially enclosed, coastal water

body where freshwater from rivers
and streams mixes with salt water
from the ocean
● it may also be called a bay, lagoon,
sound, or slough
● water continuously circulates into and
out of an estuary
WETLANDS
 Wetlands
● is a land area that is saturated with water,
either permanently or seasonally
● it consists primarily of hydric soil, which
supports aquatic plants
● the water found in wetlands can be
saltwater, freshwater, or brackish
● wetlands are transition zones
● they are neither totally dry land nor totally
underwater
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