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Grasslands are generally flat, open and continuous areas of grass. The growth of the grass is controlled by grazing animals, fires, and cold winters. Savannahs, prairies, and temperate grasslands are all different types of grasslands

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Plants that live in the grassland:
Purple needlegrass, blue grama, buffalo grass, asters, blazing stars

Animals that live in the grassland:
Zebra, giraffe, bison, prairie dog, coyote

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Because most grasslands have fertile soil, humans have converted much of it to farmland, sometimes destroying the soil through overfarming or overgrazing. They have destroyed the habitats of many animals native to the grasslands. Poachers have hunted down many large animals that live in the grasslands, and have caused the extinction or endangerment of many species

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Grasslands are on every continent, except for Antarctica

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A rainforest is characterized by its high amount of rainfall, with tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of biodiversity. It is dense with trees and living organisms. The rainforest has 5 layers, with unique animals and plants surviving on each one. It is a very complex biome, with a thriving population of a wide variety of plants and animals

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Plants that live in the rainforest:
Orchids, kapok tree, lobster claw, victoria amazonica, liana

Animals that live in the rainforest:
Poison dart frog, green anaconda, sloth, toucan, gorilla

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Humans are contributing to the destruction of many acres of rainforest. Logging, ranching and mining are some of the causes of the destruction to the rainforests. Every 6 seconds, an area of rainforest about the size of a football field is destroyed by humans.

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About 20% of the Earth's oxygen is produced by rainforests around the world

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The desert is a harsh biome, the driest of all the biomes. The lack of rainfall is what characterizes a desert. Although many picture the desert as searing hot, it can also be freezing cold. Although the conditions are harsh, many plants and animals have adapted to survival in this biome, and some thrive.

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Plants that survive in the desert:
Cacti, desert-willow, barrel cactus, yucca, Joshua tree
Animals that survive in the desert:
Camel, scorpion, rattlesnake, meerkat, sand cat

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Humans are converting more fertile land into desert, by practicing poor agricultural techniques such as slash and burn. Deforestation and overgrazing also contribute to the desertification of more and more of Earth's surface.

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Wind carries about 27.7 million tons of sand from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon Rainforest, providing it with enough phosphorous for the plants there to survive each year.

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A temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is constantly undergoing change. They change significantly over the four seasons. Since these forests have plenty of deciduous trees, they shed their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring. They are teeming with different varieties of flora and fauna, possessing exceptional biodiversity.

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Plants that live in this biome:
Oak trees, maple trees, moss, wildflowers, shrubs
Animals that live in this biome:
White-tailed deer, opossums, pileated woodpeckers, red foxes, cardinals.

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Humans have destroyed millions of acres of temperate forests, cutting down trees for wood and urbanizing the land. This has polluted the biome and decreased the biodiversity, making it harder for plants and animals to survive.

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A single oak tree can produce 90,000 acorns in one year.

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Taigas are dense forests slightly south of the tundra. They are filled with coniferous trees that are adapted to bear the freezing climate of the biome. Mosses, lichens and fungi grow on the ground. They are able to withstand the cold temperatures as well. The taiga has a relatively low biodiversity when compared to other biomes.

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Animals that inhabit the taiga:
Tigers, grey wolves, salmon, lynx, ravens
Plants that grow in the taiga:
Coniferous trees are common, such as pine, fir, and spruce trees. Some deciduous trees survive, such as the larch. Mushrooms and moss cover the forest floor among other things

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One of the greatest human impacts on the taiga is deforestation. Humans have cut down millions of acres of taiga for wood, to build houses and infrastructure. Humans also mine and urbanize the taiga, disrupting the ecosystem and polluting the land.

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Temperatures in the taiga can go as low as -76°F (-60°C) in the winter to 104°F (40°C) in the summer.

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The tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. It has an extremely cold climate, with very low biodiversity and short growing seasons. Underneath the surface of this biome is a layer of permanently frozen ground, called permafrost

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Animals that inhabit this biome:
Polar bears, caribou, snowy owls, arctic foxes, elk
Plants that inhabit this biome:
Arctic willow, cloudberry, reindeer moss, arctic poppy, labrador tea

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Humans are affecting this biome, by inhabiting and drilling for oil and mining for minerals, polluting the environment and disrupting the ecosystem. Global warming is also melting the permafrost, releasing greenhouse gasses trapped inside the frozen ground and posing risks to human settlements built on top of permafrost.

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Tundra means "treeless plain" in Finnish.