Taiga Biome by Devin Gorman

Natural Resources

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There are many natural resources in this biome. For example there is lumber, gold, silver, copper, zinc, uranium, nickel ,coal ,oil, and natural gas.

TAIGA THREATS

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Global warming is one of the many threats to the taiga biome. Most threats are caused by humans like destroying animals' homes.

TAIGA FOOD CHAIN

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This is an exaple of a taiga food chain.

plants in the taiga

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The Canadian Lynx

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One of the animals in the Taiga is the Canadian Lynx. It has exelent night vision so it can hunt at night.

The Jack Pine

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Adapts to hilly areas with sandy soil.

The Taiga

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Welcome to the Taiga, one of the six main biomes. It is home to many plants and animals.

Siberian Spruce

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The Siberian Spruce can survive extreme weather temperatures that are both hot and cold.

The Weather in the Taiga

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The annual temperature range is around -65 to 70 degrees F (-54 to 21 degrees C). The annual precipitation range is around 12-33 in. The taiga's latitude range is around 50 degrees N.

Seasonal changes are colder, longer winters and warmer, shorter summers. Extreme weather events are blizzards!

Taiga Locations

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Taigas are located all over the world! Some of the places taigas are found are Asia, Europe, Alaska, Canada, and Russia.

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Fun facts

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1. Six months in the taiga the temperature is below freezing.

2.Fires in the taiga are very uncommen.

3.Not alot of plat/animal veriety.

4.Trees grow taller when taiga is warmer.

5.The taiga boim covers 11% of the world and 29% of the worlds forists.