https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol 2nd Period - Thomas en-us 2016-09-21 13:45:24 UTC 2025-12-28 11:22:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125422870 This biome includes lakes, rivers, ponds, and streams. Lakes are the largest bodies of fresh water. Plants and algae are important because they provide oxygen. Algae is also food for many fresh water animals, like turtles and catfish. Some other animals in fresh water biomes need the moving water in a river to live. One important animal in America is the trout. They eat both fish and bugs. If Fresh water biomes didn't exist, most animals and plants would not be alive because they provide us with water for drinking.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125422870 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125422907 The marine biome is the largest biome in the world. It includes the five main oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern). Whales, dolphins, fish, crustaceans and other aquatic animals live there. Algae, or kelp, help the creatures breath. This biome helps provide rain for our crops and food from the oceans.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125422907 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125422918 Have mostly grasses and scattered trees.They are created by humans burning grasslands and cutting down trees. Elephants can create a savanna by trampling tree seedlings, stripping off the bark and knocking trees over. They usually have warm temperatures ranging from 68 degrees to 86 degrees F. It usually rains 10-30 inches per year. During the dry seasons, lightning hits the ground, causing fires. The types of grasses they have are lemon grass, red oats grass, star grass, and Rhodes grass. Animals like horses, zebras, giraffes, and elephants are found in the savanna, mainly herbivores due to the abundance of grass.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125422918 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423008 An ecosystem forms because of the low amount of rainfall received each year. Less than 10 inches of rain per year is considered a desert. This causes very hostile living conditions for plants and animals. Deserts cover about 20% of the Earth's surface, all of which support plant and animal life. The 4 major types of deserts are Hot and Dry, Semiarid, Coastal and Cold.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423008 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423066 The tundra is the coldest and driest place on earth, and home to many animals, including the polar bear and elk. There are lichen and moss in the tundra due to their adaptation to the cold. Very little rainfall(less than 10 inches a year), and always cold and dry. There are new roads and towns being built in the tundra, to support the increasing populations.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423066 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423132 Taiga is also known as coniferous or boreal. Taiga is the worlds largest terrestrial biome. It is located in a broad band across North America, Europe, and Asia to the southern border of the Arctic Tundra. It is also found at cool, high elevation. The weather consists of long cold winters, and short mild wet summers. The taiga has less diverse plant life, and the animal populations are mainly seed eating squirrels and jays; small mammals; and larger browsing animals like moose, elk, and deer. There are few large cities in the Taiga, and most of it is un-populated.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423132 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423410 Mostly trees and other vegetation with special adaptations to survive in this specific biome. This biome gets from 30 to 60 inches of rain a year. The average temperatures in this biome is mid 70´s to 80´ The different animals that live in this biome are foxes, bears, deer, raccoon, puma.

]]> 2016-09-21 14:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423410 https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423536 Are forests that are categorized by high rainfall between 250 to 450 centimeters per year . Rainforests are found in central america, Africa, Asia and South America.]]> 2016-09-21 14:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jthomas46/9ldfmpx8fkol/wish/125423536