The Ecosystems of the World. by Ilene Montanez https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8 en-us 2018-02-08 16:38:13 UTC 2018-02-08 17:13:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem 3045241 https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229672666
  • Jaguar
  •  Orchids 
  •  In an average year in a Tropical rainforest, the climate is very humid because of all the rainfall, which amounts to about 250 cm per year. The rainforest has lots of rain because it is very hot and wet. This climate is found near the equator. 
  • In a tropical rainforests rain falls nearly every day. On average about 2500 millimetres of rain falls annually. This, along with the constant temperature hanging around 25-30 degrees Celsius, makes the rainforest an extremely humid place.Tropical rainforests receive almost 12 hours of sunlight every day.

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  • White -tailed deer 
  • Magnolia 
  • PLANTS: Trees and plants in deciduous forests have special adaptations to survive in this biome. ...ANIMALS: Animals in temperate deciduous forests have to adapt to changing seasons. They must be able to cope with cold winters and hot summers.
  • The temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is always changing. It has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. Winters are cold and summers are warm. Temperate deciduous forests get between 30 and 60 inches of precipitation a year.

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  • Bear 
  • White spruce 
  • The taiga is the terrestrial biome with the lowest annual average temperatures after the tundra and permanent ice caps. ... The taiga or boreal forest has a subarctic climate with very large temperature range between seasons, but the long and cold winter is the dominant feature. 
  • Taiga, also known as coniferous or boreal forest, is the largest terrestrial biome on earth. It extends in a broad band across North America, Europe, and Asia to the southern border of the arctic tundra.

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  • Lion 
  • Foxtail
  •  Temperate grasslands have hot summers and cold winters. Summer temperatures can be well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while winter temperatures can be as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. They typically have between 10 and 35 inches of precipitation a year, much of it occurring in the late spring and early summer. 
  • Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae), however sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. Grasslands are found in most ecoregions of the Earth.

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  • Coyotes 
  • Yucca 
  • The climate of the chaparral biome is very hot and dry. Winters there tend to be very mild, with temperatures of about 50 °F. The winter climate is also known as the Mediterranean climate, which while not very rainy, is typically mild and moist.  
  • Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the US state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean Climate (mild, wet winters and hot dry summers) and wildfire, featuring summer-drought-tolerant plants with hard Sclerophyllous evergreen leaves, as contrasted with the associated soft-leaved, drought-deciduous, scrub community of coastal sage scrub, found below the chaparral biome. 

    • ]]>     2018-02-08 16:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229680920     Desert Ecosystem 3045241 https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229685337
  • Camel 
  • Barrel Cactus 
  • Deserts have extreme temperatures. During the day the temperature may reach 50°C, when at night it may fall to below 0°C. Deserts have less than 250 mm of rainfall per year. The rain can be unreliable. Most deserts are found between 20° and 35° north and south of the equator. 
  • While we may think of a desert as a hot, dry piece of land, it can be cold as well. Regardless of the region, any desert is usually cold at night and receives very little rainfall. However, they do produce plants, which have adapted to such living conditions. Several things make up a desert ecosystem. 


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  • Wolves 
  • Bearberry 
  • Tundras are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes. Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climates cold and windy and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are snow-covered for much of the year, until summer brings a burst of wildflowers.
  •  are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes. Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are snow-covered for much of the year, until summer brings a burst of wildflowers.

    • ]]>     2018-02-08 17:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229685895     Freshwater Ecosystem 3045241 https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229686321
  • Turtle
  •  Water lilies  
  • The temperatures range from 65 °F to 75 °F in the summer and 35 °F to 45 °F in the winter. The climate of freshwater biome is determined by a number of factors including location, season and depth of water. On average, the temperature will decline as the water gets deeper. 
  • Freshwater ecosystems are active components in the landscape that influence a number of ecological processes and provide invaluable ecosystem services. Freshwater connections that link lakes, wetlands, and streams to one another and the surrounding landscape are major structural components that influence critical freshwater processes such as water, nutrient, and carbon fluxes.

    • ]]>     2018-02-08 17:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229686321     Marine Ecosystem 3045241 https://padlet.com/3045241/bbc2sal5yqz8/wish/229687108
  • Eels 
  • Algae 
  • The marine biome has a big influence on our terrestrial climate! ... Temperatures in the ocean range from just around freezing at the pole and in the deep waters, to tropical clear waters that are as warm as a bathtub. The average temperature of all oceans is about 39°F (4°C). 
  • Marine ecosystems are among the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems. Examples include salt marshes, intertidal zones, estuaries, lagoons mangroves, coral reefs, the deep sea and the sea floor.They can be contrasted with freshwater ecosystems, which have a lower salt content. Marine waters cover two-thirds of the surface of the Earth. Such places are considered ecosystems because the plant life supports the animal life and vice versa.

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