My sweet wall by Julian Cobb https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d Made with big dreams en-us 2018-04-16 16:17:09 UTC 2025-11-01 20:13:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Taiga jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252227177 By: Julian Cobb, Rylan Murphy, Blake Bernhard, and Ethan Martinez]]> 2018-04-16 16:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252227177 Location and Description jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252229296 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. It is also found at cool, high elevations in the more temperate latitudes, for example, in much of the mountainous western region of North America. Much of the taiga in North America was once covered with glaciers. As the glaciers receded, cuts and depressions were left in the landscape that have since filled with rain creating lakes and bogs.]]> 2018-04-16 16:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252229296 temperature and range jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252231318 The lowest and highest temperatures that occur for taiga are the following:
Winter's LOWEST temperature in taiga is -65°F.
Winter's HIGHEST temperature is 30° F.
Summer's LOWEST temperature is 30° F.
Summer's HIGHEST temperature is 70° F.
]]> 2018-04-16 16:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252231318 average rainfall jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252231899 Taiga Facts. In the taiga, the average temperature is below freezing for six months of the year. Total yearly precipitation in the taiga is 12 - 33 inches (30 - 85 centimeters). Although the cold winters have some snowfall, most of the precipitation comes during the warm, humid summer months.]]> 2018-04-16 16:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252231899 what is the soil like? jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252232446 Taiga soil tends to be young and poor in nutrients. It lacks the deep, organically enriched profile present in temperate deciduous forests. The thinness of the soilis due largely to the cold, which hinders the development of soil and the ease with which plants can use its nutrients.]]> 2018-04-16 16:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252232446 common animal life jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252233658
        Some animals in the Taiga have adaptations for defense.  The porcupine has quills that it uses to keep predators at bay.  If a predator tries to kill the porcupine anyway, it will get the quills stuck in its body.  Some animals have adaptations that camouflage them.  Animals like the snowshoe hare turn brown in the summer and turn white in the winter.]]> 2018-04-16 16:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252233658 common plant life jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252233776 The trees in the Taiga are mainly spruce, pine, and fir. The plants  adapt to harsh weather in this environment, like icy and snowy winters.   For example, the needles of the pine are very smooth to help keep water inside the dark casing. The spruce's cone like shape allows them to shed ice and sleet more efficiently.  Berry bushes that thrive in this biome are blueberry, bilberry, and cowberry. Berry bushes are a  vital food source for mammals, birds and some types of insects.  Not very common trees that grow in the Taiga are birch, oak, willow, and alder.  They live in particularly wet or disturbed areas.]]> 2018-04-16 16:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252233776 symbiotic relationships jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252233938 Mutualism is the relationship between two organisms where they both benefit from the relationship. Parasitism is the process where one organism benefits from the relationship while the other is either harmed or killed. Commensalism is the relationship in which one organism benefits off the other without harming the organism.

Parasitism and Commensalism are different from Mutualism in the way that in both relationships, one organism benefits and the other doesn't. Yet, they are different from each other as well. Parasitism harms one of the organisms and Commensalism doesn't harm one of the organisms. Mutualism is different from both because in this relationship, both of the organisms benefit from the relationship.

]]> 2018-04-16 16:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252233938 citations jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252234600 https://whatisthetaigabiome.weebly.com/symbiotic-relationships.html
https://www.bioexpedition.com/taiga-biome/]]> 2018-04-16 16:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252234600 dangers the effect the taiga jgc4080 https://padlet.com/jgc4080/gik0ggjkuu5d/wish/252234810 because of poaching and deforestation many plants and animals that call the taiga their home are in danger of becoming extinct. 
These include: 
Wood Bison            Long Leaf Pine
Canadian Lynx        Siberian Pine
Snow Leopard        Labrador Tea
Siberian Tiger          Lingdonberry Plant
Whooping Crane       Scots Pine
Peregrine Falcon

Climate change is also affecting the taiga. Due to warmer temperatures, birds are arriving later in the year than normal. When they arrive late they are missing the season with the most insects and therefore they cannot feed their young. This leads to a drop in species number. That in turn can effect other parts of the biome. 
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