PPT-Chapter 7 Desert and Tundra

DESERTS RECEIVE LITTLE RAIN 1025 cm per year SOIL IS RICH IN MINERALS but poor in organic material nutrients because there is NO LEACHING rain that carries minerals deeper into the soil. Animal: Ermine. Plant: The Diamond leaf willow . By Angus Mctaggart. The Ermine. DIET . Ermines eat arrange of thing including squirrels, Lemmings, rats, shrews, Chipmunks, Hares and so on. They occasionally eat worms, fish, eggs, grasshoppers and beetles, they usually only eat these foods when there are no animals around. They will eat nearly anything.. What is an ecosystem?. An ecosystem is made up of all the living and the nonliving things in an area and how those living and nonliving things interact with each other.. Ecosystems come in a variety of sizes. They can be as small as a puddle or as large as a continent.. Chapter Seven. Most of the year the desert looks lifeless.. But when rainy season comes, the land explodes with life.. Plants and animals hurry to feed, grow and reproduce.. When the rain is done life seems to disappear again, until the next rainy season.. This Friday!!. Will consist of all multiple choice questions. BIOMES. Grassland, Desert, Tundra. What is a BIOME?. A large region categorized by a specific type of climate and certain types of . plant . . Table of Contents. Section 3: . Aquatic Ecosystems. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Section 2: . Biomes. Chapter: Ecosystems. . Table of Contents. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Mosses from my back yard. Unit Assessment. Third Eight Weeks. Life Science. 1. What is an estuary?. Extremely fertile area where a river meets an ocean; mixture of saltwater and freshwater; serves as a nursery for many species of fish. Pantelleria. .  .                       . Click on the Biomes to learn more!!. Grassland. M. arine. Tundra. Forest. Fresh Water. Desert. Desert Biome. This biome is the driest; it only receives 50cm of rainfall a year about 10% of the rainfall in the rainforest. Its plants and animals have to survive in an environment with little water and dramatic temperature changes from day to night. Some animals and plants may find if difficult to adapt, but reptiles and cacti thrive in these conditions.. Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes.. The soil in the tundra is permanently frozen. . There are low temperatures and low rain fall.. Winds sweep across the land constantly.. There are not many varieties of plant life in the tundra,. 6.2 – Forest Biomes. 6.3 – Grasslands, Deserts, and . Tundra. Objectives. Describe. . how plants describe the name of a biome.. Explain. . how temperature and precipitation determine which plants grow in an area.. Dr.E. Introduction . Biomes are the major regional groupings of plants and animals discernible at a global scale. distribution patterns are correlated with regional climate patterns and identified according to the climax vegetation type. Description of the Biome:. 1. Taiga. 2. Temperate Deciduous Forest. 3. Tropical Rainforest. 4. Desert. 5. Grassland. 6. Tundra. Precipitation in the Biome:. A. Tropical Rainforest. B. Desert. C. Grassland. Stick Reves® Travel Agency. Joey Chin, Liem Tu, Andrew Weiss, Rachel Gallagher. Period 7. Arctic Tundra. Biome Features. Flat. Ground is permanently frozen . No trees. Some permafrost melts in summer. th Grade Science. Tundra. Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. . Tundra . comes from the Finnish word . tunturia. , meaning treeless plain. . It . is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. WALT: Understand and compare the different . world’s vegetation . belts. What can you remember about biomes?. What are vegetation belts? . Scientists divide the Earth’s land into what are called vegetation .