Where is one of the largest taigas in North America?
Canada
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What is the average temperature in most Taigas?
The average temperature per year is 32°F (0°C).
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What are most trees in the taiga biome called?
The are coniferous trees. They have long, thin waxy needles.
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What do birds do to escape the cold harsh winters of the taiga biomes?
To escape the cold weather some species of birds migrate to warmer areas during the winter months.
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What is a way Taigas can be destroyed ( by humans)?
Deforestation and that is when we (humans) cut forest down for more land and wood to build homes on.
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What is another larger taiga biome in North America?
Alaska
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What is the total yearly rain fall?
Total yearly precipitation in the taiga is 12 - 33 inches (30 - 85 centimeters).
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What is another name for coniferous trees?
Coniferous trees are also known as evergreens.
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What are some mammals that live in the Taiga biome?
Examples are moose, snowshoe hares, arctic fox, arctic wolves, squirrels, ermines, elk, deer, wolverines, moles, lynxes, and grizzly bears.
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What is a way nature can destroy a taiga?
Forest fires are a very common thing in Taigas and it is helpful because it takes the dead trees and burns them but it also takes good trees bown with it and that is very harmful to the people living there and the animals.
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Where is a Taiga biome in Europe?
Russia
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What is the lowest recorded taiga biome temperature?
Winter's lowest temperature in taiga is -65 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Why is there not that much variety of vegetation in Taiga biomes?
Because evergreen trees do not drop leaves, there is nothing to keep the soil in the taiga full of nutrients. This is the reason why there is not much variety in the vegetation.
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What are some specialized adaptions animals in taigas have?
Animals of the taiga have many specialized adaptions including lots of thick fur or feathers and the ability to change colors during different seasons.
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What happeneds when humans take animals and use them for clothing and stuff?
They become endangered and that is what is happening to the top consumer in the food chain, and that animal is called the grizzly bear.
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Where is a smaller Taiga in Canada?
Toronto
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What is the temperature 6 months out of the year?
For six months out of the year, the temperature in the taiga biome is below freezing.
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Why can't a lot of plants grow in Taigas?
Not many plants can survive the extreme cold of the taiga winter. There are some lichens and mosses, but most plants are coniferous trees like pine, white spruce, hemlock and douglas fir.
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What do most animals in taigas do before the winter? / What do they do in the winter?
Store up food for the winter and hibernate by going into a long, deep sleep.
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What do a lot of fish that live in the taiga biome have in them that is harmful?
Hydroelectric power has ruined the water system. Many fish have mercury poisoning.
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What is another smaller Taiga biome in Russia?
Moscow
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What has the hightest temperature for a Taiga recorded?
The highest temperature for the taiga biome has been 104°F (-60°C).
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How many months out of there year can plants grow?
Plants can only grow during the summer when temperatures are favorable. This growing season only lasts about three months.
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Do insects live in the winter?
Insects lay eggs that can survive the winter and then die. So they generally don't live in the winter because it's so cold.
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What happens to the people who drink polluted water?
They can get really sick and or die and that is what is happening to the people who live and or go there because of the deforestation and the machines used to cut trees.