Land Biomes
This place is very dry, with little to no rainfall every year
It is very hard for many organisms to every call this place home
In the summer you would not want to be outside in this biome
What is Desert?
I am a major breeding ground for most of the marine life humans fish
This is the result of a freshwater river, and saltwater ocean meeting
What is an estuary?
A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features
What are Biomes?
When I erupt, ash is thrown into the sky for miles and then blankets the ground like snow.
What is a volcanic eruption?
I am a clownfish! You may have seen my cousin Nemo, on the big screen.
All day I enjoy swimming and playing, protected by the homes around me
What is a coral reef?
Few plants live on the dark, forest floor
Vines climb the trunks of tall trees
weather is warm an wet year round
What is a Tropical Rain Forest?
an underwater structure made from outside skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied animals
form in shallow tropical oceans
protect coastlines from storm damage and erosion
What are coral reefs?
The amount of slat dissolved in water
What is salinity?
Smoke from this event can travel for hundreds of miles
California is constantly battling this environmental issue
What are forest fires?
I am a big brown bear! My hobbies include eating many types of berries and plants.
My summers are short, and winters are long but I love roaming around the evergreen trees that make up my biome
What is a taiga?
Areas where grasses are the dominant plants
deep, fertile soil supports plant growth
What are grasslands?
ecosystems that have a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time
nutrient levels and biodiversity are high
trap sediments and purify water
What are Wetlands?
the process of one ecological community gradually changing into another
What is ecological succession?
this is the process of humans building of structures, roads and more in order to live.
what is development?
Your pal Salmon here! This is where I lay most of my offspring, that sad truth is after I have my children, I die.
What are Streams?
Most trees in this biome lose their leaves every fall
winter temperatures are often below freezing, snow is common
Summers are hot and humid
What is a temperate deciduous or deciduous forest?
form from underground sources of water, such as springs or from runoff from rain and melting snow
water is often clear. Soil particles are quickly washed downstream
oxygen levels are high because air mixes into the water as it splashes over rocks
What are streams?
the first species that colonize new or undisturbed land
What is a pioneer species?
Round and round I go, wherever I pass destruction shall follow
what is a tornado?
what is a grassland?
cold, dry, and treeless
permafrost - a layer of permanently frozen soil-prevents deep root growth
What is the Tundra?
ocean shore between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide
sunlight reaches the bottom
nutrients washed in from rivers and streams contribute to high biodiversity
What is an interdental zone?
the process of a body of water becoming nutrient rich
What is eutrophication?
Usually taking place in an underdeveloped chunk of land
at the end of this all you can see are stumps
what is deforestation?
What is the open ocean?