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Land Ecosystems and Biomes - Coggle Diagram
Land Ecosystems and Biomes
Desert Biome
Human Impact
Cities, farms, and recreational areas in deserts use valuable water.
Biodiversity
Animals
Animal include lizards, bats, woodpeckers, and snakes.
Plants
Plants include spiny cactus and thorny shrubs.
The Desert Biomes are Biomes that Receive very little rain.
Temperate Deciduous Forest Biome
Human Impact
Over the past several hundred years humans have cleared thousands of acres of Earth's deciduousforest for farms and cities
Biodiversity
Animals
Animals include snakes, ants, butterflies, birds, racoons, opossums, and foxes
Plants
Plants include: maples, oaks, birches, and other deciduous trees.
Temperate Rain Forest Biome
Biodiversity
plants
The plants are: Fungi, ferns, mosses, vines, etc.
animals
Some animals are: mosquitoes, butterflies, frogs, salamanders, woodpeckers, owls, etc.
Human impact
Temperate rain forest trees are a source of lumber.
Tropical Rain Forest Biome
Biodiversity
Plants
The plants that lives on the dark forest floor are: vines, mosses, ferns, and orchids.
Animals
There are some insects such as: Beetes, termites, ants, bees, and butterflies
Larger animals include: parrots, toucans, snakes, frogs, etc.
Human Impact
People have cleared more than half of Earth's tropical rain forest for lumber, farms, and ranches.
Grassland Biome
The grassland biomes are areas where grasses are the dominant plants.
Biodiversity
Animals
In these biomes exists many animals, such as: Hawks, ferrets, coyotes, wolves, giraffes, zebras, etc.
Plants
Trees grow along moist banks of streams and rivers
Human impact
People plow large areas of grassland to raise cereal crops. this reduces habitat for wild species
Taiga Biome
Human Impact
Tree harvesting reduces taiga habitat
Biodiversity
Animals
Animals include owls, mice, moose, bears, etc.
Plants
The plants in here are: Spruce, pine, and fir.
Tundra Biome
Biodiversity
Plants
Plants include shallow-rooted mosses, lichens, and grasses.
Animals
The animals are: lemings
Human Impact
drilling for oil and gas can interrupt migration patterns
