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Earth Biomes - Coggle Diagram
Earth Biomes
Desert
PLANTS
Plants
Spiny cactus and thorny shrubs
ANIMALS
Lizards, bats, woodpeckers, and snakes.
Biomes that recieve very little rain.
HUMAN IMPACT
Desert plants glow slowly.
Areas in deserts use valuable water.
Grassland
Areas where grasses are the dominant plant.
PLANTS
Tress and wildflowers
ANIMALS
North american grasslands
: Hawks, ferrets, coyotes, wolves
African savannas
: giraffes, zebras, lions
Australian grasslands
: kangaroos, wallabies, wild dogs.
HUMAN IMPACT
People plow large areas of grassland to raise cereal crops.
Hunting and loss of habitat.
A biome is a geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.
Tundra
PLANTS
shallow-rooted mosses, lichens, and grasses
ANIMALS
Few animals including lemmings.
HUMAN IMPACT
Drilling for oil and gas can interrupt migration patterns.
Cold, dry, and treeless biome.
Taiga
PLANTS
Trees like Spruce, pine, and fir.
ANIMALS
Owls, mice, moose, bears.
HUMAN IMPACT
Trees harvesting reduces taiga habitat.
Forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees.
Temperate Rain Forest
PLANTS
Spruce, hemlock, cedar, fir, and redwood trees
ANIMALS
Owls, eagles, chipmunks, raccoons, deer, elk bears, foxes, and cougars
HUMAN IMPACT
Temperate rain forest trees are a source of lumber.
Logging can destroy the habitat of forest species
Regions of Earth between the tropics and the polar circles.
Tropical Rain Forest
PLANTS
Mosses, ferns, and orchids
ANIMALS
Parrots, toucans, snakes, frogs, flying squirrels, fruit bats, monkeys, jaguars, and ocelots.
HUMAN IMPACT
People cleared them for lumber, farms, and ranches.
Some organizations are working to encourage people to use less wood harvested from rain forests
Forests that grow near the equator.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
PLANTS
Maples, oaks, birches, and other deciduos trees.
ANIMALS
Snakes, ants, butterflies, birds, raccoons, opossums, and foxes.
HUMAN IMPACT
Humans have cleared thousands of acres of Earth's decidious forests for farms and cities.
