Biomes

BIOMES

"The Earth is what we all have in common." Wendall Barry

Biome: a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.

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TUNDRA

DESERT

TAIGA

GRASSLAND

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

DECIDUOUS FOREST

Fun Facts About Biomes:1. All living things are closely related to their environment and any change in a part, like an increase or decrease in one type of plant or animal, can cause a ripple effect of change through the entire biome.2.Each biome consists of many ecosystems.3.There are also Marine and Freshwater ecosystems that could be considered the water biomes.4.All of the biomes need to be protected. Over the past several years, human activity has destroyed, exploited, or polluted many of the biomes.5.Biomes have moved and changed many times throughout the history of the Earth.