Biomes Mind Mapping Filled Colored PDF
Biomes Mind Mapping Filled Colored PDF
Animals Deciduous trees, which lose their leaves in fall, Rainforests may contain as much as
This biome is known for Tropical rainforest
Carnivores such as bears, dominate this biome. Shrubs, ferns, herbs, and 50% of all plant and animal species on
having four seasons. keep fairly constant
wolves, and lynx feed on moose,
mosses grow on the shady forest floor. Temperatures range from at 25℃ year round Earth. Almost every type of animal can
snowshoe hare, and shrews.
30℃ to -30℃ from and can get 600 cm be found there.
Animals summer to winter. The of rain yearly.
Plants Climate Many birds, insects, amphibians, and average temperature is Layers
Taiga have many The taiga (a cold reptiles, raccoons, squirrels, skunks, 10℃, and an average of Temperate The emergent layer is treetops protruding
cone-bearing forest) is the world’s wood mice, deer, bears, bobcats, 100 cm of rain and snow out over the rest of the forest.
evergreen trees. These largest biome. Temperate
cougars, wolves, and coyotes live here. falls each year. The canopy consists of tall overlapping
block out the sunlight Precipitation rainforests average
trees that cover the rest of the forest.
so that only lichens averages 60 cm per 10℃ in temperature
The understory is small trees and shrubs
and mosses can grow year and average and 300 cm in rain
that receive little light and compete for
on the forest floor. temperature is 0℃.
Temperate each year.
nutrients with the roots of canopy trees.
Deciduous The forest floor is covered with detritus,
dead or decaying organic matter. Fungi,
Plants Climate Forest moss, and ferns may live here.
Tundra have low
growing lichens,
A tundra is like a
cold desert. Average
Taiga Rainforest
mosses, and grasses precipitation is 25 Climate
adapted to drought cm/year and average Deserts are the driest biome, receiving
and cold. temperature is -12℃. less than 25 cm of rain each year. The
land is bare because the soil doesn’t
Animals Biomes have much organic matter.
Insects and migratory birds come
during the summer. Caribou, lemmings,
Tundra Desert Animals
artic hare, fox, musk ox, and small Many animals are nocturnal and stay in
rodents stay year round. the shade or underground to stay cool.
They get most of their water from their
Permafrost food and concentrate their urine to save
Freshwater fluids. Some animals go dormant and
Permafrost is the
layer of permanently These ecosystems Aquatic Grasslands become active again during rainfalls.
frozen soil present include flowing
in tundra.
water (rivers, Plants
creeks) and Plants tend to be tough and
standing water
Plants wiry with small or no leaves,
(lakes, ponds, Classification Climate Grasslands water-resistant cuticles, and
Marine wetlands). 3% of The aquatic biome includes Grasslands get 25-75 cm
support grasses spines to deter consumption.
These ecosystems Earth’s water is habitats that are dominated Definition of rain yearly. Dry
and grass-like
contain a high salt freshwater, and by water. The amount of A large geographic seasons stop trees from plants.
content and provide half of that is salt (salinity) in the water area with similar growing, so grasses
nearly half of the oxygen frozen. Fish, determines whether it is ecosystems and prevail. Grasslands can be Animals
on Earth. They include amphibians, considered freshwater or climate (temperature tropical (warm and Grasslands support high numbers of grazing
oceans, seas, coastal crustaceans, marine. The amount of and precipitation). humid) or temperate (cold animals like buffalo, antelope, and zebras, which
inlets, tide pools, and plants, and sunlight and oxygen it Biomes contribute to winters), so the yearly in turn support predators such as lions and coyotes.
estuaries. They make up microbes live in receives helps further Earth’s biodiversity. temperature range can be - Many birds and small mammals also live in
a large part of the planet. this environment. classify these habitats. 20℃ to 30℃. grasslands.