Biomes- Land

Land Biomes

                      A large naturally occuring community

Polar Regions

• Arctic
• Antarctic
• Ice caps
• Animals find food in ocean
• Penguins, albatross, gulls
• Whales, seals
• Polar Bears
• South/North Pole
• Very Cold Here

Tundra

• Cold- 7'c
• 2 seasons
• Long, dark winter
• Short summer
• Close to North Pole
• Soil is frozen all year
• no trees, growing season is too short
• Plant life- grass, shrubs
• Animals: Foxes, snow owls, hares, muskox, caribou

Forest

• Temperature is on average 20-25
  -Soil is nutrient-poor and acidic-Forest grow where it's not too hot not too cold-lots of nutrients and water-Animals: moose, deer, bears, wolves, foxes, rabbits, squirrels as well as plenty birds and reptiles

Savannah and Grasslands

• Grassland and Savanna:*Grassland and Savannah are related and often intermixed biomes typically dominated by grasses
  
  
  
• Savannah is located in ''Africa''! Savannahs of one sort or another cover almost half the surface of Africa.
• True grassland supports few if any woody plants, while Savanna include varying proportions or shrubs and trees