Presentation Makeover Magic Final Draft
- 1. Earth is…
- 2. diverse
- 3. in many ways
- 4. when we picture our world
- 5. …it is usually like this…
- 6. …or this…
- 7. biomes …but not this.
- 8. biomes The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment. (Campbell, 1996)
- 9. how many
- 10. 9-15 debated ˄
- 11. cause
- 12. climate
- 13. geography
- 15. major biomes 1. Deciduous Forests 2. Deserts 3. Grasslands 4. Taiga 5. Tropical Rainforests 6. Tundra
- 17. Deciduous Forests Primarily located in the eastern half of the United States
- 18. Deciduous Forests Many hardwood trees, which lose their leaves in the fall.
- 19. squirrel
- 20. white-tail deer
- 21. black bear
- 22. Deserts
- 23. Deserts Primarily located in the southwest United States, western Mexico, and Chile
- 24. Deserts Extremely dry with annual rainfall less than 10 inches.
- 25. Deserts Plants such as cacti and sagebrush
- 26. coyote
- 28. armadillo lizard
- 29. Grasslands
- 30. Grasslands Primarily located in the midwest United States, Uruguay, and Argentina
- 31. Grasslands Prairie or plains with little change in elevation
- 32. bobolink
- 33. coyote
- 34. prairie dog
- 35. Taiga
- 36. Taiga Primarily located in the northern parts of Canada
- 37. Taiga Land dominated by conifers and many bogs, lakes and marshes
- 38. northern lynx
- 39. long-eared owl
- 40. river otter
- 42. Tropical Rainforest Primarily located in Central and South America
- 43. Tropical Rainforests Tall trees, great variety of vegetation, and very dense growth
- 44. pygmy marmoset
- 45. leaf cutter ant
- 47. Tundra
- 48. Tundra Only located in the extremely northern latitudes of North America
- 49. Tundra Permafrost exists 2- 13 ft (61-400) cm below the surface
- 50. arctic fox
- 51. snowy owl
- 52. ermine
- 53. summary
- 54. biomes The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment. (Campbell, 1996)
- 55. major biomes of the western hemisphere 1. Deciduous Forests 2. Deserts 3. Grasslands 4. Taiga 5. Tropical Rainforests 6. Tundra
- 56. diverse
- 57. caused by • climate • geography