Asked by Rebecca Phelan on Jun 16, 2024
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Describe the climate, soil, and representative organisms for one of the following terrestrial biomes: savanna, temperate rain forest, chaparral, or taiga.
Terrestrial Biomes
Large community of plants and animals that occupy distinct regions of land, characterized by specific climate patterns, plant and animal species.
Representative Organisms
Species that serve as examples or proxies for a larger group of organisms, often used in research studies.
Savanna
A grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close, allowing sunlight to reach the ground and support an underlayer of grass.
- Make distinctions among assorted terrestrial and aquatic biomes, looking into their climatic environments, soil conditions, and characteristic living organisms.
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Amanda MooreJun 22, 2024
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Taiga
Climate: long, harsh winters and extremely short summers
Soil: nutrient poor with little organic litter; permafrost
Organisms: mosses, lichens, grasses and sedges; voles, weasels, arctic foxes, gray wolves, lemmings, musk oxen
Temperate rain forest
Climate: mild winters and cool summers; high annual precipitation supplemented by fog
Soil: nutrient-poor with a high organic content
Organisms: large evergreen trees and epiphytes; squirrels, wood rates, mule deer, elk
Chaparral
Climate: mild winters with abundant rainfall and extremely dry summers
Soil: thin and infertile
Organisms: evergreen shrubs with leathery leaves; mule deer, brush rabbits, lizards and many bird species
Savanna
Climate: relatively low rainfall with prolonged dry periods; little temperature variation
Soil: low in essential minerals but rich in aluminum
Organisms: wide expanses of grasses with occasional trees: hooved mammals and large predators such as lions and hyenas
Climate: long, harsh winters and extremely short summers
Soil: nutrient poor with little organic litter; permafrost
Organisms: mosses, lichens, grasses and sedges; voles, weasels, arctic foxes, gray wolves, lemmings, musk oxen
Temperate rain forest
Climate: mild winters and cool summers; high annual precipitation supplemented by fog
Soil: nutrient-poor with a high organic content
Organisms: large evergreen trees and epiphytes; squirrels, wood rates, mule deer, elk
Chaparral
Climate: mild winters with abundant rainfall and extremely dry summers
Soil: thin and infertile
Organisms: evergreen shrubs with leathery leaves; mule deer, brush rabbits, lizards and many bird species
Savanna
Climate: relatively low rainfall with prolonged dry periods; little temperature variation
Soil: low in essential minerals but rich in aluminum
Organisms: wide expanses of grasses with occasional trees: hooved mammals and large predators such as lions and hyenas
Learning Objectives
- Make distinctions among assorted terrestrial and aquatic biomes, looking into their climatic environments, soil conditions, and characteristic living organisms.