Summary#6 : Places to live around the world

The land on the Earth is divided into six major kinds of large ecosystems, called biome has is own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals. Each biome can be found in different parts of the world.

desert
location: Midlatitudes.

climate:generally very hot days, cool nights; precipitatio has less than 10 inches a year..

soil: poor in animal and plant decay products but often rich in minerals.
plants: None to cacti, yuccas, bunch grasses, shrubs, and a few trees.

animals: rodents, snakes, lizards, tortoises, insects, and som birds.

Tundra

location: High northern latitudes

climate:Very cold, harsh, and ong winters; short and cool summers; 10-25 centimeters(4-10 inches) of precipitation a year.
soil: Nutrient- poor, permafrost layer a few inches down
plants: grasses, wildflowers, mosses, small shrubsanimals: mushoxen, migrating, caribou, artic foxes, weasels, snowshoe hares, owls, hawks, various rodents, occasional polar bears.

Grassland

Location: Midlatitudes, interiors of continents

climate: Cool in winter, hot in summer; 25-75 centimeters (10-30 inches) of precipitation a year
soil: Rich topsoil
Plants: Mostly grasses and small shurbs, some trees near sources of water

animal: American grasslands include prairie dogs, foxes, small mammals, snakes, insects, various birds. African grasslands include elephants, lions. zebras,m giraffes. What animals might live in Australia`s grasslands?

Deciduous Forest
Location: Midlatitudes
climate:relatively mild summes and cold winters, 76-127 centimeters (30-50 inches) of precipitation a year
soil: rich topsoil over clay
plants: hardwoods such as oaks, beeches, hickories, maples
animals: wolves, deer , bears, and wide variety of small mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects

Taiga
location: Mid-to high latitudes
climate: Vey cold winters, cool summers; about 50 centimeters (20 inches) of precipitation a year

soil:acidic, mineral-poor, decayed pine and spruce needles on surface

plants: Mostly spruce, fir, and other evergreens

animals: rodents, snowshoe hares; lynx, sables, emine, caribou, bears wovels, birds in summer

Tropical Rain Forest

location: Near the eaquator

climate: Hot all year round,  200-460 centimeters (80-180inches) of rain a year

soil: Nutrient-poor

plants: Greatest diverty of any biome; vines, orchids, ferms, and a wide variety of trees

animals: More species of insects, reptiles, and amphibians than any place else; monkeys, other small and large mammals, ioncluding in some places elephants, all sorts of colorful birds