Exploring Earth's Diverse Biomes: From Aquatic to Tundra

1. 1. Aquatic- pertaining to water • 2. Climate- typical weather pattern in an areaover a long period of time (includes precipitation & temperature) • Desert-dry biome that receives less than 25cm of rain a year and has organisms such as lizards and cacti living there • Diversity-differences, such as biodiversity, which • refers to the number of different species in an ecosystem. • Estuary-a habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean • Freshwater-water that does not have salt in it, such as a river, lake, stream, or pond • Marine-saltwater biome • Mountain biome-series of ecosystems found on mountains which vary with elevation; precipitation increases and temperature becomes colder as elevation increase • Savanna-a tropical grassland close to the equator, which has few trees and supports large herbivores • Taiga-the biome that is covered in coniferous trees, has very cold winters, and has animals such as moose and wolves living there • Temperate-the biome that has four distinct seasons, temperatures ranging from -30 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius, deciduous trees, and animals such assquirrels living there. Main biome of Georgia • 12. Terrestrial-pertaining to land • 13. Tropical rain forest-the biome that is located near the equator, receives a lot of rain, and has a wide variety of animals, such as toucan and monkeys living there • 14. tundra-an extremely cold, dry biome whose ground is covered in permafrost, and has organisms such as caribou and lichen living there