Discuss the characteristics of a biome you have studied. Biomes are large world regions in which climate‚ soils‚ natural vegetation and animal life are all interrelated. The biome that i have studied is the desert biome. Dry Climate Desert climate is very dry‚ with a yearly rainfall of between 0 and 250mm. Although deserts are very dry regions‚ very few deserts are completely dry. Parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile are said to be the driest places on earth. They receive an average of less than
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Chapter 2: Climate‚ Landforms‚ and Biomes Greece has an interesting physical characteristics such as Mount Olympus. It is the highest mountain in Greece‚ which is 9‚573 feet (2‚918 m) tall. Its highest peak is the Mytikas. According to the Greek mythology‚ there are twelve Olympian gods lived in this mountains. About four-fifth of Greece was cover with mountains and hills. The major mountain ranges of Greece is Pindus Mountains. It was located more in the northern Greece. Pindus Mountains
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over the tropical rainforest biome. The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50-260 inches (125-660) cm of rain falls yearly. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100-300 species in one 2 ½ acre area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. There are a couple of topics that can be discussed within this biome such as the location‚ climate
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Human actions and behaviour towards the polar biome have a had major impact on the geographical processes operating within this environment. The polar biome can be situated in either the North or South Pole. Some of the human impacts currently in Antarctica are tourism‚ Climate Change and Invasive species due to this there is been dramatic changes to food webs and the environment itself. In Antarctica temperatures are extremely low with an average annual temperature ranging from -10°C to -80°C in
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I.S.24 Jaad Shahout 616 6/12/10 Rain forest Biome The average rain fall a rain forest receives is 50 to 260 inches yearly (125-660 centimeters). Rain forest belongs in a wet climate. Its temperature does not go higher than 93 degrees (34 degrees Celsius) or drop below 68 degrees (20 degrees Celsius). The rain forests average humidity is 77%-88%. Almost all rain forests are near the equator. Half of all plant and animal species are in the rain forest. Tropical rain forests produce
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Cold Desert Biome Food Web Michelle Ann Cushman BIO/101 October 20‚ 2014 Steven Peck This is a biome which is an Ocean shore environment. Animals that live here find their food in the water. Some of the Preys go on to the land to rest or reproduce‚ but food that they eat is in the water. The Artic is the area around the North Pole while the Antarctic is the area around the South Pole. Plant plankton are eaten by the Krills; the Krills are eaten by the fish‚ fish are eaten by the seals and the seals
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The fact that the savannah is the largest biome and it constitute 20 percent of the planet’s surface‚ is really a fascinating fact to be believed by every soul living on Earth. The world constitute of different climatic and physical conditions around the world‚ this leads to the variations in the biomes found in this planet‚ some people believe that human impact is also part of the drivers of this biome‚ and some do not. It is actually a debatable issue of what to believe are the drivers of the savannahs
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Tundra Biome There are two types of tundra ecosystems: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The tundra biome has several unique characteristics. The climate is very cold there is little diversity‚ and a "short season of growth and reproduction occurs" (1). The Finnish word tunturia‚ which means treeless plain‚ was the inspiration for the words tundra (4). The formation‚ plants‚ and animals that are associated with this biome have several attributes that make them remarkable‚ and this biome is
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Humans have a negative effect on the tundra biome. Some of the effects are overhunting‚ global warming‚ oil drilling‚ and pollution. When endangered species encounter these issues they die and eventually become extinct. An example of overhunting is how sailors overhunt musk oxen and caribou for their fur and body meat. The fur gets used for clothing and the sailors eat the body meat. The musk ox is nearly extinct due to overhunting. When you over hunt a whole species‚ that species may go completely
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How is man changing environment or biomes? Man is drastically changing the environment with all the needs he has. Humans cut down entire forests in the course of a month. Then we build buildings in its place making it impossible for anything to grow there. Those trees were a crucial part to the ecosystem and environment‚ which are now changed forever. We also drive cars‚ which emit exhaust‚ which in turn hurts our ozone layer and heats up the Earth. Once the ozone layer is damaged the ice caps
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