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Interactive World Biomes Map Powerpoint

A biome is a natural area defined by the plants and animals found there. The world contains many different biomes that vary based on climate. Some common biomes include aquatic, desert, savannah, grassland, temperate forest, boreal forest, rainforest, and tundra biomes. Each biome supports distinctive plant and animal life adapted to its environmental conditions.

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Interactive World Biomes Map Powerpoint

A biome is a natural area defined by the plants and animals found there. The world contains many different biomes that vary based on climate. Some common biomes include aquatic, desert, savannah, grassland, temperate forest, boreal forest, rainforest, and tundra biomes. Each biome supports distinctive plant and animal life adapted to its environmental conditions.

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What is a Biome?

A biome is a natural area of plants and animals. The world is divided into lots of
different biomes and they are all different depending on their climate.
Types of Biomes
Some of the most common world biomes are:

Aquatic Desert
This is the largest biome out there, These biomes cover about one fifth of
covering nearly 75% of our planet our planet and are extremely dry
and can be divided into two main areas. Depending on their location,
categories: freshwater and saltwater. they can be either hot or cold. Plants
and animals have evolved over time
to adapt to the harsh environment.
Types of Biomes
Savannah Grassland
A savanna is a large area of rolling The majority of this biome is made up
tropical grasslands with scattered trees of a variety of grasses with very few
and shrubs. Savannas have two trees or large plants. The two main
distinct seasons - wet and dry. With types of grasslands found are ‘tall-
little rain, the savanna is unable to grass’ (humid and wet), and ‘short-
support large amounts of trees. A grass’ (dry). This biome is very
savanna is also called a tropical popular for farming due to the rich
grassland. soil.

Temperate, Deciduous Forest Boreal/Taiga Forest


These forests have trees which lose Taiga forests are mainly coniferous
their leaves during winter. They can trees, which do not lose their leaves.
be found in parts of Europe, North These forests experience cold
America, New Zealand and Japan. temperatures for most of the year.
Types of Biomes
Rainforest Tundra
Home to a variety of tropical plants This is the coldest biome and
and animals and found in regions that therefore has little plant and animal
are warm all year round. variety. Tundra biomes cover
Unfortunately, rainforests now cover approximately one fifth of the Earth’s
less than 6% of our planet but still surface.
produce about 40% of our oxygen.

What different types of plants and animals do


you think you would find in these biomes?
Click the buttons to make each biome appear. Click again to remove.

boreal/taiga forest rainforest grassland desert

temperate/deciduous forest savannah tundra ice

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