Location North America Europe Asia Climate warm summers

• Location- North America, Europe, Asia • Climate- warm summers, cool winters – Temperature -3 to 18 0 C. – Precipitation- between 75 cm to 150 cm (30 to 56 inches) annually

üHas four (4) seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. üAnimals and plants are adapted to cope with seasonal changes. Ex: some hibernate Animals: worms, snakes, squirrels, rabbits, üSoil is very fertile frogs, salamanders, raccoons, deer, bear, insects, coyotes, chipmunks, flying squirrels, hawks, owls, songbirds etc. Plants: Deciduous Trees- meaning They lose their leaves In winter (Oak, Maple, Hickory, Beech), Spring flowering Herbs and other plants.

Animals Eastern chipmunk American black bear coyote White-tailed deer

Plants Shagbark Hickory White birch American beech White oak

Savanna/ Grasslands Location- North America, Australia, Asia, South America, Africa Climate- warm summers, cold winters (Savannas do not have cold winters which is near the equator) Average Annual Temperature - -16 0 C to 34 0 C Average Annual Precipitation- 25 -75 cm Made up of prairies or plains & dominated by grasses

übig open spaces ünot many bushes ü Trees are found only by rivers and streams üan endless ocean of grass.

Animals Zebra Bison Animals include: gophers, rabbits, giraffes, gazelles, buffalo, antelope and various species of birds. Elk Lion

Plants Wild Grass Manketti Tree Plants include: grasses, wheat, and corn. Elephant Grass Acacia Tree

Did you know? • Savannas go by several names depending on its location (Savanna- Africa, Prairie- N. America, Pampas- S. America, Steppe- Asia, or more generally to cover all – Grasslands) • Grasslands cover 14 million square miles of the earth • There are 2 types of grasslands: temperate and tropical

Temperature averages 250 C, warm all year. Precipitation averages 200 -600 cm per year (that’s 78 – 236 inches!! ) Contains four zones – forest floor, understory, canopy, and emergents Location: in South America, Central America, C. Asia, Australia, And Africa on or near the equator. The most biologically diverse biome on Earth.

Layers of a Rainforest EMERGENT CANOPY UNDERSTORY FOREST FLOOR

Tropical Rainforest Animals Silvery Gibbon Most diverse in the world Vampire Bat Sloth Animals include: beetles, spiders, snakes, Bats, squirrels, monkeys, tree frogs, and sloths.

Tropical Plants Most diverse in the world. Mangrove Tree Durian Tree Jambu Rose Plants include: banyan trees, wild figs, Mahogany trees (form canopy) and Bromeliads.

Did You Also Know? • The rainforest is home to two-thirds of all the living animal and plant species on the planet • Has no seasons • Has very poor soil due to leeching from so much rain

Did you know…? there are two types of Rainforest -- the temperate and the tropical? Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator. Temperate rainforests are found along coasts in the temperate zone, such as the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Both are endangered! Tropical rainforests are warm and moist; while temperate rainforests are cool. It rains a lot in the temperate rainforest -- about 100 inches per year.