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Terrestrial Biome Puzzle

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Introduction:

The biome concept organizes large-scale ecological variation. Terrestrial biomes are distinguished primarily by their predominant vegetation, and are mainly determined by temperature and rainfall. The terrestrial biomes include Tundra, Taiga, Temperate Deciduous forest, Temperate grassland, Chaparrals, Tropical Savannas, Tropical Rain forests, and Deserts.

Objective:

In this activity, you will complete a puzzle for terrestrial biomes by cutting and gluing the correct features onto the biome puzzle sheet.

TERRESTRIAL BIOME PUZZLE

| |TUNDRA |TAIGA |TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST |TEMPERATE GRASSLAND |

|Average Temperature | | | | |

|Annual Precipitation | | | | |

|Soil | | | | |

|Description | | | | |

|Producers | | | | |

|Herbivores | | | | |

|Carnivores | | | | |

| |CHAPARRAL |DESERT |TROPICAL SAVANNA |TROPICAL RAIN FOREST |

|Average Temperature | | | | |

|Annual Precipitation | | | | |

|Soil | | | | |

|Description | | | | |

|Producers | | | | |

|Herbivores | | | | |

|Carnivores | | | | |

PUZZLE CLUES TO CUT & PASTE

|7oC to 38oC |Moist thin topsoil that is low in |X |0oC to 25oC |35-75 cm |

|May be very cold or very hot |nutrients | |Has both cool and warm seasons |Adequate Rainfall to support trees |

|Located near the equator; called |-10oC to 14oC |4 seasons (spring, summer, winter, |Grasses, sedges, moss, lichens |Oaks, pecan, maples, hickories, |

|jungles or tropics |Cool year round |fall) | |willows |

|X |Pines, cedars, spruce, fir trees |Lush, perennial grasses, few scattered|X |20oC to 34oC |

| | |trees | |Always warm and humid |

|Mild, rainy winters & hot, dry |Thin, nutrient poor soil over frozen |Cacti, succulents, Creosote bushes, |Canopy layer of vegetation, vines, |Moist with moderately thick topsoil, |

|summers; Called plains; “western |Permafrost |vegetation that stores water with waxy|epiphytes like orchids & bromeliads, |Rich in nutrients (humus) |

|movies” | |cuticles |tropical ferns | |

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