Transcript Biomes - Jefferson Township Public Schools

Biomes
By: Zeus Duenas
• A Biome is a region of Earth that has a particular climate
and certain types of plants, animal, and soil organisms
known as ecosystem.
What is a Biome?
• The Desert can be defined as the region that gets less than
10 inches of rain per year. Because of this there is very
sparse vegetation that is adapted to require very little
water.
The Desert
• Desert biomes are commonly found at the Tropic of
Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
• In terms of latitude desert biomes are very common at 30
degrees north and south of the Equator.
Where is the Biome
located?
• Hot and Dry deserts are found at North American deserts
of this type are the Chihuahua, Sonoran, Mojave and
Great Basin.
• The average temperature ranges for 20-25° C (68-77F).
• The extreme maximum ranges from 43.5-49° C (110.3120.2F).
What is the average
temperature?
• Rainfall is usually very low and/or concentrated in short
bursts between long rainless periods.
• American deserts receives almost 28 cm a year.
• No snow
How much
rainfall/snowfall does
it receive?
• Animals of American deserts: The Desert wolf, Bighorn
Sheep, Chuckwallas, Coyotes, Eagle (Bald), Peregrine
Falcon
• Plants of American deserts: Barrel Cactus, Brittle Bush,
Chain Fruit Cholla, Creosote Bush, Crimson Hedgehog
Cactus
Plants and Animals
• This Biome is considered to have the harshest climate of
all the Biomes
• It does not have any bodies of water visible on the suface
What makes it Unique