Biomes and the Biosphere
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- Biomes
- Terrestrial
- Grassland
- Climate
- Thunderstorms and hail in summer
- Frost in winter
- Vegetation
- Grass
- Trees in hills and riverbeds
- Animals
- Birds
- Black korhaan
- Blue crane
- Guinea fowl
- Blesbok
- Black wildebeest
- Eland
- Birds
- Soil
- Deep
- Dark
- Fertile upper layers
- Climate
- Savannah
- Climate
- Less summer rainfall
- High temperatures
- Vegetation
- Bushland
- Baobab
- Mopane
- Monkey thorn trees
- Bushland
- Animal life
- Most popular animals
- Birds
- Hornbill
- Flycatcher
- Woodpeckers
- Shrikes
- Soil
- Thin and lacking in humus
- Climate
- Forest
- Climate
- Temperate
- Vegetation
- Tees
- Yellowwood
- Ironwood
- Tees
- Animal life
- Birds
- Turaco
- Bushpigs
- Blue duikers
- Leopards
- Crowned eagles
- Birds
- Soil
- Fertile
- Climate
- Nama-karoo
- Climate
- Semi-desert
- Rainfall is low
- Very hot in summer
- Cold in winter
- Vegetation
- Small shrubs and grasses
- Trees grow by rivers
- Animal life
- Black eared foxes
- Black backed jackals
- Ostriches
- Spring hares
- Soil
- Infertile
- Rich in lime
- Climate
- Succulent karoo
- Climate
- Winter rainfall
- Dry summer
- Summer over 40ºC
- Vegetation
- Thick plants with fleshly leaves
- Can store water
- Have spines for water
- Survive in the form of seeds
- Thick plants with fleshly leaves
- Animal life
- Bat eared fox
- Suricate
- Meerkat
- Barking gecko
- Climate
- Fynbos
- Climate
- Cool, wet winter
- Hot, dry summer
- Vegetation
- Evergreen plants with hard, tiny leaves
- Proteas
- Ericas
- Resitios
- Animal life
- Grysbok
- Geometric tortoises
- Protea seedeaters
- Cape sugarbirds
- Soil
- Poor
- Climate
- Thicket
- Climate
- Rainfall varies
- Vegetation
- Replaces forest
- Shrubs and low evergreen trees
- Wild olive trees
- Vines
- Aloe
- Animal life
- Elephant
- Kudu
- Vervet monkey
- Bushbuck
- Soil
- Dune sand
- Sandy
- Clay soils
- In one word: variable
- Climate
- Grassland
- Types
- Aquatic
- Marine Biomes
- Oceans
- Evaporation from the ocean
- Is very critical to the level of rainfall
- Temperature of the ocean affects climates
- Marine algae source of oxygen
- Consume carbon dioxide as well
- Vary from large kelp plants to microscopic organisms
- Evaporation from the ocean
- Animals
- Whales
- Sharks
- Octopuses
- Molluscs
- Crustaceous animals
- Crabs
- Ecosystems
- Rocky shores
- Coral reefs
- Open sea
- Kelp beds
- Oceans
- Marine Biomes
- Freshwater
- Wetlands
- Appearance
- Shallow water
- Vegetation growing in and on the edges of the water
- Prevent the flooding of lakes
- They are a sponge
- Absorb water when the level is too high
- Release when the level is too low
- They are a sponge
- Flora
- Grasses
- Sedges
- Water lilies
- Arum lily
- Red-hot poker
- Fauna
- Southern red bishop
- Shelduck
- Insects
- Mammals
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Striped stream frog
- Appearance
- Rivers and Streams
- Bodies of flowing water that move in one direction
- Water temperature at the source is cooler than at the mouth
- Water level can depend on time of year
- Water nearer to the source is cleaner and has a higher oxygen level
- Trout can be found here
- The middle of the stream
- Width increases
- Species diversity increases
- Plants
- Floating weeds
- Algae
- The mouth of the stram
- Water becomes murky from the sediment
- Less light can penetrate
- Fewer plants
- Fish that require less oxygen
- Catfish
- Carp
- Less light can penetrate
- Water becomes murky from the sediment
- Wetlands
- Aquatic
- Each biome has ecosystems that live under the same conditions
- Have similar living and non-living components
- Different parts of the world that have
- Different
- Climates
- Soil
- Types of vegetation
- Different
- Terrestrial
- The Biosphere and Biomes
- The biosphere
- Definition
- The part of Earth and its atmosphere where living organisms are found
- Organisation
- 1. Earth
- 2. Biosphere
- 3. Biomes
- Regions of the biosphere that have certain characteristics
- Climate
- Soil type
- Vegetation
- Regions of the biosphere that have certain characteristics
- 4. Ecosystems
- Units in nature in which living and non-living things interact with each other
- 5. Communities
- All different types of living organisms living together
- 6. Populations
- The same species living together
- 7. Organisms
- Individual living things
- Components
- Hydrosphere
- Oceans, lakes and water vapour
- Lithosphere
- Earth’s crust
- Rocks on and below the surface
- Atmosphere
- the gases surrounding Earth
- Hydrosphere
- Definition
- The biosphere