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Biome/Habitat Animal Printouts

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The Earth has many different environments, varying in temperature, moisture, light, and many other factors. Each of these habitats has distinct life forms living in it, forming complex communities of interdependent organisms. A complex community of plants and animals in a region and a climate is called a biome.

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Earth’s Biomes

  • Desert - very dry, either hot or cold
  • Tundra - cool, treeless, and dry
  • Chaparral or scrub - coastal area with hot, dry summers and mild, cool, rainy winters
  • Taiga or Coniferous Forest - cool and dry, with coniferous trees
  • Temperate Deciduous Forest - cool and rainy, with deciduous trees
  • Grassland - Windy, partly dry sea of grass with few trees, including tropical savanna, prairie, steppe, pampas, etc.
  • Mountain biomes: there are a lot of different mountainous biomes, from grasslands at low altitudes, taiga (coniferous forests) below the treeline, and alpine (the same as tundra)
  • Temperate Rain Forest - cool and wet
  • Tropical Rain Forest - warm and very wet
  • Land Cave - cool and dark
  • Wetlands - there are many types of wetlands, including swamps, marshes, moors, bogs, fens, sloughs, etc.
  • Freshwater Marsh - a wetland located near creeks, streams, rivers and lakes
  • Temperate ponds
  • Marine (ocean or sea) - including
    • euphotic (sunlit) zone
      • littoral or intertidal zones
      • coral reef (warm shallow salt-water environments based on coral formations)
      • estuarine biomes (where rivers meet oceans)
      • pelagic biomes (open seas near the surface)
    • disphotic (twilight) zone
    • midnight (aphotic) zone
      • benthic biomes (bottom)
      • sea trenches
      • sea Caves
  • And many more.

Some Land (Terrestrial) Biomes

Biome Water Temperature Soil Plants Animals
Desert Almost none hot or cold poor sparse - succulents (like cactus), sage brush sparse - insects, arachnids, reptiles and birds (often nocturnal)
Chaparal (scrub) dry summer, rainy winter hot summer, cool winter poor shrubs, some woodland (like scrub oak) drought and fire-adapted animals
Tundra dry cold permafrost (frozen soil) lichens and mosses migrating animals
Taiga (coniferous forest) adequate cool year-round poor, rocky soil conifers many mammals, birds, insects, arachnids, etc.
Temperate Deciduous Forest adequate cool season and warm season fertile soil deciduous trees many mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arachnids, etc.
Grassland wet season, dry season warm to hot (often with a cold season) fertile soil grasses (few or no trees) many mammals, birds, insects, arachnids, etc.
Tropical rain forest very wet always warm poor, thin soil many plants many animals
Swamp very wet warm nutrient-rich soil many plants many animals
Cave (terrestrial) variable cool (and dark) rocks almost no plants few animals

Related Activities

Biome Word Pieces Puzzle
Biome Word Pieces Puzzle

Biome Word Pieces Puzzle - Make biome-related words from word segments cave, desert, grassland, chaparrel, marsh, prairie, rainforest, reef, savanna, swamp, taiga, tundra.

Biome Report Chart #1: Graphic Organizer
Biome Report Chart #1: Graphic Organizer

Fill in this Biome Report Chart #1 prinable worksheet with: weather, plants, animals, food chains, description, etc.

Biome Report Chart #2: Graphic Organizer
Biome Report Chart #2: Graphic Organizer

In this Biome Report Chart #2 printout you can fill out: weather, plants, animals, endangered species, food chain, and more!

Biome Report Chart #3: Graphic Organizer
Biome Report Chart #3: Graphic Organizer

This Biome Report Chart #3 printout includes: weather, plants, animals, endangered species, food chain, description, and more!

Write Biome-Related Definitions - Write Definitions Quiz
Write Biome-Related Definitions - Write Definitions Quiz

Write Biome-Related Definitions - For each biome-related word, the student writes what part of speech the word is, writes its definition, and uses it in a sentence. Words: biome, wetland, tropical, temperate, prairie, chaparral, intertidal zone, rainforest, tundra, taiga.

Write Biome-Related Definitions - Write Definitions Quiz - Sample Answers
Write Biome-Related Definitions - Write Definitions Quiz - Sample Answers

Write Biome-Related Definitions Worksheet - Sample Answers: For each biome-related word, the student writes what part of speech the word is, writes its definition, and uses it in a sentence. Words: biome, wetland, tropical, temperate, prairie, chaparral, intertidal zone, rainforest, tundra, taiga.

Biome-Related Words: Write a Question for Each Answer
Biome-Related Words: Write a Question for Each Answer

Biome-Related Words: Write a Question for Each Answer - A printout about writing sentences for early readers.

Biome Vocabulary Word List
Biome Vocabulary Word List

A list of common words and phrases associated with biomes or habitats.

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