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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BIOME PROJECT

BY MELONY GONZALEZ
Photo by Ennor

BOREAL FOREST

  • The earth's most common and overall largest land-based biome.
  • Boreal forests are also known as taiga, a Russian word which simply means swampy, moist forest.
  • Boreal forests are coniferous
  • Contain large amounts of evergreen trees

CLIMATE CHANGE 🍂❄️🍃🌞

  • Summer 🌞🥵: ~moderately warm & moist; very long
  • Fall🍁🍂: ~ first frost; over night lows of -5 degrees to daytime highs of +10 degrees c
  • Winter 🌨❄️: ~ Extremely cold & dry
  • Spring 🌸🍃: ~last frost; overnight lows -5 degrees to daytime highs of +10 degrees c
Photo by VinothChandar

Precipitation 🌧& temperature 🤒 graph 📊

Animal kinds in biome:
•lynxes
•ofocoileu
Shelters more than 85 species 🥰
🐾🌲

Photo by edans

ANIMAL ADAPTIONS

Adaption to extreme cold 🥶 weather by growing thick fur coats 🧥

Plants 🌱
• pine 🌲
• fir
•larch or tamarack
• needleleaf
• spruce

Photo by Umberto

PLANT ADAPTIONS

•Thin needles to prevent water loss • thick waxy coasting to protect from dry winds

Soil conditions
~ typically podzol, “ash”, grey soils that are thin, acidic and poor in nutrients