Biome | Places Found | Animals | Plants |
Tundra | Edge of the Great Ice Masses of Asia, North America and Europe |
Caribou, musk ox, wolf and Arctic fox |
Grasses, mosses, lichens, sedges |
Conifer Forests |
Coastal Areas of Canada, Alaska, and parts of Asia |
Moose, wolf, fox, deer squirel |
Fir, pine, spruce, redwoods |
Deciduous Forests |
Parts of Western Europe, Eastern Asia and Eastern North America |
Wapiti, deer, beaver opossum, rabbit birds such as the woodpecker |
Oak, birch, beech, maple |
Tropical Rain Forest |
Asia, Africa and South America |
Monkeys, colourful birds, a great variety of insects, jaguars |
Trees, ferns, orchids,climbers |
Desert | Includes parts of Australia, North America, Africa, Asia and South Amercica | Scorpians, lizards, snakes,insects, some deer and gazelles, camels, bats |
Catus, succulants, shrubs, date palms grow where there is underground water |
Grassland | Far away from the sea coast in North America, Africa, Asia and South America |
Bison (North America); elephants, lions, zebra (Africa) |
Grasses, scrub, herb-like plants very few trees |
Reef | Between land and sea |
Brightly coloured fish, starfish, corals |
Seaweeds |
Rocky Shore | Surrounds land masses. High tide and low tide zone |
Shrimps, small fish, anemones, crabs, sea slugs, sea birds |
Algae, seaweeds plankton |
Ocean | 70% of Earth's Surface |
Whales, fish, dolphins |
Algae, seaweeds, plankton |
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