Describe the climate, soil, and representative organisms for two of the following terrestrial biomes: savanna,
temperate rain forest, chaparral, or taiga. What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Taiga
Climate: long, harsh winters and extremely short summers
Soil: nutrient poor with little organic litter; permafrost
Organisms: mosses, lichens, grasses and sedges; voles, weasels, arctic foxes, gray wolves,
lemmings, musk oxen
Temperate rain forest
Climate: mild winters and cool summers; high annual precipitation supplemented by fog
Soil: nutrient-poor with a high organic contentOrganisms: large evergreen trees and epiphytes; squirrels, wood rates, mule deer, elk
Chaparral
Climate: mild winters with abundant rainfall and extremely dry summers
Soil: thin and infertile
Organisms: evergreen shrubs with leathery leaves; mule deer, brush rabbits, lizards and many
bird species
Savanna
Climate: relatively low rainfall with prolonged dry periods; little temperature variation
Soil: low in essential minerals but rich in aluminum
Organisms: wide expanses of grasses with occasional trees: hooved mammals and large
predators such as lions and hyenas
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