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Monday, March 24, 2008

Chaparral

Most of Los Angeles is chaparral. There are few trees and a lot of grass which is dry. It is warm most of the time but it does rain every now and then. There are mountains that are mostly chaparral.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Tundras

In tundras it is cold all year. The ground is always covered in snow. Animals that are in tundras are polar bears, penguins, and foxes. The ground is completely covered in snow so there are no plants. The tundra is th coldest biome of all of biomes.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Prairies

Prairies is the other category for grasslands.They havecold winters and hot summers. Most parts of prairies are all grass. The land is all flat in prairies.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Savana

Savanas are one of the two categories of grasslands. They are south of the equator. They get a lot of rain and are really hot during the summer. So the plants get real dry during the summer. Most parts of savanas have a lot of grass.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Deserts

Deserts are really hot and dry. They are known to be arid. Some deserts are really hot during the day and cold during the night. The Arctic deserts are the coldest of all types. Cactus store a lot of water inside of themselves.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Rainforests

Rainforests cover about 7% of the earth's surface. But the rainforests are going away because people are cutting down trees and that destroys animals habitats. It is humid and wet in rainforests. There are three layers of rainforests and they are the canopy, understory, and forest floor. It is bad that people are destroying rainforests because rainforests contain 50% of the earth's animals and plant life.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Marine Ecosystem

There are different types of marine zones. There is the abyssal, euphotic, and bathsal. They all have different types of animals. They also have different amounts of sunlight.