Biomes

A biome is a distinct biological community of plants and animals that have formed in response to a shared physical climate and have developed common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They can be found over a range of continents.
Biome is a broader term than habitat; any biome can comprise a variety of habitats.
While a biome can cover large areas, a microbiome is a mix of organisms that coexist in a defined space on a much smaller scale. For example, the human microbiome is the collection of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present on a human body.
A 'biota' is the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales and instantaneous temporal scales all the way up to whole-planet and whole-timescale spatiotemporal scales.
The biotas of the Earth make up make up the biosphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome

Examples of Biomes
Terrestrial

• Temperate deciduous forest
• Coniferous forest
• Woodland
• Chaparral
• Tundra
• Grassland
• Desert
• Tropical savanna
• Tropical forest

Marine

• Oceanic plankton and nekton
• Balanoid-gastropod-thallophyte
• Pelecypod-annelid
• Coral reef

KEY WORDS:
biome, habitat, microbiome, biota, forest, desert, savanna,  chaparral, deciduous forest, woodland, tundra, tropical forest, desert, coniferous forest, 

Some questions to get you thinking....

• What are the main biomes that can be found around the world?
• Which biome type is the largest on the planet?
• How are biomes around the world being threatened
• Which biomes are being threatened because of climate change?
• Which biomes do you have in the country where you live.
• What kind of biomes do you live in or near?
• Can / has man created any artificial biomes?
• What would be the benefit of these artificial biomes?

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Resources
Biomes - National Geographic
World Biomes
What is a biome? - Definitions and Types
What is a biome?
Biomes
World Biomes

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