Biome are Constellations of Adaptations

A biome is a large area or habitat that occupies the earth. Animals, plants along with flora and fauna occupy biome habitats. They cleverly adapt to their environment and geographical location. The area that I have chosen to research are the Flinders Ranges. The Flinders Rangers are in South Australia, covering 37,000 square kilometres. The biome expands from Crystal Brook in the south to Mount Hopeless in the north. There are several main general features associated with this semi-arid biome. It has landforms that are above sea level. The biome has high mountain ranges with summits reaching 900 metres. The area has steep gorges, cliffs, ridges and plateaus. The biome edges have grasslands and foothills which contain creeks, gorges, valleys,

Do to the cold climate most plants are tiny ground cover plants, which grow and reproduce with not a lot of haste. They shield themselves from the cold and wind by hugging close to the ground. Some of

Deserts make up 20% of the Earths surface. Desert biomes come in four major forms. The hot & dry, semi arid, coastal and cold deserts. Deserts are hot and dry because of little vegetation cover, little cloud cover and low atmospheric pressure. The humidity level is very low and there is very little rain each year (about 500mm per year). The soil is shallow and rocky, as a result of very little weathering and supports only a few plant types. The soil has very low organic matter and has a very low salt content. Plants that grow here include the cactus and short shrubs, which have the ability to conserve water. Plants have less leaves, so they use their stems for photosynthesis. The animals tend to burrow during the day to avoid the scorching

The soil and biotic/abiotic features of the park vary greatly depending on the area of park being studied. The volcanic rock that underlies the

Adaptations in terrestrial environments involve the structural and functional qualities of the organism, to achieve the adequate intake of oxygen and other essential substances for the animal to survive, the evolution of more complex anatomical structures were required. Gravity is stronger on land than water, which means terrestrial organisms have to be more structural than aquatic organisms. Also, the balance of gas exchange with water loss is a key feature to survive in land. For example plants, when doing photosynthesis require carbon dioxide and water to produce oxygen, at the end of this process a lot of water is lost and terrestrial plants have to compensate the water being lost and the water taken from soil. Furthermore, the dispersal of gametes by wind or other animals have helped plants reproduce in large amounts and create varieties of species of the same kind. Short-term weather patterns as well as long-term climate conditions based on precipitations, temperature, wind, humidity as well as other factors are survival obstacles that organisms in land have to adapt to live; endothermic organisms have to maintain a constant internal

Leopold’s land pyramid describes the hierarchical dynamics of the biotic community. Based upon what we learned in class, a biotic community is the relationship between soil and animals. It is a sum of all the parts within the community. The pyramid represents layers within the biotic community. The bottom layer is the soil. A plant layer rests upon the soil layer, an insect layer lies atop the plants, a bird and rodent layer rests upon the insects. The pyramid works its way up the various animal groups until it finally comes to the peak layer, which consists of the lager carnivorous animals. Leopold places humans in the top layer.

Weather includes short summers and long snowy winters. There are many granitic outcroppings, talus slopes, and boulder fields, and herbaceous plants; they need to flower and produce seeds during the short frost-free summer. (Yosemite, n.d.) This Zone may not seem important because of the fact that no trees and few vegetation grow here, but it is just as important to the animals as the other forest and zones.

Land and soil quality is important to agriculture, but so is plant and the animal systems. The can be defined as ecosystems, and agriculture is an agroecosystem. The ecosystem links between the function of soil, water, and air. Changing concepts have been made from management of a single-resource, single species approach to making it a multiple management approach that would involve the structure, composition, and function of the entire ecosystems. Soil quality can be defined as the capacity of soil that is to function with ecosystem boundaries to sustain biological productivity that will maintain environmental quality, and promote plant and animal health (CEQ, 1993).

Plants in the prairie have an underground root system. So the roots can die and then grow back when winter is over. There is a plant that grows in prairie called turkey

A huge part that makes the Earth different from any other planet is the diverse environments or biomes that make up the lands. The different environments help create the different cultures around the world which help shape people personalities and their everyday lifestyle. Each biome has different factors in them that describe them which are their cultures and the three main types of land biomes are the tundra, grassland/desert and forest.

First of all, plants and animals experience inconveniences when living in places where the creatures receive heavy amounts of snow, consequently proceeding disturbances in the cycle of food chain. For example, the text states, “Unlike animals, which can often leave, hibernate, or otherwise escape a harsh environment, plants cannot”(Source #3). This piece of information illustrates

A biome is a group of areas with similar climate conditions, growth patterns and vegetation types. To define different types of biomes they take location, temperature, animal life, and precipitation. Two different biomes that are similar are tundras and taigas. They are both cold climate biomes. Their winters are long harsh and cold and the summers are short and mild. Despite the biomes harsh weather, many animals wander there. Caribou wander there in the summer months. During winter there are predators like foxes, wolves, wolverines, and bears. These predators prey on animals like rabbits, hares, shrews, voles, and lemmings. Mammals tend to hibernate during the winter. Many species of birds tend to migrate north in the summer to breed and

Ecology today can be defined as “the study of the interrelationships between living things and their environment”. It is important to understand that when we say that ecology includes the “environment”, we are talking about everything that is external to an organism, all the biotic and abiotic. Nowadays it also attempts to understand and explain the how and why of the origins and mechanisms of interactions.

Biomes are all over the world, that’s why they are considered the “world’s major communities.” Biomes are large areas scattered around the earth, filled with animals and plants acclimating to their environments. You can classify biomes in many different ways, by their climate, their biodiversity, human activity, their animals and plants, and their habitats. There are only five conspicuous types of biomes, Grassland, Tundra, Desert, Aquatic, and forest. Without biomes, the earth would be unbalanced. Throughout the years, we have cause a lot of damage towards our earth, such as causing pollution, and abolishing natural habitats. If we continue living like this, there might be more serious or severe implications on the biomes. Knowing that we share the world with so many other species of plants and animals, we should consider the consequences of our actions.

Biodiversity presents occurrence of variety of species and their natural community in which they live. By the definition it is “The degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. It is a measure of the health of ecosystems and is in part a function of climate.” (Rutherford) Ecosystem is on the other hand, “ community and its abiotic environment”( Rutherford). Biodiversity exists in every ecosystem, weather it is big one, or just ecosystem of one garden, it has the same importance because without it nature loses its ability to perform major functions needed for life on Earth, as it is oxygen production. Trough this investigation, two different ecosystems will be explored and