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The Amazon Rainforest
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What is a biome?
A biome is a large ecosystem. It is an area on the earth's surface that has similar climate, plants and animals.
There are 8 main biomes:
TundraTaigaTemperate forestTropical rainforestDesertMediterraneanSavannaTemperate grassland
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Biomes
Click on the question marks to reveal the name of each biome in the key.
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Where is the Amazon?What is the climate of the Amazon?What is the vegetation like in the Amazon?What is an example of a foodchain?How does the nutrient cycle work in the Amazon?
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Where is the Amazon?What is the climate of the Amazon?What is the vegetation like in the Amazon?What is an example of a foodchain?How does the nutrient cycle work in the Amazon?
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Climate graph – the Amazon
Describe the Amazon’s pattern of rainfall and temperature..
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Where is the Amazon?What is the climate of the Amazon?What is the vegetation like in the Amazon?What is an example of a foodchain?How does the nutrient cycle work in the Amazon?
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Emergent trees
Canopy
Small trees
Shrubs
Undergrowth
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Layers of the rainforest
liana
saprophytesbuttress roots
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Where is the Amazon?What is the climate of the Amazon?What is the vegetation like in the Amazon?What is an example of a foodchain?How does the nutrient cycle work in the Amazon?
Lea
rnin
g o
bje
ctiv
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Where is the Amazon?What is the climate of the Amazon?What is the vegetation like in the Amazon?What is an example of a foodchain?How does the nutrient cycle work in the Amazon?
Lea
rnin
g o
bje
ctiv
es
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The red, tropical soil is naturally infertile.
Soil
How does so much vegetation grow if the soil is infertile?
BUT…