Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Chaparral
The chaparral is the smallest region. It has mountains, hills, trees, grass, and rivers. It has rabbits, coyotes, and many more animals. It is windy, warm ,and sometimes chilly. It has trees, and grass.
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Tundra
The tundra is the north most and coldest of all the regions. It has no vegetation, only snow. It has hills, snow , and glaciers. Animals there need fur to keep them warm. It cold there year round.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Prairie
The prairie is located in USA above the equator. The geography has grass, hills, and rocks. Some animals that live there are bobcats, bees, coyotes, and many more. The vegetation there is grass. It has a warm windy climate.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Savanna
The savanna is located under the equator to the south. It is a huge grassland, with trees, rocks, and rivers. The climate there is hot and wet. Lions, leopards, and many other animals live there. It is usually hot there. Most of the savanna is in Africa.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Desert
The desert is plain hot land. The climate there is always the same, hot and windy occasionally. Hawks, vultures, scorpions, and a bunch of other animals. There are sand dunes and hills. The temperature drops low and sometimes below 0 at night. At daytime the heat is insane.
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Siberia
Siberia is where I want to live. It is a country in northern Russia. People travel by cars and sled dog in the winter. It is usually frozen in the winter. In the summer there is no snow but it is still cold. The record low is 71.2 °C (-96.1 °F). There is a range of mountains called the Altia Mountains. It is were a I want to live, cold summers, and even colder winters
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Friday, March 7, 2008
Rainforests
Rain forest are areas or regions with lots of trees,vines, and water. Rain forest are known are the "lungs" of the planet for it's greenness. There are multiple species of animals living there, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods, and birds. There are gorillas, frogs, boas, bird wing, and toucan. It usually has a hot climate, with lots of rain. That is why it is called a rain forest. It geography is trees, vines, rocks, and lots of water. There are three layers in the rain forest. The canopy layer, the undergrowth layer, and the forest floor.The canopy layer contains the majority of animals. In the undergrowth The trees stems along with the animals living there. The forest floor contains floor plants and land animals like the scorpion.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Marine ecosystem
The marine ecosystem consumes 70% of the earth. There are 4 zones. 3 of them are euphotic, bathyal, and abyssal. The euphotic zone goes down to 100 meters. The bathyal zone goes down from 100 to 3300 meters. The abyssal zone goes from 3300 to beyond. There are two types of fish: with jaws and without. Different animals live at different zones
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