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Chapter 21. Ecosystems. Table of Contents. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Section 2 Aquatic Ecosystems. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes. Chapter 21. Objectives. Identify the eight major biomes. Compare tundra with taiga. Compare the different kinds of forests.

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  1. Chapter 21 Ecosystems Table of Contents Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Section 2 Aquatic Ecosystems

  2. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Objectives • Identifythe eight major biomes. • Comparetundra with taiga. • Comparethe different kinds of forests. • Comparethe different kinds of grasslands. • Describethe adaptations of desert organisms.

  3. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 The Major Biomes • The major types of terrestrial ecosystems, known as biomes, are tundra, tropical forest, temperate forest, taiga, temperate grassland, savanna, chaparral, and desert.

  4. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Earth’s Major Biomes

  5. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Tundra • Tundrais a cold biome characterized by permafrost under the surface of the ground.

  6. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Tundra

  7. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Forests • Tropical Forests • Tropical forests receive abundant rainfall and have stable temperatures. • They have a greater species richness than any other biome.

  8. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Tropical Rain Forest

  9. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Forests, continued • Temperate Forests • Temperate forests have coniferous trees, which bear seeds in cones, or deciduous trees, which shed their leaves each year.

  10. Section 1 Terrestrial Biomes Chapter 21 Forests, continued • Temperate Deciduous Forests • The trees in temperate deciduous forests shed all of their leaves in the fall.

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