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A polar ice cap or polar ice sheet is a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. This term is somewhat of a difference since an ice cap is less than 50,000 km² and is always over land: a larger area of ice is called an ice sheet. Polar ice caps do not have size, composition or geologic requirements of being over land, but they must be centered in the polar region.
PLANTS: The plants that live in the polar ice cap are algae, lichens, bryophytes (mosses), and kelp
CLIMATE: Polar ice caps form because high-latitude regions receive less energy in the form of solar radiation from the sun than equatorial regions. This results in lower surface temperatures. Seasonal variations of the ice caps will take place due to varied solar energy absorption as the planet or moon revolves around the sun. Additionally, in geologic time scale, the ice caps may grow or shrink due to climate variation. Both of the Earth's ice caps are currently shrinking, possibly as a result of global warming.
ANIMALS: Some of the animals found in the polar ice biome include polar bears, seals, penguins, the arctic fox, and musk oxen.

The most common type of chaparral contains plants like large shrubs, corn oak, and scattered scrub that are densely packed together. This type of chaparral is called maquis in Europe and chamiso-redshank in California. Chamiso is the most common shrub in that area. Chamiso-redshank chaparral also contains plants like poison oak, small scrub oaks, manzanita, and sugar sumac.
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Alpine animals have to deal with two types of problems: the cold and too much high UV wavelengths. This is because there is less atmosphere to filter UV rays from the sun. There are only warm blooded animals in the Alpine biome, although there are insects. Alpine animals adapt to the cold by hibernating, migrating to lower, warmer areas, or insulating their bodies with layers of fat. Animals will also tend to have shorter legs, tails, and ears, in order to reduce heat loss. Alpine animals also have larger lungs, more blood cells and hemoglobin because of the increase of pressure and lack of oxygen at higher altitudes. This is also true for people who have lived on mountains for a long time, like the Indians of the Andes Mountains in South America and the Sherpas of the Himalayas in Asia.
Climate
Because the severe climate of the Alpine biome, plants and animals have developed adaptations to those conditions. There are only about 200 species of Alpine plants. At high altitudes there is very little CO2, which plants need to carry on photosynthesis. Because of the cold and wind, most plants are small perennial groundcover plants which grow and reproduce slowly. They protect themselves from the cold and wind by hugging the ground. Taller plants or trees would soon get blown over and freeze. When plants die they don't decompose very quickly because of the cold. This makes for poor soil conditions. Most Alpine plants can grow in sandy and rocky soil. Plants have also adapted to the dry conditions of the Alpine biome. Plant books and catalogs warn you about over watering Alpine plants.
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The Alpine Phacelia grows on rocky, open or wooded places in the mountains. In the United States they can be found growing at an elevation of 9 -10,000 feet east of the Cascade Range in Oregon, California, Nevada and much of Utah. They can be found on almost all mountains throughout the world.
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A polar ice cap or polar ice sheet is a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. This term is somewhat of a difference since an ice cap is less than 50,000 km² and is always over land: a larger area of ice is called an ice sheet. Polar ice caps do not have size, composition or geologic requirements of being over land, but they must be centered in the polar region.
CLIMATE: Polar ice caps form because high-latitude regions receive less energy in the form of solar radiation from the sun than equatorial regions. This results in lower surface temperatures. Seasonal variations of the ice caps will take place due to varied solar energy absorption as the planet or moon revolves around the sun. Additionally, in geologic time scale, the ice caps may grow or shrink due to climate variation. Both of the Earth's ice caps are currently shrinking, possibly as a result of global warming.
ANIMALS: Some of the animals found in the polar ice biome include polar bears, seals, penguins, the arctic fox, and musk oxen.
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A polar ice cap or polar ice sheet is a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. This term is somewhat of a difference since an ice cap is less than 50,000 km² and is always over land: a larger area of ice is called an ice sheet. Polar ice caps do not have size, composition or geologic requirements of being over land, but they must be centered in the polar region.
CLIMATE: Polar ice caps form because high-latitude regions receive less energy in the form of solar radiation from the sun than equatorial regions. This results in lower surface temperatures. Seasonal variations of the ice caps will take place due to varied solar energy absorption as the planet or moon revolves around the sun. Additionally, in geologic time scale, the ice caps may grow or shrink due to climate variation. See ice age, polar climate. Both of the Earth's ice caps are currently shrinking, possibly as a result of global warming.
ANIMALS: Some of the animals found in the polar ice biome include polar bears, seals, penguins, the arctic fox, and musk oxen.
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cold winters.
PLANT:Many of the same genera, previously part of an Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora, are common to all three of the disjunct northern hemisphere expressions of this biome. Included among these genera are Quercus (oak), Acer (maple), Fagus (beech), Castanea (chestnut), Carya (hickory), Ulmus (elm), Tilia (basswood or linden), Juglans (walnut), and Liquidamber (sweet gum). Different species of these genera occur on each continent.
ANIMALS:Many well-known animals live in this kind of forest. Some examples are the Eastern Gray Squirrel, bears, beavers, foxes, deer, rats, snakes, mice, wolves, raccoons, and large birds of prey like red-tailed hawks. These animals have unique adaptations suited for seasonal life. For example, some rodents store up fat, then hibernate during cold winters. Birds include the bald eagle, nightingale, cardinals, hawks, and the snow owl.
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CLIMATE:The Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest (TBDF)--especially in eastern North America, where is remains most intact--is known for the turning of the colors of its leaves to brilliant reds, oranges, and golds in autumn. The shortening days of fall stimulate the plants to withdraw chlorophyll from their leaves, allowing a brief but beautiful display of other pigments before the leaves are shed completely and plants enter an extended period of dormancy. Associated with warmer continental and humid subtropical climates (Dfa, Cfa, and--in Europe, Cfb). There is an approximately 6 month growing season. The 20 to 60 inches of precipitation is distributed evenly throughout the year. The non-growing season is due to temperature-induced drought during the cold winters.
PLANT:Many of the same genera, previously part of an Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora, are common to all three of the disjunct northern hemisphere expressions of this biome. Included among these genera are Quercus (oak), Acer (maple), Fagus (beech), Castanea (chestnut), Carya (hickory), Ulmus (elm), Tilia (basswood or linden), Juglans (walnut), and Liquidamber (sweet gum). Different species of these genera occur on each continent.
ANIMALS:Many well-known animals live in this kind of forest. Some examples are the Eastern Gray Squirrel, bears, beavers, foxes, deer, rats, snakes, mice, wolves, raccoons, and large birds of prey like red-tailed hawks. These animals have unique adaptations suited for seasonal life. For example, some rodents store up fat, then hibernate during cold winters. Birds include the bald eagle, nightingale, cardinals, hawks, and the snow owl.

In the winter the Chaparral climate, also known as the Mediterranean climate, is mild and moist, but not rainy. During the summer it is very hot and dry. The temperature is usually mild but it can get very hot or nearly freezing. The temperature range is between 30° and 100° F.
This biome only gets about 10-17 inches of rain all year, and most of it comes in the winter. Because of the long period of dryness in the summer, only plants with hard leaves can survive, such as scrub oaks, chamiso shrubs, pines, cork and olive trees. Many leaves are also hairy so they can collect the moisture out of the air and use it.
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the black-tailed jackrabbit is really a hare. HaresPlants:
The most common type of chaparral contains plants like large shrubs, corn oak, and scattered scrub that are different from rabbits because their babies,densely packed together. This type of chaparral is called leverets, are born with all their fur,maquis in Europe and their eyes open. Jackrabbits livechamiso-redshank in California. Chamiso is the extreme environments of the desertmost common shrub in that area. Chamiso-redshank chaparral also contains plants like poison oak, small scrub oaks, manzanita, and chaparral, where temperatures are hot duringsugar sumac.
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Because the day and cold at night, and there isn't a lotchaparral contains patches of other biomes in it, it also shares some of rain.
Jackrabbits have huge ears. It can regulate its body heat by increasing or decreasing the blood flow through its ears. This helpssame animals that the jackrabbit absorb heat or cool off. They prefer toother biomes do. However, the chaparral also has animals that depend and live solely in
open areas where they can see predators coming. With its long, rangy legs it can run in bursts of up to 36 mph. Their incredible speed helps them outrun many of their enemies. The soles of a jackrabbit's feet are covered with fur. This cushions their feet on hard the biome. In California, ground birds like the quail, wrentit, and insulates them fromthrasher live and nest in the scorching heatprotection of thick, low growing shrubs. In the desert sand. Their fur is a silver and tan color that blendsfynbos, the protea seed-eater remains in well with the desert and chaparral habitat that it lives in.to feed on protea seeds.

ConiferousCONIFEROUS FOREST:
Climate:A Coniferous Forest Biome is a forest where Conifers live. A Conifer is a tree that produces it seeds in a cone. The temperatures range from 14 degrees in the winter, to 57 degrees in the summer. The average annual precipitation ranges from 14 to 30 inches coming in the form of snow, and rain. The Coniferous Forest is the biggest land Biome in the world.
Plants:There are not too many plants in the Coniferous Forests, mostly trees. There are many softwood trees such as fir, pine, spruce, and hemlock trees.
Animals:The forest mostly contain herbivores due to the vegetation, but there a couple of carnivores also. Animals in the Coniferous Forest include the red fox, moose, snowshoe hare, great horned owl, and the crossbill. \
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Coniferous Forest