Understanding BIOMES By Jeanne Sturm ROURKE PUBLISHING www rourkepublishing com
CHAPTER ONE What Are Biomes What is the climate like where you live Is it hot or cold dry or rainy Think about the animals and plants that are native to your area You might not have realized it but the climate where you live and the plants and animals that live there put your community in one of Earth's biomes Biomes are large regions on Earth with similar climates plants and animals The environmental conditions in a biome its temperature and precipitation determine which plants and animals can live there
Woolly spider monkeys of the tropical rainforest would not survive in the dry desert biome just as the antelope of the grasslands is not adapted to conditions in a tropical rainforest 5
