This page is intended for seventh grade Life Science Students. This unit is designed to help students recognize the differences between the six major biomes of the world and their characteristics. Students will be able to describe what a biome is, give examples of plant and animal life for each biome, and describe the climate of each biome.
Organisms vary in different areas of the same type of biome.
However, the available niches are very similar. The general structure of the communities is also similar. The map below shows the locations of major land biomes. Unlike the borders on the map, biomes don't have sharp boundaries. Each biome blends with the next.