What are biomes?

Biomes are large areas on Earth where similar plants, animals, and climates are found together. They are large regions for nature with similar weather (climate) and landscapes, animals and plants

What lives in each biome depends on:

• how warm or cold it is
• how dry or wet it is
• how productive (fertile) the soil is for the plants

The animals in a biome depend on plants for food, shelter and homes.

The plants in a biome can also depend on the animals to spread seeds and pollen, which can allow new plants can grow. Both plants and animals rely on each other to survive, they have a relationship and a connection to each other that has evolved together.

To learn more about the different biomes of the world go to Biome Viewer and click on the start interactive button.

Suggestion: if you want to make the biome identification activity more interactive with the class, you can print out the sheets and the students can complete the sheets, and the answers can be shown on the interactive board.

To make the activity below bigger click on the icon in the right hand corner.