Janice VanCleave's Science Around the World: Activities on Biomes from Pole to Pole

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

FORESTS 3

Tropical Rain Forests 5

1. Rain Forest Humidity 7

2. Rain Forest Soil 10

3. Rain Forest Plants 13

4. Forest Canopy and Below 16

5. Rain Forest Animals 19

Deciduous Forests 22

6. Seasons 24

7. Broadleaf Trees 28

8. Deciduous Forest Animals 31

9. Leaf Colors 34

Coniferous Forests 37

10. Conifers 39

11. Adaptations of Coniferous Plants 41

12. Food Chains 43

GRASSLANDS 47

Temperate Grasslands 49

13. Grasses 51

14. Prairie Grasses 54

15. Prairie Animals 58

Tropical Grasslands 60

16. Savanna Plants and Animals 62

17. Savanna Animal Survivors 64

DESERTS 67

Hot Deserts 70

18. Sandy Deserts 72

19. Transpiration 74

20. Hot Desert Plants 76

21. Hot Desert Animals 78

22. Camels 81

Cold Deserts 84

23. Cold Desert Plants 86

24. Cold Desert Animals 88

TUNDRA 91

Lowland Tundra 93

25. Permafrost 95

26. Arctic Tundra Plants 98

27. Arctic Tundra Animals 100

28. Polar Bears 103

Highland Tundras 106

29. Snow 108

30. Winds 110

Glossary 112

Index 117