Identify different biomes of our world

The Earth’s biomes are categorized into two major groups: terrestrial and aquatic. Terrestrial biomes are based on land, while aquatic biomes include both ocean and freshwater biomes.

What You’ll Learn to Do

• Identify the two major abiotic factors that determine terrestrial biomes
• Recognize distinguishing characteristics of each of the eight major terrestrial biomes
• Describe the effects of abiotic factors on the composition of plant and animal communities in aquatic biomes
• Compare and contrast the characteristics of the ocean zones
• Summarize the characteristics of standing water and flowing water freshwater biomes

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include the following:

• Characteristics of Terrestrial Biomes
• Major Terrestrial Biomes
• Characteristics of Aquatic Biomes
• Major Oceanic Biomes
• Major Freshwater Biomes
• Self Check: Biomes