Object Details
- Creator
- Orton, James
- Book Title
- Comparative zoology, structural and systematic.
- Caption
- Zones of animal life.
- Educational Notes
- It isnt easy going it alone, but not many things have to! An ecosystem includes all living and nonliving things that interact with one another in an environment. A collection of ecosystems that share similar features is called a biome. This image shows a few different types of biomes that can be found around the world. Starting at the top is an Arctic tundra found near the North Pole, which is home to the polar bear. Next is a mix of animals that live in the taiga, temperate forest, and temperate grassland biomes. The elephants and lions in the next image are shown in a mix of the desert, rainforest, and savanna, or tropical grassland, biomes. The grassland and desert biomes make up the fourth image with kangaroos waiting to hop off into the distance. The bottom image of a whale spouting water high into the air shows the cold, Antarctic tundra found at the South Pole. Although this picture shows the terrestrial biomes, or regions found on land, there are also aquatic biomes, or regions found in bodies of water, including the marine, freshwater, and coral reef biomes!
- 1880
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Image ID
- SIL-39088000477794_comparativezoolo00orto_0370_crop
- Catalog ID
- 347188
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Prints
- Publication Place
- New York (New York)
- Publisher
- Harper and brothers
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- Topic
- Biology
- Zoology
- Ecosystem
- Biome
- Symbiosis
- Symbiotic relationship
- Taiga
- Tundra
- Desert
- Savanna
- Grassland
- Forest
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Coral reef
- Language
- English
- Record ID
- silgoi_103927
