Tropical Rainforest: Toucan

Toucans have three adaptations that help them survive. First, they have bills in order to eat their food. Second, they have is the claws on each leg, two claws in the front and two in the back, this allows them to stand on trees. The last adaptation is the color of it's feathers changed, in order to blend into its surroundings/camouflage.

This is one of the main factors to climate change in China they are hevaly reliant on coal powered powerplants to get energy for their constantly expanding population. 75% of their energy comes from plants like the one shown in the above picture and they do not even bother to clean the coal adding to the the large impact that this proces has on the environment. In some of the citys the smog is so bad that whole genereations have never seen the sun

Tundra - Polar bears

Polar bears have many physical adaptations that help them survive in the frozen tundra. Their thick fur keeps them warm in frigid air and water; used for camouflage in ice and snow also. Their paws provide traction on ice and are broad for use in swimming. Their claws are curved to dig through ice. Their ears and tail are short to minimize heat loss. Their teeth are more jagged than most bears, suiting a carnivore. They also have fat layers that keeps them warm. Their skin is black to attract heat from the suns rays to keep them warm.

Adaptation

This is a Douglas Fir Tree. It has adapted to it's environment by growing thin, waxy needles that are very good at trapping water, so that in the cold months it has enough to survive on. You can find them in the sub-arctic reigon (Boreal forest) and lower down in the deciduous forests as well.

This is a Fauna that has adapted to liveing in the tropical rainfoest biome. The Howler moneky is well suited for its environment since it has the capability to live in trees comforataibly, this is benificail because then it is able to stay away from preditors and all of its food is located up in the canopy so it can easily stay well feed.

Tundra's Polar Bear

tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short summers. In the tundra, the vegetation is composed of shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens. The Polar bear is a native to the tundra and surives easily in the tundra's tempuratures. It mainly spend sit's time in the water and hunts for fish all the time. The polar bear is the most sdept to living in the tundra.

Arctic Hares

Arctic hares live in the tundra. They have an all white coat in the winter, and in the summer the coat may change to a blue-gray or gray-brown coat. They can change their fur cover to help them hide from predators like foxes and owls. They also have large hind feet to help them run faster across the snow.

Dessert Biome

Animals in the dessert Biome adapt by making their homes underground, they also come out in the night when its cool and sleep inside during the hot day.

African elephants, also known as the savanna elephants, are the largest land mammal in the world. They weigh up to 10,000 pounds and grow to 12 feet tall. They have a long trunk that is very flexible and has nostrils on the end. It is used to pick up food and water and carry it to it's mouth. On the sides of its mouth there are two long teeth that extend out from inside its mouth. These are called tusks, and are made of ivory. They have thick, gray skin on their bodies that protects them from deadly predator bites.

Tropical Grasslands

The tree in this picture has deep roots and waxy leaves for the amount of rainfall these trees obtain.

This is a photo of a wildebeast. it has a small amount of fur to cope with the intense heat and has very large ears so it can hear predators and prey near by.

Cactus adaptation to desert

The cactus has adapted to the dry weather of the desert by retaining water for a long period in his spongy tissues.

The thorny devil is one of the most unusual looking animals of the Australian desert, and its adaptation to its harsh environment is ingenious to say the least.

Plants that have adapted by altering their physical structure are called xerophytes. Xerophytes, such as cacti, usually have special means of storing and conserving water. They often have few or no leaves, which reduces transpiration.

North American Tundra

The arctic hare lives in the North American tundra. They dont hibernate, they survive the cold with a number of behavioral and physiological adaptations. They have thick fur and have a low surface area to volume ratio that conserves body heat, which is most evident in their shortened ears. In spring, the hare's colours change to blue-gray.

Spider Monkey!!!!!!!!!!

This is a Black Spider Monkey. It lives in the Tropical Rain Forests of Central & South America.

They have long, lanky arms, and prehensile tails that let them climb trees and swing from tree to tree in the Tropical Rainforest. Despite the fact that they lack thumbs, they still manage to keep a powerful grip on trees, and spend most of their time aloft in the canopy. Spider monkeys find food in the treetops and feast on nuts, fruits, leaves, bird eggs, and spiders.

They are noisy creatures, and communicate with loud screeches, calls, barks, and many other sounds.

Anacondas

Anacondas have adapted to their biome (Rainforest) by allowing themselves to swim and live in the water. This allows them to camoflauge and hunt more efficiently because all animals need water to live, therefore they need to go into the water where the anaconda can strike.

Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless plain. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. Dead organic material functions as a nutrient pool. The two major nutrients are nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is created by biological fixation, and phosphorus is created by precipitation.

Carbon Footprint + Conserving Energy

My total household footprint between June 2009 and December 2009 is 0.08 tonnes of CO2. I have 7 people in my household and pay approximately $100 a month.

Biking to work is a good solution to prevent Climate Change as it puts one less vehicle on the road. Biking does not harm the environment. There is no polluting exhaust released, no oil or gas consumed. The energy and materials used to make one vehicle can be used to create hundreds of bikes. Biking is more efficient for the community.

giraffes have adapted by having very long necks to get the best leaves in the tallest trees. also there spots help camoflauge them in the safari.

The Japanese Tree Frog in located in the tropical rainforest biome. The Frog has features like it can change colours to blend in with its surroundings. They also are very quick critters. They can climb like no other, and are very good at not getting eaten.

This is a picture of a giraffe. They have adapted to the tropical grasslands or savannah through years of evolution by creating their charicteristoc long neck. The long neck allows them to reach leaves on the scattered trees since they are herbivors.

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The giraffe is in the savanah biome and has adapted by having long necks so it is able to eat from tall trees.

Taiga

The Taiga has large, heavy furred animals. The wolf for example has fur which matches its surroundings in whites, blacks and browns. Since other animals are larger then them wolves work together to bring down food.

Taiga - Ermine

At the beginning of winter, in the northern part of its range, the ermine loses its dark fur and grows a pure white coat, only the black tail tip remaining.

This is a white snow owl .it has a thick fur that it has adapted from the colddd tundra. It also has adapted white fur so that it camouflauges into the snow making it easier tocatch prey and avoid prey.

Some solutions to climate change would be to find and use more diverse energy sorces rather then abuseing our coal and oil. wind generatiors and soaler panels are a great start but the problem is we have to actualy use them, we have the technology but the problem is that no one whants to impliment it. some places like the feild picured above are great but we need more of them if we really whant to make a differance.

my carbon footprint is 15.84 tons of co2 per year. Things i could do to improve this would be to have a smaller better isulated house since heating oil and the electric bill were the main contributors to my footprint. I could also focus on the things i buy more and try to buy localy and things that have less packageing, takeing public transportation and rideing my bike more would also be very benificial.