Biomes & Ecosystems

1. Biomes & Ecosystems

2. Terms that you need to know • Ecosystem • Community • Population • Climate • Biotic • Abiotic

3. What is a biome? • An area with distinct ABIOTIC factors and certain types of plants and animals. • There is no road sign telling us where they start and end…so how do we tell? • What ABIOTIC factors effect biomes?

4. Abiotic Factors • Precipitation • What role does precipitation play in determining what grows or lives there? • Sunlight • What is the importance of the sun? • How can it affect what grows or lives in a specific part of the world? • Temperature • What is important about temperatures? • What role does it play in determining what grows or lives there? • Soil Type • What types of soils are there? • Why is soil important and can it determine what grows or lives there? • Others? (Oceans, Icecaps, Mountains)

5. The World’s Biomes Project • You will be working with a partner • Creating a powerpoint presentation about one specific biome • You will have 2 days to get it done. • You must include the following criteria.

6. Biome Project Criteria • Name & Description of Biome • Places the biome is found (use a map & description) • ABIOTIC FACTORS & HOW THEY DETERMINE WHAT LIVES THERE • Precipitation: How much falls per year, per month, seasonal, etc. (graph)... Why is that important? • Temperature: Yearly, Monthly, Daily, seasonal averages…Why is that important? • Sunlight: How long is the growing season, are there seasons (how many, how long are they, etc.) …Why is that important? • Soil Type: Describe the soil…Why is that imp.?

7. Abiotic Factors • Precipitation • The Type they get: Rain, Snow, etc. • How much they get: Yearly, monthly, daily • When they get it: Seasons, etc. • Sunlight • Length of day • Controls seasons & Temperatures • Important for plant life • Temperature • Daily, Monthly, Yearly averages • Soil Type • Rocky, Acidic, Sandy, Fertile, etc.

8. Criteria (continued) • You will research 3 different plants and 6 different animals • For each plant and animal you will create a slide that includes: • Common Name & Scientific Name • Description & picture • Create a food web using plants and animals that you found in your biome. • Must use arrows correctly • Use pictures or names • Write the sources with the notes you take

9. Final Details • Create a powerpoint, no minimum number of slides required • Use all the cool stuff we learned • Transitions • Animations • Make it a presentation! • Need to be able to click through it, not timed. • Make it look good

10. The Biomes • Ocean • Northwestern Coniferous Forest (Temperate Rain Forest) • Tropical Dry Forest • Alpine (Mountains) • Taiga (Boreal Forest) • Deciduous (Temperate) Forest • Desert • Tropical Savanna • Tundra • Chaparral (Temperate Woodland & Shrubland) • Tropical Rain Forest • Prairie (Temperate Grassland)

11. Terms that you need to know • Ecosystem • One or more communities interacting with the environment • Community • All the populations living in an area • Population • A group of organisms all of the same species, that live within a certain area • Biotic • The living parts of an ecosystem • Abiotic • Nonliving things in an ecosystem