Directions: Using the Internet Or a Textbook, Research the Following Facts About Each Biome

Online Terrestrial Biome Research

Directions: Using the internet or a textbook, research the following facts about each biome.

A biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animalcommunities best adapted tothe regions physical natural environment, latitude, altitude and terrain. There are terrestrial biomes that occur on land and aquatic biomes that are found in water.

Biome: Desert

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome: Chaparral/Mediterranean

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome: Tropical Rain Forest

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome: Temperate Deciduous Forest

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome: Tundra

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome: Taiga/Boreal Forest

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome: Grassland/Savannah

3 Plants and 3 Animals Found There and Their Adaptations to the Environment:

Climate (Long-term weather of Area):

Countries Found In (Ex: United States, France, etc):

Other Characteristics:

Biome Analysis

Directions: Answer the questions below using complete sentences.

1) How would you recognize that you were in a tropical rain forest biome?

2) What is/are the difference(s) between the tundra and the taiga?

3) What would result if you took an animal that was adapted to the desert and placed that animal in the tundra?

4) Explain why it is not possible for a polar bear to live in the desert.

5) How could you make this polar bear live in the desert?

6) You are in charge of conserving one of the world’s biome. What biome would you choose to conserve (i.e. why is the most important biome to save)? Justify your explanation.