1. Which Biome, Where?
Comparing Land and Water Environments on Earth

2. Key Objectives:
 The student will:
– Investigate and Understand
the differences between
ecosystems and biomes

3. Key Objectives:
 The student will:
– Differentiate between
ecosystems and biomes

4. Key Objectives:
 The student will:
– Investigate and Understand
the characteristics of land
(terrestrial), marine (salt
water) and freshwater biomes

5. Key Objectives:
 The student will:
– Compare and contrast the biotic
and abiotic characteristics of
major land, marine and
freshwater biomes

6. Key Terms
 Biome
 Marine Biome
 Freshwater Biome
 Tundra
 Desert
 Grassland
 Dormancy
 Tropical Rain Forest
 Taiga (Evergreen
Forest)
 Temperate Deciduous
Forest
 Hibernation
 Migration

7. Biome
 Large geographical regions
with similar climates, plant and
animal life

8. Land Biomes (Terrestrial)
 Tundra
 Taiga
 Temperate Deciduous
Forest
 Tropical Rain Forest
 Grasslands
 Desert

9. Tundra
 A terrestrial biome characterized
by its frost-molded landscapes.
It is the coldest of all the biomes.

10. Tundra
 Tundra comes from the Finnish
word tunturi, meaning treeless
plain

11. Taiga (Evergreen Forest)
 A terrestrial biome characterized
by forest covered with
coniferous trees (Pine Trees).

12. Taiga (Evergreen Forest)
 The taiga is the
largest terrestrial
biome in the
world.
 It covers large
parts of Canada,
Europe, and Asia.

13. Temperate Deciduous
Forest
 More precisely
termed temperate
broadleaf forest

14. Temperate Deciduous
Forest
 A terrestrial biome
characterized by having a
temperate climate and that
most of the trees lose their
leaves in the winter
 Rich dark soil from years of
leaf decomposition

15. Tropical Rain Forest
 A terrestrial biome characterized
by its hot, moist environment it
is found near Earth's equator.

16. Tropical Rain Forest
 Though only about 6% of the
earth’s land surface. It is
earth's most complex biome in
terms of both structure and
species diversity.

17. Desert
 A terrestrial biome characterized
little rainfall and dry barren
landscapes. It covers about one
fifth of the Earth's surface

18. Grasslands
 Covers over 20% of the earth’s surface.
 Large areas of the North America called the
prairie. Also located in central Europe and
central Asia
 In Africa it is called the savannah
 Deep rich soil excellent for farming

19. BREAK

20. Aquatic Biomes
 The Marine Biome
 The Freshwater Biome

21. Marine Biome
 Makes up the largest
percentage of aquatic biomes
on earth.
 These biomes are extremely
important to how our earth
currently functions.

22. Marine Biome
 These biomes involve a medium
to high percentage of salt in the
water

23. Freshwater Biome
 An aquatic biome that accounts
for less than one fifth of the area
of the Earth.

24. Freshwater Biome
 It provides half of the drinking
water, one third of the water
used for irrigation.

25. Support Terms

26. Hibernation
 A behavioral adaptation observed
in some organisms which live in
colder climates where the organism
slows down and sleeps out the cold
season

27. Migration
 The instinctive
movement of
animals such as
birds moving
south for the
winter

28. Dormancy
 The time of year when plants do not
appear to be living (brown grass in
Winter)
 When a seed has not yet germinated

29. Adaptation
 An evolutionary change that allows a
species to survive in a particular
environment.
– Hummingbirds long beak for extracting
nectar
– Penguins are flightless birds but use
their wings to swin

30. Lab Time
Now it is time to introduce
the new lab.
Pease open your Green lab
guides to page1
Read the introduction
silently as I read it aloud

31. Essential Learnings
 Regions of the world located at
similar or opposite latitudes
often have similar climates and
ecosystems
 These are called Biomes

32. Essential Learnings
 There are six (6) terrestrial
biomes
– Tundra
– Taiga (Evergreen Forest)
– Temperate Deciduous Forest
– Tropical Rain Forest
– Grassland
– Desert

33. Essential Learnings
 There are two (2) aquatic
biomes
– Marine
– Freshwater

34. Essential Learnings
 Climate is defined as the typical
long-term weather pattern found
in an area over time

35. Essential Learnings
 The tilt of the earth on its axis
combined with its revolution
around the sun play a major role
in the climate of any region

36. Essential Learnings
 Climate factors:
– Precipitation
– Temperature
– Altitude
– Latitude

37. Essential Learnings
 Climate may also be affected by
nearby large bodies of water,
high altitude and a “rain shadow
effect” of a mountain range.

38. Essential Learnings
 Regions of the world located at
similar or opposite latitudes
often have similar climates and
tend to have ecosystems with
similar dominant plants and
animals

39. Essential Learnings
 Organisms adapt to their
environments
 Natural Selection is the process
where the best suited
organisms for the environment
survive and the less suited do
not

40. Essential Learnings
 Adaptations may be:
– Structural (physical features)
Beak size
Loss of flight but ability to swim
(penguins)

41. Essential Learnings
 Adaptations may be:
– Behavioral
Hibernation
Migration

42. Essential Learnings
 Many plants go dormant
periods of cold and low sunlight
or during the harsh winter
season
 They come back/revive every
spring.