Adaptations to Different Biomes - Marcus Reid



Adaptations to Different Biomes

1. Go to

2. Go to Departments (science(Mr. Jason Burton and click on website ( Go to your class

3. Click on link to the on-line textbook

4. Go to chapter 4, section 3.

5. Read the first paragraph.

6. Then click on the video--if you cannot hear the video check to make sure the speaker (on the bottom right of your screen) is not on mute

7. Continue reading the next 2 paragraphs

8. Answer the following questions:

A. What is an adaptation?

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B. What makes an adaptation beneficial?

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C. How does an organism "get" an adaptation?

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9. Watch part 2 of the video

10. Next, read the final paragraph

11. Click on to the next page

12. Answer the following questions:

A. What are the two factors that determine climate: ________________________________________________

B. What does the red line represent? ______________________________________________

C. What do the blue/purple bar graphs represent? ____________________________________________

13. Click on to the next page and read the first and second paragraphs

14. Answer the following questions:

A. The world's major biomes include _________________________, tropical dry forest, __________________________, desert, __________________________, temperate woodland and shrubland, temperate forest, northwestern coniferous forest, boreal forest, and _________________.

B. A biome is determined by its abiotic and biotic factors.

The abiotic factors that determine a biome are ______________________________________________.

The biotic factors that determine a biome are _______________________________________________.

15. Start reading about each biome. As you read about each biome fill in the following chart:

|Biome Name |Environmental Pressure: Abiotic Factors |Common Wildlife: Biotic Factors |

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|Tundra | | |

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|Tiaga (Boreal) | | |

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|Desert | | |

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|Grassland | | |

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|Temperate Deciduous Forest | | |

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|Tropical Rain Forest | | |

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16. In the following chart you are going to explore plant and animal adaptations. Plants and animals have certain adaptations that enable them to survive in their respective biome.

17. Fill out the plant adaptations first using . Then visit to fill out the animal adaptations.

Adaptations

|Biome Name |Plant/Animal |Specific Adaptation |How does this increase the organism’s chance of survival? |

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|Tundra | | | |

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|Tiaga (Boreal) | | | |

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|Desert | | | |

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|Grassland | | | |

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|Temperate Deciduous | | | |

|Forest | | | |

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|Tropical Rain Forest | | | |

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Complete for the three different aquatic eco systems:

|Biome Name |Environmental Pressure: Abiotic Factors |Common Wildlife: Biotic Factors |

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|Fresh | | |

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|Estuary | | |

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|Biome Name |Plant/Animal |Specific Adaptation |How does this increase the organism’s chance of survival? |

|Marine |P: | | |

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|Fresh |P: | | |

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|Estuary |P: | | |

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