Bell Work What climate zone is between 23.5°N and 66.5°N? What climate zone is between 23.5°N and 23.5°S?
Word Sort Sort the words into categories Use the sticky-notes to name your categories
Word Sort Example Girls Names Boys Names Dog Names Jenny Bobby Spot Kayla Jimmy T-Bone Kimberly Steve Lucky
Word Sort Sort the words into categories Use the sticky-notes to name your categories Gallery Walk: see how other teams grouped their words
Climates of the World
Learning Target I will compare and contrast the climate & organisms in the world’s biomes. I will explain how climate influences the kind of life that exists in a region.
Essential Question How do climates influence the different varieties of organisms that live in biomes?
Review: 3 Major Climate Zones Climate zones are determined by latitude 3 climate zones Tropical (23.5N-23.5S) Temperate (23.5-66.5) Polar (66.5-90 )
Building Background What type of climate do you like to vacation in? Why?
Biomes Climate zones are divided into smaller climate types called biomes. Biome – a large region characterized by specific climate and the plants & animals that live there.
Biomes Includes a large community of plants & animals that can survive in specific regions Can be terrestrial (land) or aquatic (water)
What Determines a Biome? Climate of the region (precipitation, temperature, geography) Plants & animals that have special adaptations that help them survive their environment Adaptation – a change in an animal’s body or behavior to better survive its environment
Adaptations Adaptation – a change in an animal’s body or behavior to better survive its environment
Think-Pair-Share Can you think of a plant or an animal that has special traits or adaptations to survive in its environment? An animal that has an adaptation to survive is the ________ because __________________.
The Tropical Zone
Tropical Zone Tropical zone – a warm zone located around the equator. Location: Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Constant sun = hot!
Tropical Biomes 3 biomes: tropical rainforest tropical desert tropical savanna Vary by amount of precipitation & average temperatures Effects types of life
Tropical Rainforest Always warm & wet Has the most plants & animals 200+ cm rain per year Has the most plants & animals Poor soil
Adaptations: camouflage, ability to reach food, color warnings, etc.
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Mahogany trees Ebony trees Rosewood trees Balsa trees Vines Ferns Bamboo Monkeys Lemurs Parrots Snakes Tree frogs Pigs Tigers, jaguars, leopards Antelope
Bell Work What is one type of tropical biome? Write in the Monday box of your Bell Work paper: What is one type of tropical biome? What kind of life can you find there? *Pass out notebooks
Tropical Deserts Desert – an area that gets less than 25 cm of rain a year. Cool Nights = 61ºF Hot Days = 120ºF Poor soil
Tropical Desert Kangaroo rats Cactus Lizards Euphorbia Scorpions Snakes Birds Bats Toads Cactus Euphorbia Shrubs Thorny trees
Tropical Savannas Grasslands 80ºF - 90ºF Dry season: 4-8 months Tall grass, scattered trees 80ºF - 90ºF Dry season: 4-8 months Wet season: short periods 100cm rain per year Poor soil, but grass fires enrich soil Fire triggers reproduction Adaptation!
Life in the Tropical Savannah Tall grasses (3-5m) Trees Thorny shrubs Rhinos Giraffes Lions Hyenas Ostriches Elephants Crocodiles Gazelles
Exit Ticket Why does climate influence the different kinds of plants & animals that live in biomes? Climate influences the different plants & animals that live in biomes because _____________________. What are the 3 tropical biomes? Three tropical biomes are ______ , _______, and ______.
Word Sort: Part 2 Revise your original Word Sort by regrouping your words & choosing new category names.
Check For Understanding Which tropical biome has the greatest diversity of life? 2. How have savanna plants adapted to fire? 3. How are each of the tropical biomes different?
Answers Tropical rainforest Plants require fire to reproduce (to open seeds or drop seeds). By the amount of rain and average temperature, which effects the types of plants & animals.