How do plants adapt to their surroundings?

Do Now Answer the following in your notebook: “If you were stuck on a deserted island, what five things would need to have in order to survive?” List your five items and explain why they are important for your survival.

The way plants survive is through adaptations Adaptation- a special feature that allow for a plant or animal to survive in a particular habitat or biome. Compare and Contrast the following two plants. What type of habitat do they live in? How do you think they survive?

Plants in different locations have different traits Locations are better known as Biomes. Biome- a region containing a major biotic community and that which is characterized by the predominant plant life and climate conditions.

World is divided up into 7 Biomes 1. Tropical Rainforest 2. Grasslands 3. Desert 4. Temperate Deciduous Forest 5. Temperate Rainforest 6. Taiga 7. Tundra

Climate Factors Latitude Rainfall Temperature Seasonal Changes

Plant Biome Poster Project In your groups research your assigned biome and plant life using books, research and your group’s laptop Create a poster to teach the rest of the class about your biome and how plants adapt to your biome. Section #1 Biome Section #2 Characteristics of Biome Section #3 Plant Adaptations Section #4 Picture of Plant from Biome

Gallery Walk Look at the rest of the class’ posters and fill out your Biome Summary Chart Spend 4 minutes at each poster, then rotate When complete discuss the following question with your group. If global warming continues to raise global temperatures, do you think the plants in your biome will be able to adapt? If so, what will they do to survive?