1. Biomes

2. Biomes outline
Definitions: 1. limiting factors 2. zone of tolerance 3. climatogram 4. biome
Tundra
Taiga/Boreal Forest
Temperate Decidious Forest
Grassland/ Savanna
Desert
Tropical Rainforest

3. LIMITING FACTORS: resource that limits the growth of an organism
Ex: rainfall, food
ZONE OF TOLERANCE: climate and soil type within which an organism can survive, remember homeostasis!!
CLIMATE: determines biome
Weather, temp, precipitation, humidity, wind
CLIMATOGRAMS: graphs showing temperatures and precipitation of an area

4. Climatogram

5. What is a biome?
Definition: a distinctive combination of plants (and animals) and climate.

6. What is a biome?
Definition: a distinctive combination of plants (and animals) and climates.

7. 10 minutes with your group:
Where is the biome located?
What is the climate (hot/cold, rainy/dry, etc)?
How do plants here survive (adaptations)?
How do animals here survive (adaptations)?

8. During presentations, write down 3 words to describe each biome!!!

9. Tundra

10. Tundra

11. Taiga

12. TAIGA

13. Temperate Decidious Forest

14. Temperate Forest

15. Desert

16. Desert

17. Tropical Rain Forest

18. Tropical Rain Forest

19. Temperate Grassland/Shrubland

20. Temperate Grassland/Shrubland

21. Tropical Savannah/Seasonal Forest

22. Tropical Savannah/Seasonal Forest

24. bush elephant (L. africana) giraffe (G. camelopardalis)
common eland (T. oryx)
Grant’s gazelle (G. granti)