1. 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?

2. Word Sort Sort the words into categories
Use the sticky-notes to name your categories

3. Word Sort Example Girls Names Boys Names Dog Names Jenny Bobby Spot
Kayla
Jimmy
T-Bone
Kimberly
Steve
Lucky

4. Word Sort Sort the words into categories
Use the sticky-notes to name your categories
Gallery Walk: see how other teams grouped their words

5. Climates of the World

6. 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.

7. Essential Question
How do climates influence the different varieties of organisms that live in biomes?

9. Review: 3 Major Climate Zones
Climate zones are determined by latitude
3 climate zones
Tropical (23.5N-23.5S)
Temperate (23.5-66.5)
Polar (66.5-90 )

10. Building Background
What type of climate do you like to vacation in? Why?

11. 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.

12. Biomes
Includes a large community of plants & animals that can survive in specific regions
Can be terrestrial (land) or aquatic (water)

13. 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

14. Adaptations
Adaptation – a change in an animal’s body or behavior to better survive its environment

15. 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 __________________.

16. The Tropical Zone

17. Tropical Zone Tropical zone – a warm zone located around the equator.
Location:
Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn
Constant sun = hot!

18. Tropical Biomes 3 biomes: tropical rainforest tropical desert
tropical savanna
Vary by amount of precipitation & average temperatures
Effects types of life

19. Tropical Rainforest Always warm & wet Has the most plants & animals
200+ cm rain per year
Has the most plants & animals
Poor soil

20. Adaptations:
camouflage, ability to reach food, color warnings, etc.

21. 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

22. 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

23. Tropical Deserts
Desert – an area that gets less than 25 cm of rain a year.
Cool Nights = 61ºF
Hot Days = 120ºF
Poor soil

25. Tropical Desert Kangaroo rats Cactus Lizards Euphorbia Scorpions
Snakes
Birds
Bats
Toads
Cactus
Euphorbia
Shrubs
Thorny trees

26. 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!

28. Life in the Tropical Savannah
Tall grasses (3-5m)
Trees
Thorny shrubs
Rhinos
Giraffes
Lions
Hyenas
Ostriches
Elephants
Crocodiles
Gazelles

29. 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 ______.

30. Word Sort: Part 2
Revise your original Word Sort by regrouping your words & choosing new category names.

31. 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?

32. 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.