1. Is Life uniformly distributed? Is life evenly spread out?

2. The biosphere is everything on earth that supports life. Here is a picture of the different levels in which life is organized. The levels go from _________ to ________? (smallest, largest) Organ System Multicellular Organism Subatomic Particles Atoms Molecules Organelle Tissue Organ Cell Population Community Ecosystem Biome Biosphere

3. Biomes 1.Biomes are the major climate regions on earth. 2.Each biome has different kinds of plants and animals. 3.Deserts, rainforest etc. are examples of biomes Organ System Multicellular Organism Subatomic Particles Atoms Molecules Organelle Tissue Organ Cell Population Community Ecosystem Biome

4. THE BIOMES OF THE WORLD KEY

5. BIOMES TUNDRA GRASSLAND DESERT TAIGA TEMPERATE FOREST RAIN FOREST AQUATIC TERRESTRIAL MARINE ESTUARIES FRESHWATER SHORE- LINE TEMPERATE OCEANS TROPICAL OCEANS RIVERS & STREAMS PONDS & LAKES WETLANDS (WATER) (LAND)

6. THE BIOMES OF THE WORLD KEY

7. Each Biome has a different climate 1.Biomes are different climate regions 2.Latitude (how far N or S) and altitude (how high) affect average temperature 3.Every living organism has its “just right” living conditions 4.Average temperature and rainfall determine climate 5.Climate is shown on a graph called a CLIMATOGRAM

8. How to read a CLIMATOGRAM Blue bars are rainfall Read the cm rain on R y Green bars are temperature Read the degree C on L y Along the X axis is Which month

9. 1. Tropical rainforest High temperature and rainfall No seasons Lush, dense plants, very green Biodiverse: full of many different kinds of animals and plants!

11. 3. Desert Low rainfall High temperatures Special plants with water conserving adaptations Too few plants for large wildlife

13. 5. Grassland No trees Typically 4 seasons Occasional fire Fertile soils Many large & small grazers

15. 6. Temperate forest Deciduous trees (leaves fall off in the winter) 4 seasons (cold winter – dormant) Open forests Large & small grazing animals YOUR BIOME!!

17. 7. Taiga Evergreen trees Largest biome on earth 4 seasons, large amounts of snowfall Large and small grazers; carnivores

19. 8. Tundra “Permafrost” – permanently frozen subsoil Very cold, high winds No trees Low annual rainfall Animals and plants here have special adaptations to survive the extreme cold

21. TUNDRA Driest biome on earth Largest biome on earth Coldest biome on earth

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23. Exit ticket Make a list of as many terrestrial biomes that you can think of without looking at your notes. Write 3 words next to each biome that help you to differentiate it.