Biome Webquest

BIOME WEBQUEST

Part I - Complete the following table using the NASA :Mission Biomes and any other source you need/find

[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/] °F = (°C * 1.8) + 32.0

Biome
Example Location / Climate- Temp & Rainfall / Soil types / Typical Vegetation / Animals / Location / Human Interactions, Uses, Adaptations, Exploitations
Coniferous forest (Boreal)
Temperate deciduous
Desert- 4 types
Grassland-2 types
Rainforest- 2 types
Chaparral
Tundra

Part II: Great Graph Match - Look at each graph and determine which biome best fits based on the given data. [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/graphmatch_advanced.php]

After correctly completing the Advanced User Mission, write down the correct biome for each city.

1. Frogmore, England ______

2. Goteborg, Sweden ______

3. Koombooloomba, Australia ______

4. Barrow, Alaska______

5. Alice Springs, Australia ______

6. San Bernadino, California______

7. Centralia, Kansas______

Part III: To Plant to not to Plant – Read about each plant and then determine which biome the plant would best be suited for. After completing the webquest write the correct answers below.

[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/plant_it.php]

1. Creote Bush ______

2. Spruce ______

3. Flowering Dogwood ______

4. Orchid ______

5. Lichen ______

6. White Sage ______

7. Saguaro Cactus______

Part IV: Ocean Biomes - Read about the 4 levels of marine biomes. Then describe their location and the type of organisms that live at each on your sheet.

[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php#oceans]

Intertidal-

Pelagic-

Abyssal-

Benthic-

Construct a Climatogram using data.

Complete the climatograms for the four cities included in this document.

Graph the climate figures for precipitation and temperature for the four locales onto your blank climatogram sheets. For each climatogram calculate and add the average temperature and precipitation. Be sure that you label each with its biome name. Also be extremely careful as to how you record the information. All temperature readings are measured on the right side of the climatogram. All precipitation measurements are on the left side of the climatogram. Be sure to draw a line graph for temperature and a bar graph for precipitation.

Cuiaba, Brazil
J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D
P: / 24.9 / 21.1 / 21.1 / 10.2 / 5.3 / 0.8 / 0.5 / 2.8 / 5.1 / 11.4 / 15 / 20.6
T: / 27.2 / 27.2 / 27.2 / 26.6 / 25.6 / 23.9 / 24.4 / 25.6 / 27.8 / 27.8 / 27.8 / 27.2
/ Santa Monica, California
J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D
P: / 8.9 / 7.6 / 7.4 / 1.3 / 1.3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0.3 / 1.5 / 3.5 / 5.8
T: / 11.7 / 11.7 / 12.8 / 14.4 / 15.6 / 17.2 / 18.9 / 18.3 / 18.3 / 16.7 / 14.4 / 12.8
Moshi, Tanganyika
J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D
P: / 3.6 / 6.1 / 9.2 / 40.1 / 30.2 / 5.1 / 5.1 / 2.5 / 2 / 3 / 8.1 / 6.4
T: / 23.3 / 23.2 / 22.2 / 21.1 / 19.8 / 18.4 / 17.9 / 18.4 / 19.8 / 21.4 / 22 / 22.4
/ Aden, Aden
J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D
P: / 0.8 / 0.5 / 1.3 / 0.45 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
T: / 24.6 / 25.1 / 26.4 / 28.5 / 30.6 / 31.9 / 31.1 / 30.3 / 31.1 / 28.8 / 26.5 / 25.1

1.  What plant life would you expect to see in each of the biomes?

2.  What animal life would you expect to see in each of the biomes

3.  What are the main environmental stressors on each of the biomes.