BIOMES How do climate and latitude

effect a biome?

WG.4C Explain the influence of climate on the distribution of biomes in different regions

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Which words are you familiar with, and which do you not yet know?

Biome Latitude Climate

Ecosystems Biogeography Isolation

Predominant Vegetation

Adaptation Environment

These are BIOMES!

ForestsForests

AquaticAquatic

TundraTundra

DesertDesert

GrasslandsGrasslands

What is a biome?

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

How does CLIMATE affect BIOMES?

tundra

boreal forest

temperate forest

tropical rainforesttropical

grassland

temperate grassland

cold desert

hot & dry desert

semi-arid desert

coastal desert

How does LATITUDE affect BIOMES?

DesertDesert

TundraTundra

GrasslandsGrasslands

ForestsForestsAquaticAquatic

Locate the BIOMES…

HIGH LATITUDESHIGH LATITUDES

MIDDLE LATITUDESMIDDLE LATITUDES

LOW LATITUDESLOW LATITUDES(TROPICAL)(TROPICAL)

How do CLIMATE and LATITUDE affect BIOMES?

• If it’s HIGH it’s COLD which results in TUNDRA• If it’s LOW it’s _____ which results in _______, _______, or _____ • If it’s WET it’s a __FOREST____• If it’s DRY it’s a __________________

HIGH LATITUDESHIGH LATITUDES

MIDDLE LATITUDESMIDDLE LATITUDES

LOW LATITUDESLOW LATITUDES

Let’s see what we know…

Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek?

Where would a warm rainforest biome be located?

F highlandsG tropical latitudesH middle latitudesJ high latitudes

In which of the following would an Alaskan black bear thrive?A equatorial highlandsB tropical latitudesC middle latitudesD high latitudes

What if it’s ISOLATED?

HIGH LATITUDESHIGH LATITUDES

MIDDLE LATITUDESMIDDLE LATITUDES

LOW LATITUDESLOW LATITUDES

• Areas with the same BIOME can have a different BIOGEOGRAPHY!

What if it’s ISOLATED?

• Areas with the same BIOME can have a different BIOGEOGRAPHY!

• Only Australia has MARSUPIALS.

Let’s see what we know…

Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek?Where would the vegetations and soils of tropical regions be located?

F low latitudes

G middle latitudes

H high latitudes

J polar regions

Australia's unique biogeography is probably the result of —F climateG isolationH biodiversityJ trade exchanges

Talk to each other, and then talk to me…

• WG.4C Explain the influence of climate on the distribution of biomes in different regions

• How do climate and latitude effect a biome?

• Use the word wall words to answer.

Resources

• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/