1. Click on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fb8143ndo8 Answer these questions: A. What is an ecosystem? B. What is a biome? C. How do biomes differ?
2. Click on http://www.mbgnet.net/ A. What are the 6 biomes of the world? Stay on this page, click on Tundra. Click on " Where is the tundra located?" A. In what part of the world is the tundra located? B. What is permafrost?
3. Click on Tundra Facts. Look at the paragraph. A. How many inches of rain per year fall in the tundra? B. How many more inches of rain fall in the rain forest than in the temperate deciduous forest? C. How cold does it get during an arctic winter?
4. Click on Tundra Animals A. What do animals do to survive in the tundra?
5. Go back to the Home Page. Click on Desert. Go to, "What is a desert like?" A. What effect does humidity have on desert temperatures? Click on types of deserts. Click on hot deserts. A. What are the physical features of the Sonoran Desert? B. Where is the Sonoran Desert located? Click on "Where deserts are located" A. What is the rainshadow effect? Click on deserts of the world. A. What is the largest desert in the world? B. How much larger is the Gobi Desert than the Great Victoria Desert?
6. Go back to the Home Page. Click on Rainforests. Click on Types of Rainforests. A. Compare & contrast tropical and temperate rainforests. Click on Rainforests Endangered. A. Why are rainforests endangered? B. What can we do to prevent the destruction of rainforests?
7. Go back to the Home Page. Click on Taiga. Click on Taiga Facts. A. Describe the weather and temperatures in the Taiga. B. What is decomposition? C. How does decomposition affect plant growth?
8. Go back to the Home Page. Click on Temperate. A. How many seasons does a temperate biome have? What are they? B. Explain how deciduous trees and plants survive. Click on, "What Causes Seasons" A. Explain what causes seasonal change.
9. Go back to the Home Page. Click on Grasslands. A. Which continent does not have any grasslands? Click on, "What are grasslands like" A. Describe what grasslands look like and where they are located. Click on, "Types of Grasslands" A. Name and describe the 3 types of grasslands. Click on, "Grasslands of the World" A. How much of the Earth's land is grassland? B. What happened to the prairies in North America? Click on, "Grassland plants and animals. A. Name 5 plants and animals that live in the grasslands.
CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU ARE NOW A BIOME EXPERT! YOU ARE READY TO CREATE YOUR OWN BIOME. GOOD LUCK!