Biomes Introduction

Teachers and students:

Many of the posts on this blog will be specifically for students at Lakeview Middle School to complete some of Indiana's Science Standards. You are most welcome to use any or all of these posts to supplement your own studies.





Living things on the earth are found in the biosphere. The biosphere is made up of many different kinds of biomes. I will be spending a week conducting research in a desert biome. Before we start looking at deserts, I want to you to experience a quick overview of what biomes are, what kinds of biomes there are, and how they are different from one another.

First, on a sheet of paper that you turn to a 'landscape' position, create a table that has 7 columns and 10 rows. Next, label the columns, at the top, with the following headings: Biome, latitudes, temp. range, rainfall, plant types, animals, example of this biome.

You may complete this either in a handwritten document or you may complete this in a word document which you will save into your folder.

Next click on the following link, navigate or 'surf' through the information on this site and complete your table.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php

You will find:

3 forest biomes
2 grassland biomes
2 tundra biomes
4 desert biomes - only include the "hot and dry desert biome" and the "cold desert biome".

Also, for now, skip the water biomes: freshwater and marine biomes.

Good luck.