warm-up 1.please take out notes from yesterday 2.start day 5 warm-up 3.you have 5 minutes of work...

Warm-up

1. Please take out notes from yesterday2. Start Day 5 Warm-up3. You have 5 minutes of work time.4. After you are finished, write your homework down in your

planners5. Please work quietly

Thank you!

BiomesClimates

Lesson Objectives

• Students will be able to list the characteristics of a desert biome, rainforest biome, and an aquatic biome.

What is a Biome?

• A biome is a geographic area characterized by specific kinds of _______ and _________.

• Deserts, tropical rainforests, and aquatic are all types of ________.

What are the different biomes?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Aquatic

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Etc.

Answer the questions using the map.

Quietly stand if you agree

• Can a desert be hot?

• Can a desert be cold?

• Can a desert have water in it?

• Can a desert be next to large bodies of water?

Desert

The desert is usually the ______ biome on Earth. It has its extremes.

It can be over ____ degrees during the day and below _____ degrees at night.

Less than 25 cm of _____ every year.

Deserts Characteristics

• There can be hot, _____, dry, semi arid, and _______ deserts.

• Plants in the deserts survive by conserving _________.

• Examples: Short shrubs, cacti.

• Animals tend to come out at dusk or at _________.

• Examples: Snakes, owls, lizards

Oasis

• An oasis is where _________ is almost always available.

• The water can ____________ people to settle and even grow crops in the desert.

Rainforest

• Why is a rainforest called a rain forest?

• An average of ___-________ inches of rain falls yearly!

Rainforest

• The average temperature is ___-___ degrees Fahrenheit

• Rainforests produce ____% of Earths oxygen!!

Aquatic

• Two types: ______ water and _____ water

• Fresh water includes ________, rivers, streams, _______, wetlands • What are examples of salt water?

• Aquatic Biome makes up of ____% of the Earth’s __________.

Aquatic Plants and Animals

• Animals: Tuna, sharks, sea birds

• Plants: Plankton, algae

Aquatic Importance

• Why do you think our waters are important?• The water cycle• Food• Where we get our water• diversity.• SO MUCH MORE!!!

Summary

• What are the three biomes we studied?

• What makes a desert a desert?

• What makes a rainforest a rainforest?