Greenhouse effect, latitude, winds,
and biomes
• Weather is the day to day conditions (rain, temperature, wind,
etc)
• Climate is the average, year after year conditions (seasons,
average precipitation, etc)
• Climate is caused by many things
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Latitude
Topography (Elevation, presence of lakes/oceans,
Prevailing winds and ocean currents
Greenhouse gases
Have you ever been in
a greenhouse? What is
it like?
GREENHOUSE GASES
• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• Others
• If we did not have
greenhouse gases,
our Earth would be
too cold. (30
degrees colder)
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Hot air rises
Cold air sinks
When hot air rises, other air must come in to take its place
We call this WIND
• Homework assignment at the end of the worksheet
• Remember the new homework policy
• Three general climate regions
• Temperate
• Tropical
• Polar
• Biomes: areas with the same microclimate and ecological
community (biotic and abiotic features)
• Biotic Factors
• Living things that influence organisms
• Includes all living things (plants, animals, people, insects, etc)
• Abiotic Factors
• Non-living things that influence organisms
• Includes
• Climate (temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind)
• Nutrient availability
• Soil type
• Sunlight
• Biotic and Abiotic features work together for organisms to
survive
• What does a bullfrog need to live?
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Climate
Food
Habitat (pond, mud)
Reproduction during warmer months
• A NICHE is the physical and biological conditions in which an
organism lives AND how uses those conditions.
• No two types of organisms have the same niche
• They can have similar niches
• Sometime animals with similar niches end up in competition
• Competitions
• Predation
• Symbiosis
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• parasitism
• Task: create a powerpoint “poster” about the biome you are assigned
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Pictures
Abiotic factors
Dominant plants
Dominant wildlife
Geography of the biome
How the living things interact (mutualism, competition, parasitism, etc)
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Group participation
Accuracy
Creativity
Presentation
Poster
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Elyiana, Lucas
• Tropical Savanna
• Andrew V, Tony, Cassie
• Desert
• Eric-Logan, Landon, Makayla
• Tropical Dry Forest
• Pearson, Kadin, Grace
• Temperate Grassland
• Dan, Andrew S.
• Temperate Forest
• David, Jordan, Hyeri
• Northwest Coniferous Forest
• Shirzat, Levi, Chanaiya
• Temperate Woodland and
Shrubland
• Steven, Chance, Jake
• Tundra
• Nick, Ray, Malena
• Boreal Forest
• Ashley, Gabby
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Jessie, Anna
• Tropical Savanna
• Maria, Brinn
• Desert
• Kate, Will
• Tropical Dry Forest
• Victoria, Jaelin
• Temperate Grassland
• Peyton, Andrew V
• Temperate Forest
• Sage, Dylan
• Northwest Coniferous Forest
• Daniel Ray, Meg
• Temperate Woodland and
Shrubland
• Kanika, Kaitlyn
• Tundra
• Katelyn, Cameron
• Boreal Forest
• Daniel Rosema, Leah
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Ben, Evan
• Tropical Savanna
• Max, James
• Desert
• Anna, Madison
• Tropical Dry Forest
• Collins, Haylee
• Temperate Grassland
• Reece, Lauren, Chad
• Temperate Forest
• Mitchell, Garrett
• Northwest Coniferous Forest
• Kaitlyn, Emily, Julia
• Temperate Woodland and
Shrubland
• Dorie, Talor
• Tundra
• Luke, Macie, Alyssa
• Boreal Forest
• Andrew, Jessica, Harlie