Terrestrial Biomes Postcards
APES 1: Performance Task
1.2- Describe the global distribution
and principal environmental aspects
of terrestrial biomes
Insufficient
Meets
Developing
Evidence
Expectations
Instructions: Create 9 biome “postcards” to represent the
characteristics of each terrestrial biome. Each “postcard”
should be on a 5”x7” index card or similarly-sided cardstock
paper.
9 biomes
Tundra (Arctic Tundra)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Deserts (hot & cold)
Savanna
Chaparral
Taiga (Boreal Forest)
Temperate Rainforest
Grasslands
Tropical Rainforest
FRONT:
 Collage of Pictures (or hand-drawn pictures) of the Flora/Fauna/Landscape
in your biome – IN COLOR!!
 World Distribution (cut out a world map and shade the area covered in
your biome)
 Climatograph for your biome (as the postcard’s stamp) – should be about
the same size as the world map
BACK:
 Name of Biome
 Relative Productivity (Low, Medium, or High? Explain why!)
 Climate Info
o Average Annual Temperature (°F)
o Average Precipitation (cm)
o Relative Insolation (Low, Medium, or High? Explain why!)
 Limiting Factors