BIOME WEBQUEST
Part I - Complete the following table using the NASA :Mission Biomes and any other source you need/find
[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/]
F = (C * 1.8) + 32.0
Biome
Climate- Temp
Soil types
Typical
Animals
Location
Human Interactions, Uses,
Example Location
& Rainfall
Vegetation
Adaptations, Exploitations
Coniferous forest
(Boreal)
Temperate
deciduous
Desert- 4 types
Grassland-2
types
Rainforest- 2
types
Chaparral
Tundra
Part II: Great Graph Match - Look at each graph and determine which biome best fits based on the given data.
[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/graphmatch_advanced.php]
After correctly completing the Advanced User Mission, write down the correct biome for each city.
1. Frogmore, England ________________________________________________________
2. Goteborg, Sweden ________________________________________________________
3. Koombooloomba, Australia ________________________________________________________
4. Barrow, Alaska________________________________________________________
5. Alice Springs, Australia ________________________________________________________
6. San Bernadino, California________________________________________________________
7. Centralia, Kansas________________________________________________________
Part III: To Plant to not to Plant – Read about each plant and then determine which biome the plant would best be suited for. After completing the
webquest write the correct answers below.
[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/plant_it.php]
1. Creote Bush ________________________________________________________
2. Spruce ________________________________________________________
3. Flowering Dogwood ________________________________________________________
4. Orchid ________________________________________________________
5. Lichen ________________________________________________________
6. White Sage ________________________________________________________
7. Saguaro Cactus________________________________________________________
Part IV: Ocean Biomes - Read about the 4 levels of marine biomes. Then describe their location and the type of organisms that live at each on your
sheet.
[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php#oceans]
Intertidal-
Pelagic-
Abyssal-
Benthic-
Construct a Climatogram using data.
Complete the climatograms for the four cities included in this document.
Graph the climate figures for precipitation and temperature for the four locales onto your blank climatogram sheets. For each climatogram
calculate and add the average temperature and precipitation. Be sure that you label each with its biome name. Also be extremely careful as to
how you record the information. All temperature readings are measured on the right side of the climatogram. All precipitation measurements are
on the left side of the climatogram. Be sure to draw a line graph for temperature and a bar graph for precipitation.
Cuiaba, Brazil
J
F
Santa Monica, California
M
A
M
J
J
A
0.8
0.5
2.8
S
O
N
D
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
0
0
0
S
O
N
D
P:
24.9 21.1 21.1 10.2 5.3
5.1 11.4 15 20.6
P:
8.9 7.6 7.4 1.3 1.3
T:
27.2 27.2 27.2 26.6 25.6 23.9 24.4 25.6 27.8 27.8 27.8 27.2
T:
11.7 11.7 12.8 14.4 15.6 17.2 18.9 18.3 18.3 16.7 14.4 12.8
Moshi, Tanganyika
J
F
M
0.3 1.5 3.5 5.8
Aden, Aden
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
P:
3.6 6.1 9.2 40.1 30.2 5.1 5.1 2.5
2
3
8.1 6.4
T:
23.3 23.2 22.2 21.1 19.8 18.4 17.9 18.4 19.8 21.4 22 22.4
1.
What plant life would you expect to see in each of the biomes?
2. What animal life would you expect to see in each of the biomes
3. What are the main environmental stressors on each of the biomes.
J
P:
F
M
A
M
J
0.8 0.5 1.3 0.45 0.3 0.3
J
A
S
O
N
D
0
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
T: 24.6 25.1 26.4 28.5 30.6 31.9 31.1 30.3 31.1 28.8 26.5 25.1