Science 10 Biome Project
Part 1. Individual Study
Name: _______
Date: ________
Chapter 1 Learning log
The following Questions and Activities must be completed in Step 1 (individual research part) of
the Biome Project. TO RECEIVE FULL MARKS, ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED
AND HANDED IN FOR MARKING.
Chapter 1: Biomes and ecosystems are divisions of the biosphere
I CAN DO THE FOLLOWING:
SHOW ME
Q 1-4, Pg. 12
1) define abiotic, biotic, biome, and ecosystem
2) identify factors that affect the global distribution
of the following biomes: tropical rainforest, temperate
rainforest, temperate deciduous forest, boreal forest,
grasslands, desert, tundra, polar ice;
3) explain how species adapt or fail to adapt to
environmental conditions
4) identify distinctive plants, animals, and climatic
characteristics of Canadian biomes (tundra, boreal
forest, temperate deciduous forest, temperate
rainforest, grasslands)
5) identify biotic and abiotic factors in a given scenario
or diagram
6) using examples, explain why ecosystems with similar
characteristics can exist in different geographical
locations (i.e., significance of abiotic factors)
7) describe the relationships between abiotic and biotic
elements within an ecosystem, including
 air, water, soil, light, temperature (abiotic)
 bacteria, plants, animals (biotic)
8) explain various relationships with respect to food
chains, food webs, and food pyramids, including


predation (predator‐prey cycle)
symbiosis (mutualism, commensalism, parasitism)
9) explain predation (predator-prey cycle)
10) design and analyze experiments on the effects of
altering biotic or abiotic factors (e.g., nutrients in soil:
compare two plant types with the same nutrients,
compare one plant type with different nutrients)
TOTAL:
Practice Problems
Q#1-4, pg. 13
Q 1- 5, pg.15
Q 1- 4, pg. 19
Q 1- 5, pg. 25
Q 1- 5, pg. 29
Act. 1-1C, Part 1, Pg.
30_(6 Questions)
Project #1
Project #1
YOUR MARK
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Q 13, Pg. 33
/1
Q 1-4, Pg. 38
Q 1-3, Pg.39
Project #1
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Q 1-4, Pg. 44
Q 1-5, Pg. 47
Project #1
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Act. 1-2C (LABLEARNING
ACTIVITY), Pg. 49
(4 Questions)
Act. 2 -3 B, Pg. 101
(7 Questions)
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(Lab activity)
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