BIOMES “GLOGQUEST”
Introduction
Recently each of you created a Glog that detailed the major characteristics of one of the world’s biomes.
By harnessing pictures, video, internet content, sound, and personal media you have been able to put
together a comprehensive look at each biome. In this assignment you will investigate one another’s Glogs
and learn about how climate, precipitation, and vegetation combine to create very different habitats.
Directions
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View the Glogs of your classmates. The usernames and URLs are provided here for your
convenience to navigate to the proper Glog. Some students completed their Glog outside of the
Class site. Their URLs are listed after their name as well.
Using the resources on each Glog, you should answer the questions that each student has
created. Submit your answers to the questions by emailing this sheet to Mr. Bromwell.
Students should work in groups of 3-4 and submit one set of answers for their group.
Due – to the drop box on November 3rd, 2010.
Terrestrial Biomes
1.
Tropical & subtropical moist broadleaf forest – Carney, Schulze
http://s031.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
http://s045.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
1. Identify where the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome is on a map of
the globe.
2. What has this biome been referred to as because of the plants use in modern medicine?
3. How many of the planets plants and animals live in this biome?
2.
Tropical & subtropical dry broadleaf forest – not completed
3.
Tropical & subtropical evergreen coniferous forest – not completed
4.
Temperate deciduous (broadleaf) & mixed forest – not completed
5.
Temperate coniferous (rain) forest - not completed
6.
Boreal forest/taiga- McCoy
http://s041.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog-5069/
What are some animal species natural to the Boreal Forest?
What is the average temperature in July for the Boreal Forest?
What is one vegetation native to the boreal forest?
7.
Tropical & subtropical grassland, savanna & shrubland - Zorzit
http://s050.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/tropical-and-subtropical-grassland-savanna-andshrubland/
1. What are three animals indigenous to this biome?
2. What is one natural danger/threat to this biome?
3. In which month does the tropical savanna typically receive the most rainfall?
8.
Temperate grassland, prairie & shrubland – Gallagher
http://s035.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog-7931/
1. What four regions make up most of the temperate grassland areas?
2. What type of animal dominates the temperate grassland region?
a) Carnivore b) Herbivore c) Omnivore d) Dinosaurs
3. Name 3 characteristics of its climate.
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Montane (mountainous) grassland & shrubland - not completed
10. Tundra – O’Toole
http://s042.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/tundra/
1) What is the yearly climate like in the tundra?
2) What type of animals live in the tundra?
3) What are the greatest threats to the tundra?
11. Desert & xeric shrubland – Fortunato
http://s034.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
True or False- There are deserts in Antarctica.
How many types of desert exist?
True or False- Deserts receive less than ten inches of rain a year
12. Mangrove – Young
http://s049.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/mangrove-forests/
1. Where are the majority of the world's Mangrove forests found?
2. Name one animal that may be found in a Mangrove forest.
3. Mangrove's grow in ________ wetlands.
Freshwater Biomes
13.
Ponds & lakes – Letersky, Thomas
http://s038.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
Define a Lentic ecosystem.
2. List the 4 zones of a lake and descirbe one briefly.
3. List three major plants and animals found in this biome.
http://s047.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/ponds-and-lakes/
1. What are the three different zones in which ponds and lakes are divided up in?
2. What is middle layer in which the temperature of the water changes?
3. What are the Five Great Lakes in order?
14. Streams & Rivers – Kunkel, Wilson
http://s037.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/streams-and-rivers-biome/
1. Where are most stream and river biomes located in the world?
2. What are differences of a river or stream from the source where it starts, to
the mouth where it ends?
3. Which section of the river or stream contains the most diversity among living
organisms.
http://s048.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/rivers-and-streams/
15. Wetlands – Stromberg
http://s046.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/wetlands/
1. Name one type of animal that can be found in a wetland.
2. True/False: Some wetlands are seasonal and only occur part of the time.
3. What is one common type of a wetland?
16. Xeric bas in – not completed
Marine Biomes
17. Coastal sandy shores – Lyons
http://s039.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/sandy-shores-glog/
18. Coastal rocky shores – Kropfelder
http://s036.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
1. Name three different types of organisms that live in this biome.
2. What is filter feeding and what animal in the coastal rocky shore biome filter feeds?
3. In what parts of the world can you find the coastal rocky shore biome?
19. Open ocean – Fitzgerald
http://s033.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/open-ocean-glog/
20. Estuaries – Easton, Ridgway
http://s032.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog-5653/
An estuary is a place where ______________meets with ocean saltwater.
Another common name for an estuary is a __________________.
T/F: Only small life forms are able to survive in an estuary.
http://s044.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/estuaries/
1. Where can estuaries be found?
2. what is the fliping of the water column called?
3. What are two things that marshes provide?
21. Coastal tropical coral reef -- Randall, Marsh
http://s043.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
1. What are coral reefs built from?
2. What life zone are coral reefs part of?
3. What is the largest coral reef in the world?
http://s040.rbromwell.edu.glogster.com/glog/
1) Where will you find coral reefs throughout the world?
2) Name the 3 main types of coral reef plants
3) Name the 5 different levels of the coral reef system