Chapter 4 – Ecosystems Lesson 4
Sketch
Main Idea: Describing Biomes.
Supporting Details:
1. In your notebook, list all the different types of biomes on pages 174 – 180.
2. Illustrate a picture of each of the biomes listed below
a. Grassland biome
b. Hot desert biome
c. Forest biome
d. Tundra biome
3. Choose to draw a person from one of the biomes above…then place him/her in a different biome.
Write
Main Idea: Expressive Writing
Supporting Details:
1. Think about a biome that you haven’t visited but would like to see someday. Write a personal letter to a friend describing
the biome and telling why you’d like to go there.
2. The letter should have all the parts of a letter:
a. Date
b. Who it’s to
c. Information about the biome you want to visit
d. Information about why you want to visit that biome
e. Closing expression (sincerely, love, your friend, etc.)
f. Your signature
Vocabulary
Main Idea: Learn Words
Supporting Details:
1. Using your Science Book write down the vocabulary words and definitions in your vocabulary section of your notebook.
2. Make sure you write the page number of the vocabulary word to the left of the red line.
3. Don’t forget to highlight, box, or underline the vocabulary word.
4. Draw a picture for each vocabulary word
Chapter 4 – Ecosystems Lesson 4
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Some biomes are very hot and humid
a. Fact
b. Opinion
b.
The best biomes to live in are those with a moderate
temperature.
a. Fact
b. Opinion
d.
3.
Biomes are difficult for everyone to understand because
complex processes form them.
a. Fact
b. Opinion
4.
Latitude has a greater effect on climate in a biome than
longitude.
a. Fact
b. Opinion
5.
Which of these is a characteristic of the tundra biome?
a. Wet all year
b. Scarce rain fall
c. Hot, dry summers
d. Warm even in the winter
6.
In the 2nd paragraph on page 174, the word biome means:
a. A region of the world defined by its grassland.
b. A region of the world defined by its ecosystems
c. A region of the world defined by its climate,
plants and animals
d. A region of the world defined by climate only
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8.
The purpose of the map on pages 174 – 175 is to:
a. Show where grasslands are
b. To show how to use colors
c. To show the continents and oceans
d. To show the different biomes of the world
How does climate at low latitude compare with climates at
higher latitudes?
a. Climates at higher latitudes are warmer and
wetter
c.
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Climates at lower latitudes are warmer and wetter
than climates at higher latitudes
Climates at higher latitudes are colder and drier
than climates at higher latitudes
Climates at lower latitudes are colder and drier
than climates at higher latitudes
Based on the passage on 176 – 177, how does having a
waxy surface help leaves withstand the taigas climate?
a. Waxy surface helps leaves hold in moisture in a
climate that is dry and cold.
b. Waxy surface helps leaves hold in moisture in a
climate that is dry and hot
c. Waxy surface helps prevent the plant from getting
moisture
d. Waxy surface doesn’t help at all
10. What do the tundra and the desert have in common?
a. They both have dry climates
b. They both have trees
c. Neither have dry climates
d. They both have lots of water
Deciduous
Forest and
Taiga
Similar
enough
rainfall for
trees
Different
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deciduous
forests get
more rainfall
Choose which letter goes in which spot.
a. Summers are warmer in the deciduous forests.
b. Both get cold in the winter.
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