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What Biome Is This?
Objective/Purpose:
In this activity, you will be analyzing one year of data for three mystery locations. Your task is to
identify the biome where each mystery location is found.
Directions:
1. Carefully examine the data table containing temperature and precipitation averages for Biomes
“A,” “B,” and “C.”
Biome
A
Biome
B
Biome
C
P
T
P
T
P
T
Jan
.02
43º
.02
61º
.01
62º
Feb
0.1
45º
0.1
61º
0
46º
Mar
0.1
47º
0.5
62º
0.1
65º
Apr
1.3
59º
0.4
74º
0
78º
May
1.0
70º
3.5
81º
0.2
84º
Jun
0.2
80º
1.0
94º
0
97º
Jul
0.3
85º
1.7
95º
0.2
102º
Aug
4.0
80º
2.5
89º
0.1
90º
Sep
2.5
75º
1.7
88º
0.1
89º
Oct
0.6
61º
1.0
72º
0.1
77º
Nov
0
51º
0
68º
0
70º
Dec
0.1
42º
0.1
57º
0
62º
2. Using the graph paper provided, you will create a graph that shows both temperature and
precipitation amounts for each month, using the data table. You will use one color for temperature
and one color for precipitation. For each graph, be sure to do the following:
• Construct a bar graph for precipitation.
• Construct a line graph for temperature.
3. Hypothesis: Based on the data that you graphed for each mystery location and using
what you have learned about biomes, write a hypothesis that predicts the identity of each biome.
Mystery Biome “A” is _______________________________, because______________
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Mystery Biome “B” is _______________________________, because______________
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Mystery Biome “C” is _______________________________, because______________
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4. What are the identities of the mystery biomes? Your teacher will show you pictures of the
places where the data was obtained and reveal the names of the biomes where those places
are located.
Biome “A” - _______________________________
Biome “B” - _______________________________
Biome “C” - _______________________________
5. Conclusion: Based on the identification of the biomes, do you have support for each of your
hypotheses? Why or why not? Make reference to the data in your discussion, and be sure to use the
appropriate vocabulary words that you have learned. Why would it be important to be able to identify
a location’s biome?
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