Name: ______________________________________
NUTRIENT CYCLING
Biome Webquest
A. Carbon Cycle: Go to http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/carbon_cycle_version2.html
Click and complete scene ONE.
1. Name 2 places on the earth we find carbon:
a __________________________
b. ___________________________
2. Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html,
read about the carbon cycle and fill in the blanks below:
Plants pull carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere to make food,
through a process called ____________________.
Through food chains animals get ____________ from the plants and other animals they eat.
When plants and animals die and ____________, carbon goes back into the ground.
Some carbon is buried deep in the ground and forms ________________________.
When humans burn fossil fuels, ________________ is released back into the atmosphere.
When humans and animals exhale, they release carbon back into the air by a process called
______________________________.
B.
Nitrogen Cycle: Go to the website
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html&edu=mid
and answer the questions below:
1. What are 2 ways nitrogen becomes useable to plants, humans and animals
2. How do herbivores obtain the nitrogen they need?
3. How is nitrogen returned to the atmosphere?
4. What are two ways humans impact the nitrogen cycle:
1.________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
Biomes Around the World: Go to http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ and answer the following questions.
1. What are the 6 Biomes of the World? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2.
What are the 3 Freshwater Ecosystems and the 3 Marine Ecosystems?
a. Freshwater =
b. Marine =
3.
Click on one of the six biomes. Choose one topic from the left column.
Write 3 sentences describing the information in this topic. Do not copy word for word!
1.
________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________
Climographs:Go to http://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/interactive_climate_map/climate_map.html
Hold your mouse over the rectangles to see the climograph for that city.
Choose 10 and list the city and biome below.
1. ____________________________________
6. ____________________________________
2. ____________________________________
7. ____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
8. ____________________________________
4. ____________________________________
9. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________
10. ____________________________________
Seed Dispersal: Go to http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/seed.html and answer the following questions.
1. What is dispersal: ________________________________________________________________
2. How do animals help disperse seeds?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. What are the other ways seeds can be dispersed?
_______________________________________________________________________________
The Big Idea (200 points): In your own words, using FACTS from the data/information you have
gathered through this webquest, you will prepare a FOUR sentence summary of what you learned.
You will need:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THREE SENTENCES that include facts about ECOSYSTEMS (IN YOUR OWN WORDS).
3. CONCLUDING sentence.
You MUST stay on topic. If you do not connect your sentences to the topic question, you will lose points.
DO NOT include opinions such as “I like” or “I don’t like” you will also lose points for this.