Biome Review
Terrestrial Biomes:
Tundra:
What are the 2 types:
Characteristics of the Biome:
How do plants grow there? What types?
What is the Trans-Alaska pipeline?
How do humans get the crude oil to move through the pipe?
Environmental Impacts of human oil consumption:
Desert
Characteristics of the Biome:
Why are there extreme temperature changes in this biome?
Why is there little topsoil in the desert?
Plant adaptations to this biome?
Animal adaptations to this biome?
Grassland
Where are they found?
Why don’t large trees grow here?
Why are there many grazing animals in this biome?
Why is desertification a problem in grasslands?
Savannah
How are grasslands and savannahs different from each other?
Where are they found?
Chaparral
Characteristics of this biome:
When do plants grow in this biome? Why?
Why is fire important in this biome?
Temperate Deciduous Forests
What happens in the fall to the trees that live here?
Why do the leaves drop?
What happened to the old growth deciduous forests of the US?
Where are the largest temperate deciduous forests found?
Taiga
Other names of this biome:
Characteristics:
Why are conifers found in this biome?
Animals that live here:
What creates the acidic soil of the taiga?
Why do bacteria have a difficult time growing here?
What is a major threat to this biome?
Tropical and Temperate Rainforests
Where are they found?
Characteristics:
Why do plants have broadleaves here?
Where are the nutrients found here?
Why does topsoil erode easily here?
Marine Biomes:
Pelagic Marine Biome
What is it?
Differences between phytoplankton and zooplankton?
Make a simple pelagic food chain
What type of water has more oxygen in it?
Coral Reef
How are they built?
How is this relationship mutualistic?
Estuaries
What 2 biomes meet here?
Why does salinity fluctuate?
Why does the marsh produce methane and hydrogen sulfide?