AES Climate Webquest
1) Go to the following Website
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
2) Read through the first page. Define the following terms found in this reading:
a. Climateb. Adaptedc. Biome3) What do the red spots on the interactive map of the globe represent?
4) List the six biomes that we will investigate.
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5) Fill in the following from the “Biome Summary Page”:
BIOME
MOISTURE
TEMPERATURE VEGETATION
Arctic Tundra
Deciduous
Forest
Desert
Taiga
Tropical Rain
Forest
Tropical
Savannah
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ANIMALS
6) List the seven pieces of information found of a climograph.
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7) Right click to COPY the climograph of the Arctic Tundra.
8) Open a NEW DOCUMENT in WORD.
9) Create a TABLE that is 2 columns with 3 rows.
10) Paste the climograph in your new document. (Column 1, Row 1)
11) Continue clicking through the site until all six biomes’ climographs have been copied and
pasted into your word document table.
12) PRINT your document (after getting permission).
Answer the following based on your diagrams:
13) Compare and contrast the Tundra and the Taiga.
14) In which biomes does the temperature stay relatively constant all year? What is that
temperature?