Environmental Science Ecology Unit – Biomes
Georgia Performance Standards
SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system.
a. Describe how the abiotic components (water, air, and energy) affect the biosphere.
b. Recognize and give examples of the hierarchy of the biological entities of the biosphere
(organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere).
c. Characterize the components that define a Biome.
Abiotic Factors – to include precipitation, temperature and soils.
Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations that create success in that biome.
d. Characterize the components that define fresh-water and marine systems.
Abiotic Factors – to include light, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, pH and substrate.
Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations characteristic to that system.
Essential Questions
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Explain how latitude and altitude affect which plants grow in an area.
Explain how temperature and precipitation determine which plants grow in an area.
List three characteristics of tropical rain forests.
Name two threats to the world’s forest biomes.
Compare and contrast tropical and temperate grasslands.
Date
Classroom Activities
1/28
First Word – BIOME
Mon
Biome Notes – Fill in chart from powerpoint
then use textbook to complete.
Graded Assignments/Homework
Active Reading – What is a Biome
___/15 (After test 1/25 – due 1/28)
Biome coloring/worksheet ___/20
Biome Coloring – North & Central America
Ticket out – Three characteristics of…
1/29
Warm-up: Active Read - Marine Ecosystems
Active Reading – Marine Ecosystems
Tue
Water Biome Notes
___/15 (Homework)
Think Tac Toe - Biomes
Finish Think Tac Toe ___/15
Park Project – Biome Travel Brochure
Active Reading – Forest Biomes
___/15 (Homework)
1/31
First Word – WATER BIOME
Thur
Quiz practice
Active Reading – Grasslands, Desert
and Tundra ___/10 (Homework)
1/30
Wed
Review Quiz Practice
Concept Reviews – Ch. 6 & 7
2/1
Fri
Unit Test - Biomes
Finish Concept Reviews ____/20
Study for Test
Vocabulary Word
2-3 Keywords