Winter Break Homework: APES
Chapter 5 in APES textbook
DUE: JANUARY 12, 2016
Define the following terms:
Biomes
Consumer
Elevation
Producer
Latitude
Decomposer
Precipitation
Carnivore
Grasslands
Prairies
Forest
Herbivore
Review the different biomes in chapter 5 use pages 108 - 125 to briefly describe each biome and draw a food
web for each biome. Be sure to include a key to color code each level (primary producer, secondary
consumer, decomposers etc.):
1. Desert Biomes: brief summary (3-4 sentences)
a. types of desert biomes (give an example of each)
 Tropical
 Temperate
 Cold
b. Draw food web
2. Grasslands & Chaparral Biomes: brief summary (3-4 sentences)
a. Grasslands (give an example of each)
 Tropical
 Temperate
 Polar
b. Chaparral
c. Draw food web
3. Forest Biomes: brief summary (3-4 sentences)
a. Types of Forest
 Tropical
 Temperate (2 types)
 Boreal
b. Draw food web
4. Mountain Biomes
a. Mountains
5. Summarize the human impact on terrestrial biomes.
6. Answer questions 1 - 8 on page 124 of your book. Write each question out.