PPT-Climate Zones, Vegetation Regions, Biomes, and Ecosystems

       Scientists have divided our world into different biomes such as tundra grasslands deserts rainforests deciduous forests and marine environments A biome is a large geographical region with plants and animals that are able to live in that location with its particular climate because they have adapted in different ways to the amounts of water heat and soil in that area. Chapter 10. Objectives. Describe the factors that characterize the various types of aquatic biomes.. 10.1 Aquatic Biomes. Aquatic Biomes. What type of biomes have we learned about so far?. Rainforest, savannah, desert, . Designed by Christopher Becker,. Joeie. Puckett, Michael . Ruthenberg. ,. and . Satura. Thomas. A . Webquest. for 4. th. Grade. Introduction. Biomes are defined as "the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment" (. . Table of Contents. Section 3: . Aquatic Ecosystems. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Section 2: . Biomes. Chapter: Ecosystems. . Table of Contents. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Mosses from my back yard. Unit 3: Food from the Land. Vegetation Zones. A regions vegetation is determined by its climate & soils. . Different types of vegetation require different combinations of . climate and vegetation to . Planet Earth can be divided into three basic climate zones:. Tropical. Temperate . Polar. Major Climate Zones. Tropical Climates. Occur near the equator and the lower latitudes. Includes:. Rainforests that are warm. Lesson Objectives. Identify the factors that affect climate and vegetation. . . Describe the climate regions of the United States. . Vocabulary. Elevation. Natural vegetation. Arid. Tundra. Climate. SIGNIFICANT IDEAS:. Climate determines the type of biome in a given area although individual ecosystems may vary due to many local abiotic and biotic factors.. Succession leads to climax communities that may vary due to random events and interactions over time. This leads to a pattern of alternative stable states for a given ecosystem.. http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX0215667004445d05420545&t=Ecosystems. Why do we find different plants and animals in different biomes?. Plants and animals are adapted to live in their biome. They live within that certain climate.. Aquatic ecosystems are primarily determined by the ecosystem’s . salinity. . Salinity refers to the dissolved salt content of the water.. Aquatic ecosystems are divided into freshwater and marine ecosystems.. Lesson Objectives. Identify the factors that affect climate and vegetation. . . Describe the climate regions of the United States. . Vocabulary. Elevation. Natural vegetation. Arid. Tundra. Climate. Ocean Zones & Ecosystems. Freshwater Zones & Ecosystems. Related Ecology. Benthic Division. 6 Areas. . 1. Supralittoral zone. (supra= upper, litus=shore). . Water splashes but does not stay submerged. Global climates and natural vegetation Climate is average of weather conditions for 30+ years Climatologists employ many different tools to organize the wealth of information about Ian McBride. Earth and Physical Science Department. Western Oregon University. Monmouth, Oregon. Email: imcbride11@wou.edu. Outline. Part 1: . I. ntroduction to Riparian Zones. The pieces of a riparian zone. Biomagnification. is the process by which matter becomes concentrated in living things in a food chain.. Moving up the Food Chain . DDT provides one example of the effects of . biomagnification. in an ecosystem. DDT is a chemical that was widely used to kill plant–eating insects. Some chemicals break down over time, but DDT does not. DDT collected in water and soil, was absorbed by living things, and moved up the food chain. The diagram shows how DDT became magnified in a wetland ecosystem. It entered through tiny organisms called zooplankton, which absorbed DDT from the water..