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How come Elmer
Never made any other
Adhesive products?
Lazy, Crazy,
, Stinky, Crusty, Snotty,
& Vyacheslav…
The other 7 Dwarves.
No one talks about them!
Classic
Australopithecine
Holiday Soup
recipes
Paradox Soup.
If you eat it…
you get
hungrier.
A Brief History of Vampires and String Theory.
By Stephen King &
Stephen Hawking
It is the area close
to the shoreline.
Sunlight can reach
the bottom, so there
are many plants and
animals living
there.
You are standing in water up to your knees. There are many plants but no trees around.
Looking ahead you can see the edge of a pond or
lake. Where are you?
Over time the lake can fill with sediment. Plants begin to grow
as light can now reach the bottom. As the plants continue to flourish, more debris builds up on
the bottom. The decay of this material uses up available oxygen
and that changes what can live there. If enough sediment builds up...a forest will start to develop.
-Waxy leaves to keep
water from evaporating.
-Spines to help radiate heat
and deter grazers.
-Shallow root systems to
gather available water.
-Fleshy tissues to hold
water
Tropical Forest
*Remember…not all tropical forests
are rainforests, and not all
rainforests are tropical!
Your book says 400cm (157.5
inches), but…if you do some
research, you’ll see a lot of
other numbers. The important
part is…it’s more rainfall than
any other biome!
Nope!
All deserts are dry; < 10” of
rain/year.
But…some deserts are cold (like
the Gobi and Great Basin…and
ice cream…oh…wait…that’s
dessert).
-Not very much rain (avg. 14-
29.5” (35-75cm) year) Temperatures:
Winter Avg.: -10⁰c (14⁰f) Summer Avg: 14⁰c (57⁰f)
Basically: Cool summers and cold
winters.
It would be orange with black
stripes and it would be
shivering…just kidding
There would be a lot of
snow and the conifers (pine
trees) would have all of
their leaves (needles).
-White Coloration-Camouflage.
-Thick fur and/or fat-insulation.
-Fat/Blubber-Long term energy
storage.
-Wide feet to act as snowshoes.
An area wherein freshwater
combines with saltwater
(brackish). This creates a unique
ecosystem because of the water’s
low-level salinity.
-Being underwater at times and
exposed to the air at others.
-Drastic temperature changes.
-Exposure to heavy wave action.
-Changes in salinity.
In this ecosystem, many of the
organisms are camouflaged to look
like floating plants?
Hey! That really has an Alex Trabek sound to it if you read it
with the proper inflection! Did you know that he is a big
hockey fan? You do now
What is the major difference
between the zonation of the
pelagic and benthic zones and
the zonation of the group
containing the intertidal,
neritic, and oceanic zones?
The intertidal, neritic, and
oceanic zones are
identified based upon
distance from the shore.
The pelagic and benthic
zones are depth-based.
Why would plants growing on the
shaded forest floor need broader
leaves than those growing in an open
meadow?
Broader leaves present a
greater surface area for
collecting energy from
the sun. This energy is
necessary for
photosynthesis.
Tropical grasslands-(like the African Savanna)
-Relatively warm-hot all year.
-Up to 50” of rain.
-Rainy and dry seasons
-Very few trees that are found in small clusters
where the are present
Temperate grasslands-(such as the US prairies)
-Have harsh winters. -10-30” of precipitation, some of it is snow.
-very few trees, occasional fires.
If two regions share similar
abiotic factors, what would you
expect to learn if you observed
the various species of flora and
fauna in both places.