This document discusses factors that affect climate and biomes. It explains that temperature, latitude, elevation, and precipitation impact climate. Climate then influences vegetation, animals, and land characteristics within different biomes. The six major biomes are tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grasslands, and desert. Biomes are important to ecology because organisms within each biome have adapted to the particular climate and environment. The document also provides a grading rubric for a biome poster project.

2. What factors
affect climate?
• Temperature
– Light energy = energy for
producers
– Heat energy = warm!
• Latitude
– If a region is closer to
the north or south pole,
it will be cooler

3. • Elevation
– Distance above
sea level
– As you move
higher, the air is
cooler because
the air is thinner
• Precipitation
– Rain shadow: when warm
air is forced up the side of
a mountain it cools and
condenses
– Rains only on one side of
the mountain

4. How is climate related to the land?
• Vegetation
• Animals
• Type of land and soil

5. What is a biome?
• Large geographic area that has:
– Similar climate
– Similar ecosystems
• similar organisms
• 6 common types on the planet:
– Tundra
– Taiga
– Temperate
deciduous
forest
– Tropical rain
forest
– Grassland
– Desert

6. How are biomes important to the
study of ecology?
• All things (living and non – living) are closely
related to their environment
• Animals and plants make special adaptations
to the biome
• Help humans understand their impact on a
certain environment

7. Where do we live?
• Tropical rain forest
• Savannah
(type of
grassland)|

8. COMMON BIOMES
Biome Climate (Abiotic) Organisms (Vegetation and
Animals) (Biotic)
Tundra
Taiga
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Grassland
Desert

9. Grading for biome poster
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Category ▼
6 4 2 1
Presentation Poster is well-organized,
neat and has no spelling
mistakes
Poster is organized, mostly
neat and has few spelling
mistakes
Poster has some
organization, is slightly
sloppy and has several
spelling mistakes
Poster is disorganized,
sloppy and has many
spelling mistakes
Completion Poster has all 3 sections,
(plants, animals and land)
extra information and was
completed on time
Poster has all 3 sections
(plants, animals and land)
and was completed on time
Poster is missing one
section (plants, animals
and land) and not
completed in class
Poster is missing several
sections (plants, animals
and land) and/or did not
complete in class, also did
not present poster
Information Poster presents accurate
information in an easy-to-
understand manner
Poster presents mostly
accurate information in an
understandable manner
Poster presents
information with some
minor inaccuracies in a
somewhat confusing
manner
Poster presents
information with major
inaccuracies in a confusing
manner