This document defines a biome and discusses tropical rainforests. It defines a biome as a global ecosystem that has a similar climate and landscape containing well-adapted plants and animals. The document then provides examples of biomes, like Madagascar and Malaysia rainforests, to test this definition. It highlights characteristic species and features found in different rainforests around the world.

1. UNIT 3: RARE RAINFORESTS What is the Definition of a Biome?

2. An ecosystem is a group of plants and animals which interact with each other and with their non living environment. Rainham Marshes Your intestines! Tropical Rainforests A pot plant The school pond A drop of water on a leaf

3. Go to >> shared area >> geography >> google earth kmz files >> year 8 >> biomes This file should then open up in google earth What characteristics do different biomes have?

5. Google earth tips: For equator line: >> view >> grid Full screen: >> F11 Countries: >> Layers >> borders & labels Zoom in: double click left mouse button or scroll Zoom out: double click right mouse button or scroll

7. Biome definition:

8. Biome definition: Global Ecosystem Landscape Climate Plants Animals Adapted

9. Biomes are ecosystems which have a similar and containing well plants and animals. Biome definition:

10. Biomes are global ecosystems which have a similar climate and landscape containing well adapted plants and animals. Biome definition:

11. Lets put our definition to the test: Madagascar Rainforest Malaysia Rainforest

12. Lets put our definition to the test: Tarsier, Philippines Rainforest Mouse Lemur, Madagascar Rainforest

13. Lets put our definition to the test: Buttress roots, Rainforest Peru Buttress roots, Rainforest Austraila

14. Lets put our definition to the test: Epiphytes, Ecuador Epiphytes, Indonesia

15. How does this link to the rest of the unit? Rainforest, Indonesia Rainforest, Brazil

16. UNIT 3: RARE RAINFORESTS What is the Definition of a Biome?