Terrestrial Ecology

What standards will we be working on

• MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of
interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
• MS-LS2-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow
of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What is the project we will be working on?
• You will be making a book!
• Each page will focus on an animal or plant in each biome
• Each page will have a picture of the animal or plant
• Each page will have a drawing of the animal or plant (it doesn’t have
to be artistic, I want to see that you are making observations)
• Each page will discuss
• How the animal or plant has adaptations for its environment
• How the animal or plant participates in the food chain
• Where the animal or plant lives
• How the animal or plant benefits the environment
In this unit, we will be learning about terrestrial (on
land) ecology by studying the different terrestrial
biomes.

What’s a biome?

A general classification of a kind of land with a specific

climate and plants and animals that live there.

In the next several slides, I will briefly cover each one!

Tundra -The coldest biome
-mostly shrubs
-only 60 growing days
-little precipitation
Desert -Very dry
-Usually very hot but also can be cold
Alpine- -this is the environment on top of places
with high elevation like mountains.

-It’s a tough place to live because of the

cold, strong winds, and also strong
sunlight.
Savanna -Warm year round

-not enough precipitation to have

forests, so it is mostly grassland
with isolated trees.
Chaparral -Dry summers and with rainy winters.

-Fires are common here.

-Has areas of trees, shrubs, and grassland

temperate grassland-hot summers

-cold summers

-little precipitation
Taiga

-Forests which are mostly made up of conifer trees

-short, wet summers

-long cold winters

Rainforest

-The climate is warm all year round with lots

of precipitation

-Lush forests grow here

Temperate Forest

-Warm summers and cool winters

-forests with deciduous trees

 Additional Resources
• https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/intro-to-
ecosystems/v/ecosystems-and-biomes
• Refer to our textbook!
• http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/
• https://westernreserve.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.
eco.lp_biomes/biomes/
• For more on each land biome
• Tundra.
• Rainforest.
• Savanna.
• Taiga.
• Temperate forest.
• Temperate grassland.
• Alpine.
• Chaparral.
• Desert.