Climates and Biomes
Color the Map and map key.
World Biomes Map
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Tundra (Arctic)
Taiga/Coniferous Forest
Grassland/Savanna
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What would it be like to live here? Explain.
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What would it be like to live here? Explain.
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Desert
Tropical Rainforest
Deciduous Forest
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What would it be like to live here? Explain.
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What would it be like to live here? Explain.
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What would it be like to live here? Explain.
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Use the biomes map and biomes description chart that you just made to answer the questions below.
1. Most of the tundra biomes are in the very northern latitudes. There are 2 exceptions. There is a tundra biome in the middle of Europe and one in the
southern part of Asia. How is that possible? ___________________________________________________________________________________
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2. What are some other surprising biomes for their latitude? For example a biome that has much colder temperatures that it should for its latitude or a
biome that has much warmer temperatures for its latitude? Where are they? _________________________________________________________
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a. What could help explain these weird exceptions? ________________________________________________________________________
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3. Which biome has the highest average rainfall? _______________________________________________________________
4. Which biome has the lowest average rainfall? ________________________________________________________________
5. What biomes are most common at the tropics? ________________________________________________________________________________
6. What kinds of adaptions do you think people have to make to live in each of these biomes? _____________________________________________
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7. Look at the Land Use Map on page 76 of the Blue Desk Atlas. How have people taken advantage of the resources that come with the biomes that
the United States has? For example, how does the United States take advantage of the good soil in the grasslands? And how do we take advantage
of the trees that grow in the taiga and deciduous forests in the United States? ________________________________________________________
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