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Block: ______ BIOME WEBQUEST You can link directly to each website from GL > Mendenhall > Chapter 15 > Homework Part I ­ NASA: Mission Biomes ● Go to http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/ ● Complete the following table using the information from the website ● Color the biomes on the map Biome Temperature Example and Location Range (oC) Rain fall per year (cm) Typical Vegetation Seasonal trends Coniferous Forest Temperate Forest Desert Grassland Rainforest Shrubland Tundra 1 / 4 www.fireflychildrensnetwork.org Part II ­ NASA: Great Graph Match ● Go to http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/ ● Choose “Great Graph Match” at the bottom of the page ● Select “For Advanced Users” ● Look at each graph and determine which biome best fits based on the given data. After correctly completing the Advanced User Mission, write down the correct biome for each city. 1. Frogmore, England ________________________________________________________ 2. Goteborg, Sweden ________________________________________________________ 3. Koombooloomba, Australia ________________________________________________________ 4. Barrow, Alaska________________________________________________________ 5. Alice Springs, Australia ________________________________________________________ 6. San Bernadino, California________________________________________________________ 7. Centralia, Kansas________________________________________________________ 2 / 4 Part III ­ NASA: To Plant or Not to Plant ● Go to http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/ ● Choose “To Plant or Not to Plant” at the bottom of the page ● Select “Enter Mission” ● Read about each plant and then determine which biome the plant would best be suited for. After completing the webquest write the correct answers below. 1. Creote Bush ________________________________________________________ 2. Spruce ________________________________________________________ 3. Flowering Dogwood ________________________________________________________ 4. Orchid ________________________________________________________ 5. Lichen ________________________________________________________ 6. White Sage ________________________________________________________ 7. Saguaro Cactus________________________________________________________ Part IV ­ UC: Freshwater Biomes ● Go to http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/freshwater.php ● Complete the following table using the information from the website Freshwater Biome Description Type of Organisms Importance Ponds & Lakes Streams & Rivers Wetlands 3 / 4 Part IV ­ UC: Marine Biomes ● Go to http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php ● Complete the following table using the information from the website Marine Biome Description Type of Organisms Importance Oceans Coral Reefs Estuaries 4 / 4