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    Lesson 1.7: Launch Lesson – Comparing Biomes Using HHMI’s BiomeViewer

    Unit 1: Ecological Systems

    Comparing Biomes with HHMI’s BiomeViewer HANDOUT


    1.7

    What are some characteristics of different biomes?


    How could scientists use these characteristics to define different biomes?

    Record your thoughts below. Include some thoughts about the biome you live in now.
    Scientists categorize different biomes according to precipitation and
    temperature. For example, desserts usually have little rainfall and really hot
    temperatures.

    Exploring Biomes

    Now you will have an opportunity to investigate your predictions about the biome
    where you live as well as another biome of your choosing. Use the following steps to
    guide your investigation:

    1. Launch HHMI’s BiomeViewer application by navigating to https://www.


    biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/biomeviewer and clicking on Launch
    Interactive. In the search box in the upper-right corner, type in the city and state
    where you live.

    2. Explore the information bar that appears on the right. Also click the “More”
    button at the bottom of that information bar. Use the information to fill in the
    “Home Location” column in the data table on the next page.

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    Lesson 1.7: Launch Lesson – Comparing Biomes Using HHMI’s BiomeViewer

    Unit 1: Ecological Systems

    HANDOUT DATA COLLECTION FOR BIOMES


    1.7

    Biome Characteristics Home Location Second Location


    Jeddah, Saudi London, United
    Arabia Kingdom

    1 Biome Type Desert Temperate


    Deciduous Forest
    2 Precipitation Trends (Do Little to no rainfall Generally rainy
    the values fluctuate? Which throughout the year. throughout the year.
    months have the highest and
    lowest values?)

    3 Climate Trends (Do the Very hot 4 seasons, with


    values fluctuate? Which temperatures, higher temperates
    months have the highest and increasing during during the summer.
    lowest values?) the summer.
    4 Type of Vegetation Plants that can Forest plants
    adapt to minimize
    5 Number of Mammal Species 52 48

    6 Number of Amphibian 3 12
    Species

    7 Number of Reptile Species 11 3

    8 Number of Species 4 4
    Threatened

    9 Number of Species 0 1
    Endangered

    3. Now use the BiomeViewer to learn about another location, in a different biome.
    Use the following steps:
    Š Type in another city, in a different biome from where you live. You do not have
    to choose a city in the United States. If you are having difficulty deciding on
    another city, you can rotate the global map and drop a pin in any location.
    Š Record information about your second location in the data table above.
    Š You can also use the “Compare” button in the BiomeViewer to examine side-
    by-side graphs about the two biomes you have been investigating.

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    Lesson 1.7: Launch Lesson – Comparing Biomes Using HHMI’s BiomeViewer

    Unit 1: Ecological Systems

    4. After you have completed your data collection, discuss the following questions in HANDOUT
    1.7
    a small group:
    Š How did your original thoughts about biomes compare with data collected
    during your investigation?
    My thoughts about my hometown coincided with the information I
    researched, however, I thought London would have a lot more rain.

    Š What abiotic and biotic features help scientists define biomes?


    Rain and temperature are the abiotic features, the animals are the
    biotic ones.

    Š Use the data to describe any trends you see between abiotic features and biotic
    features. Give specific evidence from your data.
    The precipitation affects the plants that can grow there, for example,
    in deserts the plants that grow there adapt to not having as much
    water available. Meanwhile, in London's Temperate Deciduous
    Forest,how
    Š Explain a lothuman
    more,activities
    greener plants
    may grow
    have led there because
    to species of the or
    being threatened
    endangered.
    Humans ruin animal habitats, by deforestation and other similar
    ways to make space for buildings, roads, and settlements. That way
    the animal living there will either die or be moved to another
    ecosystem where its predators outnumber its prey and eventually
    die as well. Humans also hunt and kill animals for sport or for their
    tusks, like elephants.

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