1. Biome Warm-ups (1-8)

2. Warm-up # 1 1.What is a Biome? 2.What are the 6 main land biomes? 3.What two factors make up the climate of a biome? (look in text book pg 438) 4.What are the levels of ecological organization starting with the smallest unit and going up.

3. Warm-up # 2 1. Why do rainforest plants have large leaves? 2.Which biome is located at the equator? 3.What is the climate of the Tropical Rain Forest? 4.What are the levels of ecological organization starting with the smallest unit and going up. (add Biome)

4. Warm-up # 3 1.Why do you think desert plants have small leaves and TRF plants have large wide leaves? 2.What are two abiotic factors you can compare between biomes? 3.What are the four layers of the tropical rain forest name an organism found at each level. 4.What is an adaptation that would be beneficial to live in the Tropical Rain Forest?

5. Warm-up # 4 1.What is the difference between a Deciduous Tree and a Evergreen tree? 2.Why are conifers triangle in shape and have needle shaped leaves? 3.What are two abiotic factors you can compare between biomes?

6. Warm-up # 5 1.Describe a producer and a consumer found in the Deciduous forest and how it has adapted to live there. 2.Describe a producer and a consumer found in the Boreal Forest and how it has adapted to live there.

7. Warm-up # 6 1.Why do Desert plants have small leaves? 2.Describe two adaptations that desert animals have to be able to keep cool. 3.Describe an adaptation that desert organisms have to survive with little water.

8. Warm-up # 7 What are the 4 layers of the TRF? Why are there no trees in the Tundra? Describe 1 adaptation that a tundra organism has to survive the cold dry tundra Biome?

9. Warm-up # 8 Why are there so many large herbivores in the Grassland? What are 3 different kinds of Grasslands? What do you call frozen soil?