1. Warm-up 1.Please take out notes from yesterday 2.Start Day 5 Warm-up 3.You have 5 minutes of work time. 4.After you are finished, write your homework down in your planners 5.Please work quietly Thank you!

2. Biomes Climates

3. Lesson Objectives Students will be able to list the characteristics of a desert biome, rainforest biome, and an aquatic biome.

4. What is a Biome? A biome is a geographic area characterized by specific kinds of _______ and _________. Deserts, tropical rainforests, and aquatic are all types of ________.

5. What are the different biomes? Desert Rainforest Aquatic Grassland Tundra Etc.

6. Answer the questions using the map.

7. Quietly stand if you agree Can a desert be hot? Can a desert be cold? Can a desert have water in it? Can a desert be next to large bodies of water?

8. Desert The desert is usually the ______ biome on Earth. It has its extremes. It can be over ____ degrees during the day and below _____ degrees at night. Less than 25 cm of _____ every year.

9. Deserts Characteristics There can be hot, _____, dry, semi arid, and _______ deserts. Plants in the deserts survive by conserving _________. Examples: Short shrubs, cacti. Animals tend to come out at dusk or at _________. Examples: Snakes, owls, lizards

10. Oasis An oasis is where _________ is almost always available. The water can ____________ people to settle and even grow crops in the desert.

11. Rainforest Why is a rainforest called a rain forest? An average of ___-________ inches of rain falls yearly!

12. Rainforest The average temperature is ___-___ degrees Fahrenheit Rainforests produce ____% of Earths oxygen!!

13. Aquatic Two types: ______ water and _____ water Fresh water includes ________, rivers, streams, _______, wetlands What are examples of salt water? Aquatic Biome makes up of ____% of the Earth’s __________.

14. Aquatic Plants and Animals Animals: Tuna, sharks, sea birds Plants: Plankton, algae

15. Aquatic Importance Why do you think our waters are important? The water cycle Food Where we get our water diversity. SO MUCH MORE!!!

16. Summary What are the three biomes we studied? What makes a desert a desert? What makes a rainforest a rainforest?