1. How do plants adapt to their surroundings?

2. Do Now Answer the following in your notebook:
“If you were stuck on a deserted island, what five things would need to have in order to survive?” List your five items and explain why they are important for your survival.

3. The way plants survive is through adaptations
Adaptation- a special feature that allow for a plant or animal to survive in a particular habitat or biome.
Compare and Contrast the following two plants. What type of habitat do they live in? How do you think they survive?

4. Plants in different locations have different traits
Locations are better known as Biomes.
Biome- a region containing a major biotic community and that which is characterized by the predominant plant life and climate conditions.

5. World is divided up into 7 Biomes
1. Tropical Rainforest
2. Grasslands
3. Desert
4. Temperate Deciduous Forest
5. Temperate Rainforest
6. Taiga
7. Tundra

6. Climate Factors
Latitude
Rainfall
Temperature
Seasonal Changes

7. Plant Biome Poster Project
In your groups research your assigned biome and plant life using books, research and your group’s laptop
Create a poster to teach the rest of the class about your biome and how plants adapt to your biome.
Section #1
Biome
Section #2
Characteristics of Biome
Section #3
Plant Adaptations
Section #4
Picture of Plant from Biome

8. Gallery Walk
Look at the rest of the class’ posters and fill out your Biome Summary Chart
Spend 4 minutes at each poster, then rotate
When complete discuss the following question with your group.
If global warming continues to raise global temperatures, do you think the plants in your biome will be able to adapt? If so, what will they do to survive?