Biotic or Abiotic?
Are plants a biotic or abiotic factor?
Plants are a biotic factor
What is the equator?
The equator is the imaginary line in the middle of the earth that divides the world into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
A biome is an interdependent system of plants and animals and land, a sort of large region with similar climate, soil, plants and animals.
What is temperature?
Temperature is how we measure how cold or hot a place is.
What is an adaptation?
An adaptation is a change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation
Are animals a biotic or abiotic factor?
Animals are a biotic factor.
What countries or bodies of water border your country?
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Describe the desert biome.
A desert is a biome where there is very little precipitation and very little plant life. They can be very hot during the day and cold at night.
What is precipitation?
Precipitation is water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, sleet or snow etc.
How have plants and/or animals adapted to living in the desert?
Plants and animals in the desert have adapted to using less water.
Animals in the desert have learned to burrow underground and remain there during the hottest parts of the day.
In the desert animals that live in burrows recycle their breathing to prevent losing water.
Is precipitation a biotic or an abiotic factor?
Precipitation is an abiotic factor.
Is your country in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Describe the tropical rainforest biome.
The tropical rainforest is a biome where it is very hot all year and there is a lot of rain. There are a lot of plants and animals in this biome. This biome is close to the equator.
What are two things that make up climate?
Climate is made up of things like the temperature of a place and the precipitation.
How have plants and/or animals adapted to living in the tropical rainforest?
Plants compete for sunlight in the rainforest and trees have grown tall to receive the most sunlight.
Animals have adapted to living in the trees for protection from the dangers of the rainforest ground.
Is precipitation an example of a biotic factor or an abiotic factor?
Precipitation is an example of an abiotic factor.
What is the relationship between the climate of a place and how far it is from the equator?
In general, places closer to the equator have a warmer climate than places farther from the equator.
Describe the temperate deciduous forest biome.
The temperate deciduous forest is a biome where there are many 4 distinct seasons. It can get cold and hot at different times of the year. The leaves of the trees in this biome fall during cold seasons and comes back when it is warm. This biome is not very close to the equator.
Describe the climate of your native country.
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How have plants or animals adapted to living in the temperate deciduous forest biome?
Plants in the temperate deciduous forest biome have adapted to cold seasons by losing their leaves and flowering again in the spring.
Trees grow thick bark to protect them from the cold weather.
Some animals in the temperate forest have adapted by hibernating during the cold season or growing thicker fur or getting a layer of fat.
Are landforms a biotic factor or an abiotic factor?
Landforms are abiotic factors.
Why are areas closer to the equator generally warmer than places farther away?
Places closer to the equator always receive equal amounts of sunlight. Because the earth is tilted, the north and southern hemisphere receive more or less sunlight depending where they are.
Describe the grassland/savannah biome.
The grassland or savannah is a biome that is close to the equator. It is warm all year but there are no trees and only grass. It has rainy seasons and dry seasons. This biome is found in places close to the equator.
How does the geographic location of a place affect the climate?
Areas closer to the equator are in general much warmer than places farther from the equator.
How have plants and animals adapted to living in the grassland/savannah?
Animals in the savannah have adapted by burrowing underground to protect themselves from other animals.
Animals in the savannah have special teeth to help them chew on grass mostly.
Many animals in the savannah run fast since the savannah is flat.
Plants such as the baobab tree in the savannah have adapted by growing thick bark to protect them from dry periods where there are many fires.