Cano, Michael Lawrence

Clemente, Marializa
CONCEPT MAP NO.1 Consigo, Kimberlie
Datuon, Gabrielle Joy

BIOMES:
The Living Landscapes of
Adaptations of plants
Earth
and animals

Influenced by
Main biome groups climate zones and other
for plant varieties factors
such as:
Trees Type of Soil
Grasses
from the
occurs
Shrubs Coniferous Desert
in
occurs evergreens adaptations Very cold
All areas
in adaptations
to known
Every found
Mixed temperate in
climate cacti in
woodlands Biomes of
tropical Tundra
and
Savannas &
Evergreen temperate
broadleaf forests of Prairie &
tropical regions Steppe

LONSO8 Vegetation Tropical Tropical heat

Classification Evergreen with year-
by Forest round rain
Tropical
Dorman
Seasonal Permits
and Sellers Savannah Sufficient length or
Forest broadleaf
severely tropical
trees to retain
dry season
Tropical wet and their leaves
dry seasons Shrubland permanently

Causes broadleaf trees to Trees are

lose their foliage during dry Domination of largely
season shrubs interspersed replaced by
with grasses grasses
due to

Challenges of wet and dry season both

in the tropics and temperate latitudes
 Semi-desert No vegetation
Desert The biome of
due to dry
bare Earth
climate
Has high aridity index that only
shrubs or cacti can grow Prairie and
Lack of rain
Steppe Prevents tree
combined with
cooler growth but
temperatures in allows
Temperate grasses to
Mixed-temperate Forest
the mid-latitudes
dominate
Forest

Classic broadleaf woodlands of the mid-latitudes, whose trees

Broadleaf and evergreen coniferous
lose their leaves in winter
forests are mixed at the mid-latitudes

Boreal Cooler leads to

Evergreen
Boreal Seasonal temperatures
Forest
Forest Domination of
coniferous tree
Severe winters Tundra Low summer in the vast
temperatures space of taiga
leads to
Ice
Cold-adapted low-lying shrub-like vegetation

No vegetation is possible due

to year-round freezing
conditions
 CONCEPT MAP NO.2 Bushwillows
Borassus palms Tall spear grass and
shorter kangaroo Rhinos
Cutgrass and Brachystegia
Copernia and grass (moist Elephants
bahia grass Thickets of thorny shrubs
Mauritia palms Savannah) Giraffes
Wildebeest
Acacia and Bluestem, Zebras
Eucalyptus Buffalo
Flooded areas Baobab thatching, elephant
Acacias Antelope
and kangaroo
Baobas Lions
grasses
Curatella, Cheetahs
Most iconic
Locustberries Hyenas
trees Prickly
maricao cimmarons spinifex African wild
bowdichia dogs
grasses (more
African Savannah
arid regions) Large mammalian
species:
Most common
Trees, shrubs,
trees Australian Savannah
and grasses

Plant Species Wildlife Fauna

American Savannah

Dry seasons
Koppen Climate Type: SAVANNAH Seasons

Wet seasons
Tropical
Savannah Global locations Transition biome
Cuba
More extensive Savannah Verdant rainforests
Southern
America of the tropics
Mexico
South America
Parched hot deserts of
Caribbean Most biodiverse in the world
the subtropics
Islands
Australia Venezuela
Brazillan Savannah
Southern West Africa to
Florida Wide transition zone Africa Extending across Ethiopia in the
north-east.

North and east of the East Africa

Transition between
island continent

Wide plateaux across

Equatorial forest to Vast Sahara to
the equator leads to
the south the north

Drier conditions Formation of the

most famous
savannahs
 CONCEPT MAP NO.3

Aquatic Biomes: Covers nearly71% of

Marine Earth’s surface

Four types of Ocean

Biomes
Adjacent to
Earth’s land Coastal Waters
masses Coral Reefs

Shallow Unique to warm

coastal waters Home of a
Abundant Created from tropical waters
variety of
in life calcium
animals like
forms carbonate &
sea anemones,
Allows sunlight crabs, snails dinoflagellates
to reach algae and mammals
Provides home, from the invertebrates like sponges
and sea anemones to hundreds of species of fish
Life begun Intertidal Zones

Vent
Kelps grows that are home Communities Galapagos
for a variety of species of Lies near shore Rift
fish and mammals zone
Engulf in total Populated by
darkness sulfur bacteria
Open Ocean
Acquire
No photosynthetic
energy
organisms
Populated by ZOA Feeds into through
plankton phytoplanktons
Blind white crabs, Chemosynthesis

Consumed by small fish and sea white plants,

mammals like humpback whales enormous mussels

Populated by mammals like porpoises,

other whales and tuna
 Aquatic Biomes:
Fresh Water
Classified as
Oligotrophic Eutrophic

Mountain areas Contains large sediments of

organic and inorganic
materials and nutrients
Low nutrients
water
High nutrients in water

High oxygen concentrations

in lakes and ponds Home of catfishes

Home of the
trout fish
 Freshwater Ecosystems: Freshwater importance and conservation

In the video "How to Save Fresh water flow" Sir David Attenborough explains the
importance of fresh water and how to keep it flowing across the globe. Fresh water is found in
different places creating a cycle that is vital to nature and every living organism. As fresh water
travels in different pathways, it becomes essential for survival of living organisms, providing
habitat for organisms, and carrying sediments and nutrients that are necessary on food chains,
fertilizing soils and shapes of landscapes.

However, people are consuming fresh water daily and transporting it into different
places. Dams created a blockage causing a disruption in the flow of fresh water. Humans are
treating fresh water as if it's a boundless resource. When fresh water is interrupted the cycle
breaks down, and it affects the environment. The drinking water disappears; rivers become dry,
food crops are devastated, and a large portion of freshwater wildlife declines due to damaged
cycle.

To restore the flow of fresh water system, people should use renewable energy because
it doesn’t promote flooding and do not block the water flow. Unrepairable dams should be
remove, while other dams that are still functioning can move to other place and reduce
blockage of fresh water by imitating the natural pulse, wherein it should release huge amount
of water in right time to replenish fresh water cycle. Technology also helps the natural flow
through recycling of water in environment. Furthermore, people should do smart farming and
instead of transporting water through crops it should be planted in right places to lessen the
usage of fresh water.

Working with fresh waters can be beneficial to all living organisms in the future.
Abundance of life and habitats will become healthy for the wildlife. Agriculture will flourish and
will provide us more crops and fish. The cities together with humans will be protected against
the flooding. People just need to work with flow and not be against it.