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    Biome Viewer Worksheet

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    This document provides instructions for using the BiomeViewer app to explore biodiversity and human impacts on different biomes. It guides the user to: 1) Select locations in different biomes and record climate and species data to analyze patterns between latitude and biodiversity. 2) Compare the Sahara Desert and a tropical rainforest to understand how differences in rainfall and temperature affect species richness. 3) Examine threatened species in each biome and discuss biodiversity conservation. 4) View the anthrome layer to see how human disturbance has changed over time at a selected location, and summarize the impact on the environment.

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    This document provides instructions for using the BiomeViewer app to explore biodiversity and human impacts on different biomes. It guides the user to: 1) Select locations in different biomes and record climate and species data to analyze patterns between latitude and biodiversity. 2) Compare the Sahara Desert and a tropical rainforest to understand how differences in rainfall and temperature affect species richness. 3) Examine threatened species in each biome and discuss biodiversity conservation. 4) View the anthrome layer to see how human disturbance has changed over time at a selected location, and summarize the impact on the environment.

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    This document provides instructions for using the BiomeViewer app to explore biodiversity and human impacts on different biomes. It guides the user to: 1) Select locations in different biomes and record climate and species data to analyze patterns between latitude and biodiversity. 2) Compare the Sahara Desert and a tropical rainforest to understand how differences in rainfall and temperature affect species richness. 3) Examine threatened species in each biome and discuss biodiversity conservation. 4) View the anthrome layer to see how human disturbance has changed over time at a selected location, and summarize the impact on the environment.

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    Biome Viewer Worksheet

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    Christian Villa
    This document provides instructions for using the BiomeViewer app to explore biodiversity and human impacts on different biomes. It guides the user to: 1) Select locations in different biomes and record climate and species data to analyze patterns between latitude and biodiversity. 2) Compare the Sahara Desert and a tropical rainforest to understand how differences in rainfall and temperature affect species richness. 3) Examine threatened species in each biome and discuss biodiversity conservation. 4) View the anthrome layer to see how human disturbance has changed over time at a selected location, and summarize the impact on the environment.

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    This worksheet teaches users about the features of the BiomeViewer app and how to use it to analyze biodiversity patterns across different biomes and human impacts on ecosystems over time.

    Tropical biomes tend to have higher species richness than other biomes like deserts and tundra. Biomes closer to the equator also generally have more species than those farther from the equator.

    The Sahara Desert has much lower rainfall and higher temperature extremes compared to the tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia. The rainforest supports a much greater number and variety of species.

    BiomeViewer:

    Biodiversity and Human Impacts Apps


    Student Worksheet
    GROUP MEMBERS MEMBER #2 MEMBER #4
    MEMBER #1 MEMBER #3 MEMBER #5

    🔰 OVERVIEW
    This worksheet is designed to familiarize you with the many features found in BiomeViewer.
    🔰 TIPS FOR USING THE APP
    ● You can use BiomeViewer online or download an iPad version from the App Store.
    ● Click and hold the globe to spin it and explore different parts of the world.
    ● Click and release a spot on the globe to drop a pin there to see a summary of the characteristics of the biome for that
    location.
    ● You can also search for locations by name, latitude/longitude, or zip code.
    ● In the biome summary panel, click on “More” to see a longer description, photos, a larger climate graph, and wildlife data.
    ● Click on “Compare” to view details on two biomes side by side.
    ● On the biomes legend, use the arrows at the top to see different layers including anthromes, temperature, precipitation,
    and terrain.
    ● Click the gear icon to toggle gridlines and political boundaries on and off.
    ● Click on the globe icon to switch between a spherical view and a flat projection of Earth.
    🔰 BIODIVERSITY AND LATITUDE
    1. Drop the pin on any point in one of the biomes listed in Table 1 below and record the following:
     Location
     Latitude and longitude (Coordinates)
     Range of temperatures (Minimum and Maximum)
     Range of rainfall (Minimum and Maximum)
     Number of species (richness)
    2. Complete the table below:
    Range of
    Latitude and Range of Rainfall Number of Species
    Biome Location Temperature
    Longitude
    Min Max Min Max Reptiles Amphibians Mammals

    Tropical Rainforest

    Tropical Dry Forest

    Savanna

    Desert

    Chaparral
    Temperate
    Grassland
    Temperate
    Deciduous Forest
    Temperate
    Coniferous Forest

    Boreal Forest

    Tundra

    Alphine

    Polar Ice

    Table 1. Characteristics of some representative biomes.

    Ecosystems Published January 2018


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    BiomeViewer:
    Biodiversity and Human Impacts Apps
    Student Worksheet
    3. Based on the completed table, do an “I see, I think, I wonder” activity by completing Table 2.

    I see I think I wonder


    What patterns do you observe? What can you infer from the patterns? What else would you like to explore?

    Table 2. Questions about patterns in biomes.

    4. Change the view to a flat map and turn on the gridlines. Click on the Sahara Desert near the Tropic of Cancer. Click
    “compare” and select the tropical rain forest biome in Southeast Asia at about the same latitude. Then, answer the
    following questions:

    a. How do rainfall and temperature patterns differ between the biomes?

    b. List the species richness for each biome.

    Sahara Desert: ______________ SE Asia Tropical Forest: _____________

    c. Think about the difference or similarity in species richness between these two biomes. What could account for this
    difference or similarity?

    Ecosystems Published January 2018


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    BiomeViewer:
    Biodiversity and Human Impacts Apps
    Student Worksheet

    🔰 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

    5. Click on the wildlife tab and explore some of the animals found at your locations. You can filter for “threat levels.
    Complete the chart below by providing three examples of species from each category.

    Reptiles Amphibians Mammals Total


    Biome Location
    LC NT V E CE LC NT V E CE LC NT V E CE
    Tropical
    Rainforest
    Desert

    Savanna

    Temperate
    Deciduous Forest
    Temperate
    Grassland

    Table 3. Biodiversity index

    a. Discuss the ways on how to conserve and protect biodiversity.

    🔰 ANTROME | HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM


    6. Go back to your original biome from question 1. Make sure you are still in flat map view. Change to the Anthrome layer
    and select the year 2000.

    a. Select the point in your biome with the highest level of human disturbance. List the Anthromes at this location for
    each of these years:

    Location:
    Biome:
    1700:
    1800:
    1900:
    2000:

    b. Briefly summarize how humans have impacted the environment at this location over time.

    Ecosystems Published January 2018


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