Biomes

Find out the latitude and longitude of your neighborhood and city. Plot your location on a map. Next, look at the link to the world biome map and find the biome that you live in. Do you have seasons? What is the annual temperature range and precipitation? What plants and animals are native to your area? What are homes like? Do the homes in your area reflect a natural response to your biome? Make a picture chart of your biome that shows your house in the four seasons with temperature ranges and amounts of precipitation. Know your Eco System and become a steward of its biodiversity of life!

Print a World Map using the link. Draw the equator at zero degrees latitude. The equator is almost 25,000 miles around (24,901.55 miles or 40,075.16 kilometers). Show the sun directly overhead at noon above the equator on the two equinoxes - near March 21 and September 21 at the equator. Label the top half of the earth the Northern Hemisphere and the bottom half the Southern Hemisphere. Next, draw the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5° North of the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° South of the equator. This area is known as the ‘tropics’ because the sun is always high in the sky. North of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn, biomes have seasons. Lastly, locate the Prime Meridian and divide the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Be a world traveler. Ring the World!

Exploring your local biome is a fantastic way to connect with the world around you and better understand how life works together in your community! By observing the animals, insects, plants, groundcover, and landscape, you can see the unique characteristics that make your biome special. Try taking photos of the living things you find and sorting them by type or habitat. You may even discover something you’ve never seen before! Every detail you observe tells a story about how these organisms interact and depend on each other to thrive. So, grab your camera, head outside, and see what new wonders you can uncover in your backyard!

• A biome is a region.
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• There are six biomes on earth.
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• There are three water biomes.
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• The definition of a biome includes climate, vegetation and wildlife.
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• Longitude lines run parallel to the equator.
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