Essential Questions Why do plants on the tundra grow so close to the ground? What are three major abiotic factors impacting the tundra? List three animals found in the tundra. What types of adaptations allow them to live and thrive there? Why is the taiga a great breeding place for many insects? What types of animals thrive here? How are they adapted to do so? Why is grass very adaptable? Some of the most productive farmland in the United States is found in the grassland biome, though rain is not overly abundant. Explain what factors make this area so productive. How is it possible that so many herbivores can exist in one area without competition? What are two characteristic abiotic factors of the tropical rainforest? How is the diversity of life different from those in temperate ecosystems? Describe the soil in the rainforest. What types of adaptations do plants have to compete for nutrients in this type of soil? What are the three layers of the forest? Briefly describe each. How is a philodendron adapted for life in a tropical rainforest? What are the major abiotic factors impacting the desert? What are nutrients limited in the desert compared to other ecosystems? What general adaptation do most organisms possess?
Essential Questions Why do plants on the tundra grow so close to the ground? What are three major abiotic factors impacting the tundra? List three animals found in the tundra. What types of adaptations allow them to live and thrive there? Why is the taiga a great breeding place for many insects? What types of animals thrive here? How are they adapted to do so? Why is grass very adaptable? Some of the most productive farmland in the United States is found in the grassland biome, though rain is not overly abundant. Explain what factors make this area so productive. How is it possible that so many herbivores can exist in one area without competition? What are two characteristic abiotic factors of the tropical rainforest? How is the diversity of life different from those in temperate ecosystems? Describe the soil in the rainforest. What types of adaptations do plants have to compete for nutrients in this type of soil? What are the three layers of the forest? Briefly describe each. How is a philodendron adapted for life in a tropical rainforest? What are the major abiotic factors impacting the desert? What are nutrients limited in the desert compared to other ecosystems? What general adaptation do most organisms possess?
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