Science+Homework

= Biomes Unit - Homework =



=__**There W ill **** B **** e ** TWO **H****omework** **Assignments For This Biome Unit:**__=

__**Description:**__ This assignment will require you to critically analyze some of the issues and ideas you have learned during this first week of studying biomes. Consider this scenario:
====** You are watching TV with a friend and flip past a special documentary on the Arctic. You state that you learned that the Arctic is one of the Earth's tundra biomes and begin to explain some of what you have learned about tundras to your friend. Your friend states: "It wouldn't even matter if we had tundras--barely anything lives there anyway. It would be better if there was no Arctic, if it was something else - like another rain forest." **====

====**Considering what you have learned about biomes, what would your response be? Write a 1-2 page response to your friend. When thinking about how to approach this issue, consider the following questions:**====


 * =====//Why is every biome on Earth important?//=====
 * =====//What do the biomes have to do with biodiversity?//=====
 * =====//What would happen to the other biomes if one biome was altered dramatically/eliminated?//=====
 * =====//Would a dramatic change in temperature (rising or lowering) be problematic? Why or why not? Think about global warming's impact on biomes.//=====
 * =====//If a plant or animal became extinct in a biome, what would be the consequence?//=====

** Homework Assignment #2: ** Due at the end of Week 2 (Friday Dec 17th)
=== __Description:__ You will design an imaginary organism (animal or plant) that is adapted for life in one of the nine biomes you have learned about. Create a poster of your organism that includes the name of your organism, a drawing of it, the biome that it lives in, and what makes it adapted to that particular biome. ===