Forum 1.6 - No Two Lands are the Same

9/5/2018

Central Question: What is the connection between plants and animals with the climate and landscape?

Guiding Thought Question: (Use the images below to help you answer the following question) - Even though two areas may be classified as the same biome why might they have such wildly different plants and animals? What factors will lead to different speciation?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the biogeographic realms and explore their placement and characteristics. Students will examine the spatial distribution of Biomes and their groupings into regions.

Alaskan Rainforest

Costa Rican Rain Forest

21 Comments

Sienna

9/1/2021 08:57:17 am

The type of plants, humidity levels, type of soil, terrain, location, what is around the biome.

Emma McGrath

9/1/2021 08:58:47 am

Although the Alaskan Rainforest and Costa Rican Rain Forest are classified as the same biome, their plant and animal life differentiates because of elevation, proximity to the ocean, and proximity to the equator.

Ethan

9/1/2021 08:59:02 am

Although these 2 areas are fairly similar, there are many factors that can determine what types of animals live in the locations. In one of the areas it can rain more than the other, Climate is also another part and can cause one of the areas to be warmer or colder than the other. Lastly is terrain and how easily or how hard it can be to traverse the forests.

Annie

9/1/2021 08:59:52 am

Some might have different speciation because of wind, sun, temperature, and density.

Peter Sukstorf

9/1/2021 09:00:05 am

The biomes in these areas are defined by rainfall and dominant flora, however they have vastly different average temperatures. This is a contributing factor to their very different plants and animals. Other contributing factors are distance between locations/isolation (leading to different evolution paths), and geological differences (such as soil composition).

Jack Smith

9/1/2021 09:00:55 am

A significant factor in speciation is available niches. As extinction events and natural phenomena affect different organisms, evolution takes on different courses. Biomes will being classed as the same can also posses several unique traits that may have an effect.

Ballard

9/1/2021 09:01:54 am

The same biomes can differ just from their location on the map. The animals in one desert can be adapted for a little bit colder climate because they're further away from the equator while another desert could have animals only adapted to heat because it's on the equator.

Bea J

9/1/2021 09:03:15 am

Altitude, geographic location (as in features), animals adapt due to competition, human effects

izzy martin

9/2/2021 12:25:16 pm

they might have different animals because of factors like altitude, temperature, and general location, which can greatly affect what kinds of organisms live in a given place.

Cariena Murray

9/2/2021 12:25:42 pm

Biomes can be different just based on where they are on the globe. For example when you think of a desert you think of sand and cacti, but Antarctica is also classified as a desert even though it looks completely different. Biodiversity in the area, humidity, temperature ranges can all change the way a certain biome looks without actually changing the biome of the area.

Maria

9/2/2021 12:25:51 pm

Biomes that are classified similarly can have such different organisms within them because of factors like altitude, access to resources, and human and other animal interactions.

Braeden Irwin

9/2/2021 12:27:10 pm

Rain levels, humidity, soil content, altitude animal adaption in the region over time, and where it is located on the geosphere.

little forget link

9/2/2021 12:27:25 pm

Even though two areas may be classified as the same biome why might they have such wildly different plants and animals? What factors will lead to different speciation?

Because of where they are in relation to the equator and what region they are in, how much rain the area gets and what the climate is has.

Daniel

9/2/2021 12:27:45 pm

Precipitacion, quality of soil, how close the equator is, how high is it how close the ocean or large bodies of water. And the temperature

Haylee

9/2/2021 12:27:55 pm

Certain animals are adapted to the places they live. The rainforest are in different regions so they will have different climates and they will look a lot different.

Riley Martin

9/2/2021 12:28:03 pm

The big thing between the two is temperature, Alaska being more cold makes it have more coniferous trees and less ground cover. Costa Rica is a lot hotter so it has a lot more tropical plants and animals.

Chloe

9/2/2021 12:28:38 pm

Elevation, temperature (distance from the equator), geography, human intervention, precipitation, soil composition, etc.

williamson

9/2/2021 12:33:46 pm

it may also depend on human intervention and geographical location (northern or southern?)

Emma

9/2/2021 12:34:54 pm

wind, sun, temperature, and density can be the reason they change possibly the different locations and they might have different animals

Alyssa Dillon

9/2/2021 12:37:56 pm

the differing types of soil, precipitation/humidity and temperatures.

Emily

9/5/2021 12:14:10 pm

Location, altitude, rain level, humidity, type of soil, surrounding ecosystems

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