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

19 Comments

Clare A Davidson-Sherman

9/8/2020 12:26:55 pm

They might be in different areas of the world. So even though they are the same biome they have different weather

Saxon

9/8/2020 12:29:40 pm

The Costa Rican Rain Forest is far away from the Alaskan Rainforest, and the Costa Rican Rainforest has a higher temperature.

Reagan Pumilia

9/8/2020 12:30:00 pm

They are likely in two different areas, where they can get different levels of precipitation and/or temperatures which coincide with certain animals/plants

Will Alexander

9/8/2020 12:30:33 pm

They are in different parts of the world so the temperatures are different which causes different plants and animals to inhabit there because of the different climates.

Emily Tran

9/8/2020 12:30:41 pm

It depends on the climate (temperature and precipitation) which supports different plants and animals

Marcus McCaskill

9/8/2020 12:30:42 pm

The plants and animals may be different due to variances in availability of natural resources and competition among eachother due to subtle environmental differences.

Laura Nelsen

9/8/2020 12:30:56 pm

Different speciation could be due to the difference in elevation and weather.

Liam Helt

9/8/2020 12:31:20 pm

The biome might be the same but the plants and animals can be totally different due to the climate and location.

Annie Feden

9/8/2020 12:31:31 pm

They have different climates and are located in different parts of the world.

Emily Fleener

9/8/2020 12:32:10 pm

Even though they may be the same biome they are in different parts of the world so they have different species and climates.

Reegan S.

9/8/2020 12:32:25 pm

They could classify as the same biome, but they will have different wildlife and plants because they are located in different places and have had different species inhabit that environment. So like in Alaskan Rain forest, it might be more plant and cold based while in the Costa Rican Rain Forest it will be more wet and humid because both are located in different areas of the world. Alaskan is towards the north artic and the Costa Rican is more the equater, so different climates place a part as wel.

Surprised

9/8/2020 12:32:37 pm

Air and water quality could effect the area as well as what plant and animal species are native there or traveled there.

Olivia Rosenthal

9/8/2020 12:32:44 pm

The two areas might be called the same biome because the climate fits that specific biome, and other broader factors. But the plants don't determine the biome, so the speciation is from just the plants that grow in that area and the animals that already existed there. They might get new plants from birds that fly over that area.

Alondra Ortiz-Santos

9/8/2020 12:33:24 pm

They have different climates which changes the types of plants and animals.

The Dane

9/8/2020 12:41:16 pm

They are technically the same biome but there are differences between climate and altitude.

Lauren Sitzman

9/9/2020 08:58:02 am

Weather and climate can play a factor in the different rain forests by humidity and what plants and animals can live there.

Grace Belter

9/9/2020 08:59:48 am

Based on their latitude and longitude and how far away from the equator they are plays a role in what flora and fauna they have. Animals and plants adapt to their location to survive.

Taryn Smith

9/9/2020 09:00:28 am

Alaska and Costa Rica could be in the same Biome but they are two different climates and areas meaning they’re going to have different plants and different animals.

donovan smith

9/9/2020 09:00:54 am

it may be because they are located so far apart that the climate is different. so while they are the same biome, the climate may lead to the uprising of different plants

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