Necessary materials: ppt guide

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Teacher Information!

• Necessary materials ppt guide
• PowerPoint Guide

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Ecosystems and Biomes
Introduction to Natural Resources
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Objectives

• Define ecosystem
• Discuss factors that create different ecosystems,
  biomes, and ecoregions

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What is an Ecosystem?

• a community of plants, animals, and
  microorganisms that are linked by energy and
  nutrient flows and that interact with each other
  and with the physical environment

-National Geographic Magazine
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Examples of Ecosystems
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Coral Reef
Rotting Log
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What is a Biome?

• A very large ecosystem that occupies a distinct
  region.
• Terrestrial biomes include
• Grassland
• Tundra
• Desert
• Tropical rainforest
• Deciduous forest
• Coniferous forests

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Biomes

• There are two basic aquatic biomes
• Freshwater
• Marine
• The Arctic and Antarctic are also biomes.

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What creates different biomes?

• Precipitation
• Temperature
• Also
• Soils
• Topography

Robert Whittakers classification of biomes,
based on annual precipitation, temperature
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What creates different biomes?

• Precipitation
• Temperature
• Also
• Soils
• Topography

These are Forests
These are RANGELANDS
Robert Whittakers classification of biomes,
based on annual precipitation, temperature
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Idaho Vegetation Types
CalledEcoregions
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Vegetation vs Precipitation
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Soils of Idaho
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Topography of Idaho
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Can you

• Define ecosystem
• Discuss factors that create different ecosystems,
  biomes, and ecoregions