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Teacher Information!. Necessary materials: ppt guide PowerPoint Guide. Ecosystems and Biomes. Introduction to Natural Resources. Objectives. Define ecosystem Discuss factors that create different ecosystems, biomes, and ecoregions. What is an “Ecosystem?”.

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  1. Teacher Information! • Necessary materials: ppt guide • PowerPoint Guide

  2. Ecosystems and Biomes Introduction to Natural Resources

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

  4. 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

  5. Examples of Ecosystems Rainforest Desert Grassland Coral Reef Rotting Log

  6. 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

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

  8. What creates different biomes? • Precipitation • Temperature Also … • Soils • Topography Robert Whittaker’s classification of biomes, based on annual precipitation, temperature

  9. What creates different biomes? • Precipitation • Temperature Also … • Soils • Topography These are Forests These are RANGELANDS Robert Whittaker’s classification of biomes, based on annual precipitation, temperature

  10. Idaho Vegetation Types Coniferous Forestand Mountain Meadows PacificBunchgrass Called“Ecoregions” SagebrushGrasslands SaltDesert Shrublands Juniper Woodlands

  11. Vegetation vs Precipitation Coniferous Forestand Mountain Meadows PacificBunchgrass SagebrushGrasslands SaltDesert Shrublands Juniper Woodlands

  12. Soils of Idaho Andisols (Mountain Soils) Alifisols Histosols (Forest Soils) Entisols Mollisols (Grassland Soils) Aridisols (Desert Soils) Rock Outcrop

  13. Topography of Idaho

  14. Can you… • Define ecosystem • Discuss factors that create different ecosystems, biomes, and ecoregions

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