Exploring Earth's Biomes

by O'neal, Claire

• ISBN13: 9781584158783
• ISBN10: 1584158786
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-11
• Publisher: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc

Summary

It's a tough life out there. Throughout Earth's six major biomes-tundra, taiga, rain forest, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, and desert-plants and animals use special strategies to cope with challenges in their environment. Have you ever wondered how plants survive in the desert? Or what happens to worms in the winter? Or where you fit in a food web? In this book, you'll find these answers and more by doing experiments about Earth's biomes. Learn to think like an ecologist as you plant, bake, and dig your way through biomes around the globe. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Tundra: Survival of the Insulated	p. 8
Taiga: Land of the Conifer	p. 10
Rain Forest: Competition	p. 14
Temperate Deciduous Forest: Hibernation	p. 18
Grassland: Fighting Erosion	p. 22
Desert: Thirsty Plants	p. 26
Biomes in a Bag	p. 30
Hula Hoop Biomes	p. 32
Food Web: Where Does Your Dinner Come From?	p. 36
Microbe Food Web: Create a Winogradsky Column	p. 40
Further Reading	p. 44
Books	p. 44
On the Internet	p. 44
Works Consulted	p. 45
Glossary	p. 46
Index	p. 47
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