Introduction
All over the world there are thousand's of ecosystems. Many yet to be discovered. Many new species and living things have been discovered. There are over 8.7 million species on earth that have been found. They all live together but in different ecosystems working in their own ways. There are 10 major biomes located all over the world. Many ecosystems live within the different biomes. The biomes they survive in are:
-Mountains
-Tundra
-Temperate Forests
-Marine/Island
-Desert
-Taiga
-Grasslands
-Savannas
-Tropical Rain Forests
-Coniferous Forests
Each biome has it's own ecosystems of living things. Different biomes allow animals to adapt and react to them differently. Many people think of an ecosystem of just animals. But there is way more than that. Another aspect of ecosystems and biomes are plants. Humans are another factor of ecosystems.
Task
We need your help to assist us explore and find new ecosystems and to see the different surroundings and biomes. KEEP ALOT OF NOTES AS YOU OBSERVE. You will start at EBE Headquarters. (Ecosystem Biome Exploration). You will be flown to an Desert. That is your starting point. Here we go Flight 38 to the desert. Good Luck.
http://www.worldbiomes.com/biomes_desert.htm
Welcome Back. Good Work on the expedition. We are headed to the West Coast in U.S.A to the Rocky Mountains. Get ready because here we go.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rocky_mountain.htm
Most largest biome in North America. CONIFEROUS FORESTS!!!
http://rrms-biomes.tripod.com/id3.html
Let's go right back. TUNDRA here we come!
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra.htm
Another Success. Hope you are getting something out of this explorer because I heard there is a strong curveball at the end of our Exploration. Pack your bags heading to the Savanna.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/savanna.htm
Great. Almost half way. Stay in order of these destinations cause there are more missions to complete. Let's go to the Temperate/Diciduous Forests.
http://blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm
Let's Rock-n-Roll to the Taiga.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
Let's discover a world of new. Break a sweat with the rainforests.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
GRASSLANDS ARE WITH A THREAT OF A STORM WE NEED TO HURRY
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands.htm
Great news this is our last mission. After this click to process tab.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/text/marine.htm
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Process
This is the curveball to become a full-time EBE Explorer you have to take a, Job....... Uhhh Application. It is a quiz thing to see what you understood on the adventure. It is sorta like a quiz/test. You get a badge for every question you get right. If you get 8 of 10 Welcome to EBE Full time.
1. Where are the Rocky Mountains located? RED BADGE
A. West Coast
B. East Coast
C. South Coast
D. Iraq
2. True or False. The Tundra is the youngest Biome. BLUE BADGE
3. A Savanna is mostly scattered with what? GREEN BADGE
A.) Water
B.) Shrubs
C.) Grass
D.) Lava
4. What is the average temperture in a deciduous forest? YELLOW BADGE
A.) 70o
B.) 60o
C.) 50o
D.) 40o
5. How much light does the Shrub/Sapling layer recieve in a rainforest? ORANGE BADGE ____________________________________________________________
6. When the settlers moved westward how many species of all animals did they find? PURPLE BADGE
A.) 380
B.) 500
C.)670
D.)100
7. What is the difference between the high and low temperture's in the grasslands? PINK BADGE
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8. What were continental islands once apart of? YELLOW-GREEN BADGE
A. Glaciers
B. Larger Land Masses
C. Earthquakes
D. Underwater Volcanoes
9. True or False? Evergreens in the taiga tend to be thick and far apart. WHITE BADGE
10. How many Biomes have we gone over? RAINBOW BADGE
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ANSWER'S ON THE EVALUATION PAGE................................................................................
Evaluation
ANSWERS
* Short Answer dont have to be word for word but should be somewhere in that ballpark.
1. A. WEST COAST
2. True. It is the youngest biome.
3. B. Shrubs
4. C. 50o
*5. 3%
6. A. 380 Species
7. 110 Degrees in the Grasslands.
8. B. Larger Land Masses
9. False. The are thin and close together.
10. 10 Biomes. (Mostly all of them.)
IF YOU PASSED 8 OF 10 YOU ARE WORKING NOW FULL TIME AS AN EBE EXPLORER. YOUR GOLDEN BADGE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. IF YOU DID'T IT IS OKAY. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK PART TIME WITH A SILVER BADGE AT THE BOTTOM.
Conclusion
This webquest was to help students and kids to learn about animals, plants, biomes, and ecosystems. But in a fun way. We hoped you liked it and check out some of RAS Vegas' and firebirdjr2000 other webquests. If some are posted.
Go back to the website: https://www.createwebquest.com/ and look up more webquests.
BUT FIRST CHECK OUT THE CREDITS TAB ON THE LEFT.
Credits
Ryan Smith- RAS VEGAS
Chris Daly- FIREBIRDJR2000
8th GRADE CLASS PROJECT.
THANKYOU FOR PRETICIPATING IN OUR ADVENTURE.
ALSO A THANKS TO blueplanet.com for all the sites and info.