Summary
Uses climate zones and biomes to explain why different plants and animals live in different parts of the world — connecting the sun angle concepts from earlier episodes to real geographic distributions of life.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
- Why can't pineapples grow at the poles? What specific conditions do they need?
- What is a biome? Name three examples with very different climates.
- How does the angle of sunlight affect the temperature of a climate zone?
- As climate changes, what might happen to the geographic range of certain plants and animals?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: climate zone, biome, temperature, latitude, region, adapt.
Try it: On a blank world map, shade in three climate zones (polar, temperate, tropical). Then list one plant and one animal that lives in each zone and explain how they are adapted to that climate.