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Tropical Grasslands |
| Task One - Where are the Topical Grasslands? |
| Using either the A4 Version or the Google Earth version of the World Map of Climate Classification mark the Tropical Grasslands (Aw) onto a blank world map. Ensure that your map has a title and a key. |
| Task Two - Produce a Climate Graph for a location in the Tropical Grassland |
| Produce a climate graphs - one for location in the Tropical Grasslands - Bujumbura, Burundi. You can find the necessary data by clicking on the WorldClimate.com banner below. |
Using Excel to Produce a Climate Graph
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Add another column to your summary table and then analysis your Tropical Grasslands climate graph. The table should show the following pieces of information:
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| Task Three - Understand the Tropical Grassland food web |
| A food web is a summary of known feeding relationships in an ecosystem. A food web illustrates how each type of organism in an ecosystem is typically consumed by or consumes more than one other type of organism, and that different types of organisms compete for the same food sources. A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms in which each is food for the next member in the sequence. |
Rollover Image: Food Web > Food Chain. |
Click on the banner above and use the website to study the scavengers, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, producers and decomposers of the tropical grasslands. Use Google Image Search to find images of the mentioned species to create a tropical grasslands food web using an application such as PowerPoint. |
| Extension Task - Produce a food web for the Tundra |
Complete some research and then use Google Image Search to find images of organisms found in the tundra ecosystem and then produce a tundra food web using an application such as PowerPoint. |
A twenty question, multiple-choice assessment is available to conclude this Weather and Climate unit. Educators can obtain the assessment by contacting Richard Allaway. |
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