Internet Scavenger Hunt-Biome

Internet Scavenger Hunt

Biomes

Get ready to learn about five of the biomes that we have been studying about this quarter. Find out two new facts about each of the biomes. All questions are to be answered using only the sites below. You may have to search through the sites to various links to locate the information needed.
Good Luck!

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Go to web site 1: National Geographic for Kids - Online adventures@nationalgeographic.com
Question 1: Start the adventure and enter the site to explore the Forest. On the first stop, what animal can you find straight ahead? Its brown eyes and ears are standing straight up. What type of a consumer is this animal?
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Question 2: Check out stop number two and three, then, continue on to the night forest. On the left view, what animal lives in the trees? By day it hides in?
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Go to web site 2: Flora and Fauna of the Great Plains Nature Center Web Site

Question 1: What is a raptor? (hint:bird)

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Question 2: The plant of the month is

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Go to web site 3: What's It Like Where You Live?-Temperate Oceans Missouri Botanical Gardens Web Site

Question 1: How deep is the ocean? Fill in the following table

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Ocean	Average Depth (feet)	Average Depth (Meters)
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Average overall

Question 2: Fisherman who want to catch as many fish as possible use drift nets and trawlers. These are two ways to easily catch a lot of fish, but also catch many other types of animals. Drift nets are huge, sometimes mile long, nets that simply stay in the ocean and catch everything that passes through them. Different species sometimes share the same habitat. Can you find four(4) other animals that share the ocean with tuna that are sometimes trapped in the fishermen’s nets?

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Go to web site 4: Rain Forest At Night - From National Geographic (Rain Forest) Web Site

Question 1: The Tropical Rain Forest contains the more different species of plant and animal life than anywhere else in the world. Explore the forest a night to find out something about these plants and animals that live here. What type of cat lives in the canopy of the rain forest and what does it like to eat?

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Question 2: Searching the forest floor is a frog that can jump 50 feet! The frog is searching for small invertebrates and in pig wallows

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Go to web site 5: U.S. Geologic Survey Web Site

Question 1: One-third of Earth’s landmass is desert. It is an area with little precipitation and extreme ranges of temperature. Deserts are classified by their geographical location and dominant weather pattern. Name the six types of Deserts found around the world.

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1.	4.
2.	5.
3.	6.

Question 2: The Sonoran Desert of the American Southwest contains many animals and plants. The main plant that is known for the desert is the cactus. What is the “tree” of the Sonoran Desert?

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