LECTURE AND ACTIVITY SHEETS

ON
CLIMATE AND TERRESTRIAL BIOMES
Introductory lecture:

Regional climates may be described in terms of five

different types of biomes.
A biome is characterized by the particular combination of:
 Temperature
 Humidity
 Vegetation
 Associated animal life in an area.

The map above is showing the distribution of the world’s major

biomes:
 rain forest and savanna
 mixed forest and grasslands
 needle-leaf and mixed forests
 steppe and desert
 Tundra and icecaps.
ACTIVITY # 1: Picture analysis

DIRECTION: Look and analyze the picture above and

answer the questions that follow; it is also given that
all students are obliged to share their analysis to the
whole class when deemed necessary by the teacher.

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. The “No dry season” is a regional climate of

predominantly what parts of the earth? And,
2. What could be the reason why this part has no dry
season?
3. What parts of the earth can we found the arid and
semi-arid climates? And,
4. What could be the governing factor for this
phenomenon (arid and semi-arid) to happen?
5. Where in the globe can we find places that only
experiences short dry season? And,
6. What regional climates can we find surrounding
these places with short dry season?
7. Where can we find the frosty climate in the planet?
And,
8. What is the factor that results to these climatic
conditions in those places?
9. Generally speaking, what do you think is the cause
of these variations in climates in the entire
planet?
10. Is there an economic significance that we can
find in these variations? Explain briefly
11. What shall be the negative effect if there is
no variations of climate at all in the entire
planet?