Camp Internet's Global Gardening Studies are open to all Camp Expedition Teams. RAIN's Youth Technology Corps members are Expedition Team Leaders for Communities taking part.

In The Garden

Briefings

Activities

What is a Biome?

A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region. Major biomes include deserts, forests, grasslands, tundra, and several types of aquatic environments.

All living things are closely related to their environment. Any change in one part of an environment, like an increase or decrease in the population of a species of animal or plant, causes a ripple effect of change in through other parts of the environment.

The earth includes a huge variety of living things, from complex plants and animals to very simple, one-celled organisms. But large or small, simple or complex, no organism lives alone. Each depends in some way on other living and nonliving things in its surroundings.

To understand a world biome, you need to know:

What the climate of the region is like.
Where each biome is found and how each is geographically different.
The special adaptations of the vegetation.
The types of animals found in the biome and their physical and behavioral adaptations to their environment.


Ecological Relationships of Biomes

The survival and well-being of a biome and its organisms depend on ecological relationships throughout the world.

Even changes in distant parts of the world and its atmosphere affect us and our environment.

Let's look at different Biomes: