Cw5-2501

From Environmental Technology

Contents 1 Looking at Maps -- Due Sunday March 5, 5pm 1.1 Click "Major Habitat types" 1.1.1 1) Do these major ecosystems of the world match what you have already learned so far about biomes? 1.1.2 2) What does National Geographic call these regions? What region(s) are in Southern Illinois? 1.2 Click "Vegetation" 1.2.1 3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois? 1.3 Click "Natural Landscapes" 1.3.1 4) What landscape types are in Southern Illinois? 1.4 Click "Soil Types" 1.4.1 5) What soil types are in Southern Illinois? 1.5 Click "Population Density" 1.5.1 6) What are the population densities in Southern Illinois? 1.5.2 7) What are the population densities in the Everglades region? 1.5.3 8) What are the population densities Near New Orleans? 1.5.4 9) How do each of these poulation densities compare? Do you think they correctly depict the poulations in those areas? 1.6 Click "Flood Regions" 1.6.1 10) Near New Orleans, compare this map to the population densities and explain what you find. 1.6.2 11) Overview: Pick a region-Southern Illinois, New Orleans, or Everglades and discuss the possible problems of assigning a single zone type to each of these smaller regions by comparing each of the map types above.

Looking at Maps -- Due Sunday March 5, 5pm

Using the online map source from National Geographic, found at MapMachine.

Answer the following questions about major ecosystems, soils, climates, and populations.

There are three zoom modes to use to answer these questions; world-view, US-view, and Southern Illinois view. You may copy this page's source to start your work if you like.

Click "Major Habitat types"

1) Do these major ecosystems of the world match what you have already learned so far about biomes?

OK

Yes

2) What does National Geographic call these regions? What region(s) are in Southern Illinois?

OK

Ecoregions Temperate Broadleaf and mixed forest and maybe a little bit of temperate grassland

Click "Vegetation"

3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois?

OK

Broadleaf deciduous forest with evergreen elements and Sclerophyllous evergreeen forest and shrubland, floodplain tropical vegetation just because maybe there is floodplain vegetation that's not tropical, but I can't tell because the color varients stink.

Click "Natural Landscapes"

4) What landscape types are in Southern Illinois?

OK

Mixed and Broadleaf forest Intrazonal Forest-steppe

Click "Soil Types"

5) What soil types are in Southern Illinois?

OK

Moderate Humid Moderate various Warm very humid Warm various

Click "Population Density"

6) What are the population densities in Southern Illinois?

OK

1-10, 10-25, 25-50, 100-200 Mostly it's 10-25

7) What are the population densities in the Everglades region?

OK

1-10, 10-25, 25-50

8) What are the population densities Near New Orleans?

OK

Less than 1, 10-25, 25-50

9) How do each of these poulation densities compare? Do you think they correctly depict the poulations in those areas?

OK

I'm guessing it gets slim around a flood plain and that the whole map is probably wrong now because of the hurricane.

Click "Flood Regions"

10) Near New Orleans, compare this map to the population densities and explain what you find.

OK

Well the whole thing is a flood region, so there wasn't much of a comparison.

11) Overview: Pick a region-Southern Illinois, New Orleans, or Everglades and discuss the possible problems of assigning a single zone type to each of these smaller regions by comparing each of the map types above.

OK

It's the "well that depends" factor. Sometimes an area falls into several different zone types depending on the time of year, weather patterns, natural disaster.

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