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====2) What does ''National Geographic'' call these regions? What region(s) are in Southern Illinois?==== | ====2) What does ''National Geographic'' call these regions? What region(s) are in Southern Illinois?==== | ||
| + | They call temperate deciduous forests temperate broad leaf and mixed forest, temperate rain forest is called temperate coniferous forests, they call the deserts deserts and xeric shrublands, the grasslands are called temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. There is mostly temperate broadleaf and mixed forest and some temperate grasslands, shrublands, and savannas in southern Illinois. | ||
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===''Click'' "Vegetation"=== | ===''Click'' "Vegetation"=== | ||
====3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois?==== | ====3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois?==== | ||
| + | There is forest steppe and steppe with subtropical elements, broadleafed deciduous forests with evergreen elements,and sclerophyllous evergreen forests and shrubland. | ||
Revision as of 21:29, 3 March 2006
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?
Yes, by looking at the map of the United States there was the same biomes as we learned about in the book. Some names have changed slightly such as temperate broad leaf and mixed forest instead of temperate deciduous but are basically the same thing.
2) What does National Geographic call these regions? What region(s) are in Southern Illinois?
They call temperate deciduous forests temperate broad leaf and mixed forest, temperate rain forest is called temperate coniferous forests, they call the deserts deserts and xeric shrublands, the grasslands are called temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. There is mostly temperate broadleaf and mixed forest and some temperate grasslands, shrublands, and savannas in southern Illinois.
Click "Vegetation"
3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois?
There is forest steppe and steppe with subtropical elements, broadleafed deciduous forests with evergreen elements,and sclerophyllous evergreen forests and shrubland.
