Thing #21 Podcasts/Photostory

The pictures for this Photostory were imported from Discovery Education, a school subscription database. I created information statements for each slide in the story. I do not have a mic at home. The citation information for the photos:

Biomes. Paul Fuqua. 2003.
Discovery Education. 3 August 2009

Commentary:

Biome-One of the Earth's large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals.

Desert-A desert is a rocky or sandy biome with little precipitation and plant life.

Tropical rain forest-A tropical rain forest is a hot, humid biome near the equator that experiences much rain.

Grasslands-A grassland is a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life.
Alpine biome-Alpine biomes are usually found between an altitude of about 10,000 feet and the place where the snow line of a mountain begins. Alpine and arctic biomes together cover approximately 16% of the earth's surface.

Coastal biome-A coastal marsh ecosystem offers special challenges to plant life. Plants must adapt to salt or brackish water and to large fluctuations in water level.