{"id":26296,"date":"2025-09-26T22:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/?page_id=26296"},"modified":"2025-09-27T06:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:58:25","slug":"climate-biomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/index.php\/online-envirobio\/biomes\/biosphere\/climate-biomes\/","title":{"rendered":"2a4 Climate & Biomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n <\/span>
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"2a4 \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n
\n

\n \n Climate & Biomes <\/span>\n\n \n \n Latitude & Topography Impacts <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\n \"2a4 \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"2a4 \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n

Climate & Biomes Objectives<\/strong><\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\n
    \n
  • Explain how sunlight distribution leads to varied ecosystems at different latitudes.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Describe the impact of altitude and north vs. south-facing slopes on mountain habitats.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Outline a climate and ecosystem tour from Newport on the Oregon Coast, over the Coastal Range, through the valley, over the Cascades Mountains, and into Eastern Oregon, including rainshadows along the route.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
    \n
    \n
    \n \n
    \n
    \n

    Biomes are ecosystems on a grander scale.\u00a0 For example, Lake Michigan in North America is a freshwater ecosystem, and lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, Superior, and Ontario together are the Great Lakes biome.\u00a0 Both biome and ecosystem refer to a habitat’s environmental conditions and organisms.\u00a0 In this section, we’ll see how various physical factors impact life on land.<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

    \n
    \n
    \n \n
    \n
    \n

    We are starting by defining biomes and how they relate to ecosystems.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

    \n
    \n
    \n