Tropical Rain forest (New Guinea)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
Temp C 27 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 26 27 27 25
Ppt    cm 28 27 33 28 28 21 15 13 13 11 17 27
Taiga (Alaska, Anchorage)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
Temp C -11 -8 -4 0 6 12 14 12 8 -2 -6 -10
Ppt    cm 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 7 7 5 3 2
Tundra (Alaska, Barrow)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
Temp C -26 -28 -26 -20 -8 0 4 3 -2 -10 -18 -24
Ppt    cm 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 2 2 1.5 1 0.5 0.5
Grassland (Kansas)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
Temp C -2 2 6 12 18 24 26 26 22 14 6 0
Ppt    cm 3 3 5 9 12 12 9 11 8 6 5 4
Desert (Nevada)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
Temp C -1 2 6 8 12 16 20 14 14 10 4 0
Ppt    cm 3 3 1.5 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 2
Chaparral(Southern Calif)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov  Dec
Temp C 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 18 18 16 14 13
Ppt    cm 9 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0.5 1.5 3.5 6
Questions:
1.  Identify the biome with the loweset average temperatures_____________,  the most regular rainfall
______________.
2.  Compare the tundra (Barrow,AK) with the Nevada biome.  How are they similar?  How are they different?
3.  Using your biome summaries:   and the climatogram data answer the following:
a.  How are plants adapted to the Tundra?
b.  How does ppt and Temp effect the diversity of plants and animals in the Grassland biome?