Students will learn about grassland, forest, and desert ecosystems. Students will learn about ocean, lake, wetland, and estuary ecosystems. Ecosystem types include, but are not limited to, forests, ponds, oceans, rainforests, prairies, deserts, mountains, and tundra. Climate- general pattern of atmospheric or weather conditions, seasonal variations, or extremes. Tropical desert- temperatures are hot year round.
Tropical deserts comprise one fifth of the worlds desert area.
Temperate desert- day time temperatures are hot in the summer and cool in the winter. Cold desert- winters are cold and summers are worm or hot. Two prolonged dry seasons during winter and summer, abundant rain the rest of the year. Forests Deciduous forest- tree such as Oak and Maple that lose their leaves during part of the year. They produce wood known commercially as hard wood.