Fresh Water Ponds and Lakes Biome

Pre-Activity Preparation
Before you start, record down these pieces of information.

Assigned biome:	Ponds and Lakes
Team member/Job distribution: Task master Time keeper Scribe	Kumutha,Sin Sian,Tanatorn,Rahmat and Mridhula

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[Session 1]

Task #1 My Ecology Glossary List (10 min)

• Make a glossary list of the following important terms by finding their definitions. Give only the definition that you deem best.

Task #2 My Biome Profile (50 min)

• In this task, you will collect information on the physical factors of your assigned biome.
• You may collect useful pictures, links and videos that you found to help you explain your answers clearly to your teachers and friends.
• You must provide the link that you used by adding a caption.

Section	Guiding Questions
1. Brief description of biome	· Where is your biome found? Show the location of your biome on a map. · What are the countries that have your biome? List them down. · What are their locations on Earth?
2. Physical factors in the biome	· What is the most special part about each of the physical factors in your biome that is different from others? · Briefly describe the physical features of your biome. Keep your description for each physical factor to three lines only.
3. Organisms and plants in biome	· What are some organisms and plants that are found in your biome typically? · Name and show some pictures of the animals that can be found in your assigned biome. Select and show about five outstanding examples that you find most interesting.
4. Adaptations of the plants and animals to the biome	· How do the physical factors affect the type of organism living there? · What are some special features or adaptations that the organisms have that helps them live in their habitat? · Name and show some pictures of the animals that can be found in your assigned biome. · Select and show about five outstanding examples that you find most interesting.

Task #1 Ecology Glossary List

Biome	Biomes are climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms
Habitat	A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant or other type of organism.[

Task #2 My Biome Profile

My Biome:
1. Brief description of biome:

Ponds and lakes are relatively large and deep bodies of open water that may be completely surrounded by open grasslands. Ponds and lakes often have areas of floating vegetation, wetlands and riparian areas along their shoreline

there are millions of lakes in the world some of them are:

mexico,canada.western europe,united states,russia and so much more

ponds and lakes are mainly found between forests,mountains frankly upperstreams.

2. Physical factors in the biome:

Physical factors	Description
Light	The limnetic zone is well-lighted (like the littoral zone).
Temperature	During summer,the temperature at the top can reach up to 22° C and the bottom it would be 4 ° C. during winter,the temperature at the top can be 0° C(ice)and the bottom would be still 4° C . during spring and fall seasons,due the the wind the top and the bottom layers mix together and make a constant temparature of 4° C.
Water	As the the biome is adapated to water,it has more amount of water.
Air	As the freshwater ponds and lakes are so clear,the have a higher oxgen level.
Mineral salt and salinity	Compare to the ocean biome the freshwater biome has less mineral salt level which is 1%.
pH	The pH level in the freshwater ponds and lakes are 7.

3.Organisms and plants in biome:
Animals:

Alligator Alligators are large, meat-eating reptiles. Go to a simple version (unlabeled and with no information).	American Crocodile The American crocodile is a rare, meat-eating reptile with a long, tapered snout.	Anaconda The anaconda is the biggest snake in the world; it is from South American swamps.	Anaconda Read-and-Answer Quiz Take a quiz on this constricting snake or go to the answers.
Bald Eagle The bald eagle is a large bird of prey. It is the symbol of the USA and is found in many biomes.	Beaver The beaver is a large rodent that builds dams and dens.	Black Bear A large, black to brown bear.	Bobcat A fierce, short-tailed wild cat from North America.
Caiman The caiman is a meat-eating reptile from South and Central America.	Capybara The capybara is the biggest rodent in the world; it lives in South America.	Common Egret The common egret (also called the great egret) is a large wading bird.	Copepod Copepods are tiny crustaceans from fresh and salt water.
Cougar A long-tailed wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamont.	Nutria Coypu Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.	Crane Large wading birds with long legs and a long neck.	Crayfish Freshwater crustaceans with four pairs of walking legs.
Downy Woodpecker A small black-and-white woodpecker from North America.	Dragonfly The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.	Earthworm An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs.	Fish Fish live in the water and breathe with gills.
Flamingo The flamingo is a pink bird that eats shrimp.	Fly The common house fly is a small, flying insect.	Frog Tadpoles grow up to be frogs.	Great Blue Heron A large wading bird with distinctive plumage and a long, sharp bill.
Great Egret The great egret, also known as the common egret, is a large wading bird.	Mosquito A small flying insect that is a carrier of disease.	Muskrat Muskrats are rodents that often build dome-shaped houses.	Newt Newts are small, brightly-colored salamanders.
Nutria Nutria Nutrias (also called coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.	Pond Skater or Water Strider A bug that walks on water.	Raccoon The raccoon is a mammal with mask-like markings on its face and a ringed tail.	Red-Tailed Hawk The Red-Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor from North America.
Red Wolf Red wolves are endangered carnivores from the eastern USA.	River Otter River otters are streamlined, aquatic mammals from North America.	Scorpion A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.	Shrimp Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.
Snail A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell.	Snapping Turtle A turtle with strong jaws and a long tail.	Spectacled Caiman The Spectacled Caiman is a common meat-eating reptile from fresh water habitats in South and Central America.	Spider Spiders have eight legs.
Swamp Animals Swamps are biomes teeming with life.	Toad Toads are amphibians with poison glands; they usually have bumpy skin.	White-Tailed Deer The White-Tailed Deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.	Zooplankton Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.

Plant:Cattails

Duckweed

Pond Lily

St-John's-Wort

4. Adaptations of the plants and animals to the biome.
PLANTS
There are two type of plants.
(1)Floating plants: These plants contain air pockets in or small hairs on their leaves that allow them to float.
(2)Plants Rooted in Mud: These plants are usually found at the sloping shores at pond edges. They have a few leaves. The stem and roots extract energy from sunlight through photosynthesis. These plants preserve the coastlines of the ponds and lakes thus, providing habitats for animals which live in the biome.
For More Info. go to:http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_7534530_typical-plant-life-ponds-lakes.html
ANIMALS
Structural Adaptation: Streamlined bodies, powerful tail, flippers, smooth skin, hairless, thick, lack glands and thick layer of blubber.
Behavioural Adaptation: Fairly good eyesight, good sense of hearing,sharp teeth for the carnivores and are good swimmers.
For More Info. go to:http://www.slideshare.net/guest0ad475/adaptations-of-aquatic-animals-powerpoint-2142407
5. Bibliography
List down all the resources that you have used. An example has been listed for you.
I have ask for my uncle about it.I use my own computer to do this work.

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[Session 2]

Task #1 Compare and contrast the biomes (30 minutes)

• Go about the wikipages that your friends have compiled.
• Based on the information on your wikipage and that found in your partner group’s wikipage, compare and contrast the two biomes to decide on the physical factor that could have caused the difference.

An example can be seen here.

Adaptation	My biome: Temperate forest	My partner biome: Tropical rainforest	Reason
Leaf shape	Many tropical rainforest leaves have a drip tip. It is thought that these drip tips enable rain drops to run off quickly	Conifer needles have a thick, waxy coating of cutin that significantly reduces water loss. Needles also have much tighter stomatal closure.	Tropical rainforests experiences high rain fall. However, in temperate forests, plants experiences extreme cold and low rainfall in the winter.

Task #3 Virtual gallery walk (30 minutes)

• Go about looking at your friends’ biome and the compare and contrast table.

Ask them any questions that you may have and make suggestions for them on how to improve their work. Use the discussion tab above.