https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2020-08-26 20:33:16 UTC 2025-09-28 14:21:50 UTC hello@padlet.com kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701195277 Great Barrier Reef Characteristics: 
- Made up of 70 bio regions 
- 3,000 coral reefs 
- 300 coral cays 
- 600 continental islands & 150 inshore mangrove islands]]> 2020-08-26 20:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701195277 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701213540 Tropical Rainforest Characteristics: 
- High rainfall 
- High temperatures 
- Nutrient poor soil 
- High levels of biodiversity ]]> 2020-08-26 20:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701213540 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701220343 Desert Characteristics: 
- Aridity: Deficiency of moisture 
- Extreme heat 
- Precipitation 
- Humidity ]]> 2020-08-26 20:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701220343 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701248741 Temperate Grasslands
- Devoid of trees 
- Two types (Steppe and Praries) 
      - Steepes: lower grass
      - Praries: taller grass 
- Less precipitation than Savannas 
- Broader temperature extremes ]]> 2020-08-26 21:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701248741 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701347237 Taiga Forest Characteristics:
- Evergreen trees 
- Very cold weather 
- Dry, the precipitation is only a little bit more than the desert. ]]> 2020-08-26 22:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701347237 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701349643 Tundra Characteristics: 
- Extremely cold climate 
- No trees
- Low biotic diversity 
- Limitation of drainage ]]> 2020-08-26 22:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701349643 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701351380 Alpine/Mountains
- Cold
- Windy 
- Snowy 
- Nothing grows 
- Very short frost free period]]> 2020-08-26 22:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701351380 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701352684 Temperate Forests/Decidious Forest Characteristics: 
- High levels of Precipitation 
- High levels of humidity 
- Lots of Decidious trees]]> 2020-08-26 22:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701352684 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701354312 Chaparral Forest: A characteristic of the California Chaparral is that it has a huge aray of plants and animals that have adapted to very warm temperatures. It also has characteristics of a grassland and a rainforest. ]]> 2020-08-26 22:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701354312 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701356437 Savanna Characteristics: 
- Grasses and Trees 
- Rainy season & Dry season 
- Warm temperature 
- Large herds of animals ]]> 2020-08-26 22:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701356437 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701363020 Estuary Characteristics: 
- Brackish water 
      - Mix of salt and freshwater 
- Concentration of dissolved oxygen, salinity and sediment load. 

]]> 2020-08-26 22:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701363020 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701372921 Anthropological Concerns: 
Climate Change, Coastal Development and Water Quality are all anthropological concerns of the Great Barrier Reef. 
Climate Change: The climate is starting to change because of all of the carbon that we are putting into the environment and it is starting to bleach all of the coral. 
Coastal Developmet/Water Quality: Since they are starting to develop coastlines and change things on land it is eroding into the water making the water quality bad for the fish. ]]> 2020-08-26 22:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701372921 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701380778 Did you know that the Reef is MILLIONS of years old!! and That a ton of prehistoric creatures still live there!! Woah! An animal called the nautilus which is in the family of the squid lives there and has remained unchanged for the past 500 MILLION YEARS! 

]]> 2020-08-26 22:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701380778 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701384449 A Keystone Species of The Great Barrier Reef is the coral! They are "major calcifiers". They are a foundation species and without them there wouldn't be a Great Barrier Reef! The decline due to bleaching is very worrying!! ]]> 2020-08-26 22:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701384449 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701395685 Anthropological Disruptions and Concerns in the Daintree Rainforest: 
While I was doing my research the first thing that popped up was the amount of weeds that populate this forest. An anthropological concern and disruption would be weeds because they disrupt ecosystems, compete with native plants, change fire regimes and create soil erosion. Weeds are a disruption to the environment. Check out the website linked above for some cool videos and information about some of the Daintree Rainforest Animals! ]]> 2020-08-26 23:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701395685 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701400925 This rainforest is one of the most biologically diverse rainforests in the world. It contains 30% of Australias frog population, 65% of butterflies and bats and 12,000 different species of insects. Not only is it diverse but each of the species are unique!
Here are some more interesting facts about the Daintree Rainforest. ]]> 2020-08-26 23:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701400925 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701406899  A Keystone Species of the Daintree Rainforest is the Cassowary. The Cassowary is a flightless bird from queensland and it is on the verge of becoming endangered. They are becoming endangered because of deforestation. When their homes get destroyed scientists have found that they have a hard time establishing a new one. It eats the fruit of trees and distributes it all over the forest. Interested? here's a website that talks more about the Cassowary. ]]> 2020-08-26 23:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701406899 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701420099 Climograph Above^]]> 2020-08-26 23:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701420099 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701427059 California is a Chaparral. Anthropogenic Disruptions and Concerns: Humans and Animals. We as humans are contributing negatively to this chaparral because of all the air pollution we are creating. By building homes and using tons on machinery we are contributing to air pollution and making everything worse for the evironment. Also humas are the cause of a lot of the fires that are happening in the Chaparral since they are all man made. ]]> 2020-08-26 23:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701427059 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701441585 A Fun Fact about this Biome is that it only gets about 10-20 inches of rain PER YEAR! and during the summer it is normally sooo hot that the chaparral goes through a drought. There are tons of plants that grow there because they don't need much water! Want to learn more about the Chaparral? Click this link!]]> 2020-08-26 23:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701441585 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701451083 Chaparral Keystone Species: This biomes Keystone species is the Coyote. They do many things from providing food for insects, shelter for wildlife and adding nutrients to the soil allowing platns to grow.
Want to learn more? Here! ]]> 2020-08-26 23:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701451083 kkekauoha221 https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701456469 Chaparral Climograph ]]> 2020-08-27 00:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kkekauoha221/zflnnlo4rpfnujok/wish/701456469