Ecozones that students will find when they look at the Terrestrial Ecozones Map: (Teachers will have to help students decide if these zones are classified as polar, desert, grassland, rainforest or forest.)

• Arctic Cordillera
• Northern Arctic
• Southern Arctic
• Taiga Plains
• Taiga Shield
• Taiga Cordillera
• Hudson Plains
• Boreal Plains
• Boreal Shield
• Boreal Cordillera
• Pacific Maritime
• Montane Cordillera
• Prairies
• Atlantic Maritime
• Mixedwood Plains

Regions

Areas that share common characteristics can be identified as a region. What 3 characteristics are shared by the polar regions?

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Areas that share common characteristics can be identified as a region. What 3 characteristics do the grasslands share?

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Areas that share common characteristics can be identified as a region. What 5 characteristics are shared by the rainforests?

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Areas that share common characteristics can be identified as a region. What 3 characteristics do forests share?

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Regions

Areas that share common characteristics can be identified as a region. What 3 characteristics do deserts share?

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