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Slide 1: Vertical Zonation in the tropics By: Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools
Slide 2: What happens to the temperature as elevation increases? • Click on the correct thermometer to see if you know the answer. • The temperature get colder. • • The temperature gets warmer. The temperature stays the same.
Slide 3: Correct Click on the mountain to see a diagram of the temperature zones.
Slide 4: Try again Click on the mountain to return to the question and try again.
Slide 5: Boehm, Petersen, Lybee, 1996 5 Next Question
Slide 6: What is the longest tropical mountain range? Click on the globe to see if your answer is correct. The Himalayan Mountains The Alps Mountains The Andes Mountains
Slide 7: Wrong- The Alps Mountains are in the middle latitudes Back to question 7 National Geographic Society , 1998
Slide 8: Wrong- The Himalayan Mountains are in the middle latitudes Back to question 8 National Geographic Society , 1998
Slide 9: Correct- The Andes Mountains are in the tropics 9 National Geographic Society , 1998
Slide 10: What agricultural crops are grown at each elevation? • Cash crops or crops that are grown to sell are grown on the mountain sides. • Many of these crops are exported to other countries in the world. • On the next slide, the agricultural zones are labeled and the crops that are grown in each zone are shown.
Slide 11: Altitudinal Zonation or Vertical Zonation
Slide 12: What agricultural crops grown in tropical mountains do we use everyday? • Click on the words below to determine if you use products grown in tropical mountain zones. Wheat Coffee Coffee Apples Apples 12 Corn Corn Cocoa Cocoa Beans Beans Rice Rice Rubber Rubber Oats Oats Oranges Oranges Bananas Pineapple Bananas Pineapple Potatoes Tomatoes Potatoes Tomatoes References Cotton Sugarcane Cotton Sugarcane
Slide 13: Corn is the most plentiful grain grown in Latin America. 13 Back to agricultural table
Slide 14: Oats is a grain product consumed by humans and animals. 14 Back to agricultural table
Slide 15: Chocolate is a favorite flavor enjoyed by people all over the world. It is derived from a bean grown in tropical mountains. 15 http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/news/archives/news/images/cocoa-pod.jpg Back to agricultural table
Slide 16: Rubber is derived from a plant grown in the tropics. It is used to make tires, shoe soles and other rubber products. 16 Back to agricultural table
Slide 17: Sugarcane is used to make sugar and sugar products. 17 Back to agricultural table
Slide 18: Potatoes are a staple food product in the western hemisphere. 18 Back to agricultural table
Slide 19: Cotton is grown in many regions of the world. It is used to make clothing and textiles. Photo by Peter Stalker 19 http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue293/cotton.htm Back to agricultural table
Slide 20: The coffee bean is grown in tropical mountains. Coffee is a favorite beverage of Americans. 20 Back to agricultural table
Slide 21: The pineapple is grown at the base of in tropical mountains. It is a favorite fruit and make delicious fruit beverages. 21 Back to agricultural table
Slide 22: The banana is grown at the base of in tropical mountains. It is a highly nutritious fruit. 22 Back to agricultural table
Slide 23: Apples do not grow in the Andes Mountains. 23 Back to agricultural table
Slide 24: Oranges do not grow in the Andes Mountains. 24 Back to agricultural table
Slide 25: Tomatoes do not grow in the Andes Mountains. 25 Back to agricultural table
Slide 26: Wheat is a grain grown all over the world. It is used to make breads, pastries, and cereal. 26 Back to agricultural table
Slide 27: Rice is a grain grown all over the world. It is the main food in Asia. 27 http://ccr.ucdavis.edu/biot/images/rice.jpg Back to agricultural table
Slide 28: Beans are a source of high protein in countries all over the world 28 http://www.atitlan.com/contents/beans.jpg Back to agricultural table
Slide 29: Respond to the questions below on a sheet of paper and turn. What is the relationship between altitude, temperature and the length of the growing season in tropical mountains? Are bananas and coffee seasonal products? Why or why not?
Slide 30: References Clip art derived from Microsoft Clipart Gallery http://www.microsoft.com/clipgallerylive/ Physical Map is digital photograph taken in lesson 6 Photographs taken from websites that did not have copyright restrictions. http://ccr.ucdavis.edu/biot/images/rice.jpg http://www.atitlan.com/contents/beans.jpg http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue293/cotton.htm http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/news/archives/news/images/cocoa-pod.jpg 30