PPT-Ecosystems : Latin America includes a number of distinct ecosystems – plants and animals

The altiplano is a high plateau in the Andean regions of two South American nations The varzea or flooded forest is found mainly along the Amazon River in this nation The cerrado. By: Abigail Tracy. Freshwater Biomes. By: Abigail Tracy. What is it ?. A freshwater biome is any body of water that is made of freshwater, such as ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers. Most freshwater biomes consist of moving water and contain many types of fish.. What is an ecosystem?. a term used to describe the . relationships. among the many species living in an environment and the . relationship. among those organisms and the non-living components of the environment.. Dr. Chris Busey. Assistant Professor of Middle Level & Social Studies Education. Texas State University. Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Agenda. Critical Thinking Through Maps. Analyzing Music for Afro-Latin Themes. Dr . Camillia. . Cowling. 1940s recordings of Brazilian slave songs by Stanley . Stein. No tempo do . cativeiro. Aturava. . muito. . desaforo. Levantava. de . manha. . cedo. Com . cara. . limpa. by Mrs. Neetz. What is an environment?. Plants and animals live together in many different environments all around the world.. An . environment. . is all the living and nonliving things in a place. . Recap from the CIA . Factbook. Data Chart. Why do you think the countries of Latin America are not as well off as the U.S.?. Recap from the CIA . Factbook. Data Chart. Why do you think the countries of Latin America are not as well off as the U.S.?. Cold War Period. TODAY’s OBJECTIVES:. Explain the political context in Latin America after WWII . Explain . how the Cold War affected . Latin America. Following . WWII – the political grouping into three “worlds”:. Iran Rodrigues, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida . iranmr@ufl.edu. . Overview. Democracy and Justice in Latin America. Political. institutions and Government. Brief Political and Economic history. In Latin America, most of the countries are quite ____.. They are what we would called ____ nations because they are still mainly agricultural based and do not have a great deal of money per person, or ____ income.. (WB PRWP 7795). Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán (World Bank). Luis-Felipe López-Calva (World Bank). Nora Lustig (Tulane University). Daniel Valderrama (Georgetown University). IEA 18. th. World Congress. Living things need a place to live and grow.. . Fish live in water.. Birds live in trees and fly through the air.. Plants grow where there is soil, water and sun.. Main Idea and Details. ENVIRONMENT. Mexico. Central America. Caribbean Islands. South America. Why do we call it . Latin. America?. We call it LATIN America because most of the European countries that colonized this region spoke Spanish or Portuguese. Both of these languages are derived (or come from) the ancient Latin language. Thus we call this region Latin America.. Brooke Ard. 5. th. Grade Math/Science. Griggs Road Elementary. Aquatic Ecosystems. Water-based . ecosystems may be fresh water (lakes and ponds) or saltwater (oceans, . estuaries and . saltwater marshes).. Aquatic ecosystems are primarily determined by the ecosystem’s . salinity. . Salinity refers to the dissolved salt content of the water.. Aquatic ecosystems are divided into freshwater and marine ecosystems..