Normal Community West High School

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Normal Community West High School

• Mrs. Mullins
• Mrs. Hiles

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Works Cited

• www.unit5.org
• www.unit5.org/ncwhs
• www.isbe.net

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Overview of Biome

• Part of the McLean County Unit 5 School District
• Home to over 1700 students between the ages of
  13-18
• Mascot is the Wildcat

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Map
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Animals in the Biome

• Mr. Eder
• Mr. Johnson
• Mrs. Mullins
• Mrs. Hiles
• Mr. Caslow

Mr. Eder
Mr. Johnson
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Plants in the Biome

• Corn
• Soybeans
• Oak Trees
• Maple Trees
• Rye Grass

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Landscape, Habitat, Weather

• Snowy winters and hot summers
• Located within the Great Plains in Midwestern
  United States
• Mixture of forest and plains
• Few large bodies of water

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Human Influence

• Humans have disrupted much of the land
• Farming ? pesticides and fertilizers
• Highway construction ? increased pollution
• Neighborhood development ? habitat disruption

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Questions

• What is one plant in this biome?
• Name one animal in this biome?
• How have humans disrupted this biome?
• What if the temperature in this biome would
  increase significantly?