PROBLEM: What influences the type of vegetation in an area?

PREDICTION:

MATERIALS: Life Cycle- Natural Environment (6B), Microscope

PROCEDURE:

How many different types of vegetation do you see evidence for in the granitic material? Name them and list the evidence.

How many different types of vegetation do you see evidence for in the serpentinite soil. Name them and list the evidence.

Look at your samples of granite and serpentinite, describe what each looks like by using color, texture, mineral content, or any other descriptive terms in the space provided. Draw what you see.

Draw a picture of the ecosystems that you think each of the soils can support on the back of the sheet. Be specific, especially with the type of animals that you would see.

CONCLUSION: What are some possible reasons for a species to be different in a given area?