Biomes questions

Biomes Review!

All about biomes with some new information!

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A regional ecosystem characterized by certain types of organisms that have developed under specific soil & climatic conditions.

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How many major categories of biomes are there?

• 1

• 5

• 85

• 6

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The average annual temperature and precipitation are known as...

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It is mostly the ​

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of an area that defines a ​

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This biome gets less than 10 inches of rain per year. It has extreme temperature fluctuations. Very few plants and animals that are adapted to very little or no rain.

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This biome is in regions close to the equator. It receives 80+ inches of rain per year. It has a high Biodiversity and layered vegetation.

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The top layer of the layered vegetation of a rainforest is known as the

layer.

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The middle vegetation layer of a rainforest is called the...

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The bottom layer of vegetation in a rainforest is called the...

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The Pacific Northwest has a rainforest too. However it has more mild temperatures. This give it the name of...

• extreme rainforest

• boring rainforest

• temperate rainforest

• reverse rainforest

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Usually found in in middle latitudes, this biome is mostly covered in non-woody plants.

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This type of grassland is closer to the equator and will get a lot of rain during a rainy season.

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This biome is the one you live in. Here the majority of trees lose their leaves in the fall.

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This biome's name means "northern". It has dense forests of mostly coniferous trees.

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This biome's name means "treeless plain" and it is extremely cold and dry. It has a layer of soil that never thaws.

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This "non-biome" can take you several different biomes as you climb it.

• mountains

• valleys

• a ladder

• cave

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These 2 areas are covered in a sheet of ice all the time!!!

• Greenland

• Antarctica

• Mohave

• Ocean

This ecosystem is in very deep water. It has no sunlight. Most organisms here crawl or stick to the ground.

The Abysal Zone

Shallow salty water.

Bright sunlight.

Many different type of organisms.

Neritic Zone

• Often forms tidepools

• Daily flooding

• Water rich in nutrients

• Biodiversity

Intertidal Zone

• Water low in salt.

• Mostly stays still

• More oxygen near the surface.

Standing Freshwater!

Mix of fresh & salty water.

Muddy soil rich in nutrients.

Good biodiversity.

Estuary Ecosystem

Match

Match the following images to their ecosystems/biomes.

Deciduous forest

Tropical Rainforest

Grassland

Hot desert

Taiga

• Deciduous forest

• Tropical Rainforest

• Grassland

• Hot desert

• Taiga

Match

Match the following

Tundra

Intertidal zone

Estuary

Neritic Zone

Abyssal Zone

• Tundra

• Intertidal zone

• Estuary

• Neritic Zone

• Abyssal Zone