Biomes

Biomes and Ecosystems

Multiple Choice

Identify what the definition of a biome is

• a group of continents that are similar

• a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

• a group of climates that are different from each other

• a group of ecosystems joined by land bridges

Multiple Select

Identify how 2 ways a biome is determined

• climate

• temperature

• geography

• precipitation

Biotic is living things like trees, fish, humans

Abiotic is non-living things like rocks, air, weather

Multiple Select

Identify the biotic item(s)

• weather

• fish

• rocks

• trees

Multiple Select

Identify the abiotic item(s)

• weather

• fish

• rocks

• trees

Multiple Select

Identify the 2 types of rainforests

• tropical

• tundra

• temperate

• grassy

Multiple Choice

Identify why plants would not grow on the forest floor of a rain forest

• get too much sun

• get too much rain

• do not get enough sun

• do not get enough rain

Multiple Choice

Identify how much rain a desert may receive in a calendar year

• 25 cm

• 200 cm

• 37 cm

• 1,000 cm

Multiple Choice

What is a common thing that happens on grasslands

• floods

• fires

• droughts

• fires and droughts

Multiple Choice

Identify why savanna grasslands are called savannas

• located close to the north pole

• located close to the equator

• located close to the tropic of Capricorn

• located close to the tropic of cancer

Multiple Choice

Some of the largest animals live on grasslands because they are herbivores (eat grass)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Identify what a Deciduous tree is

• Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year (Oaks, Maples…)

• Trees that do not shed their leaves and grow new ones each year (Oaks, Maples…)

Multiple Choice

In a tiaga is where gymnosperms grow

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Check all that are true about a tundra

• Extremely cold and dry biome.

• Usually receives NO more precipitation than a desert biome.

• Most soil is frozen all year long (permafrost)

• During summer, the top layer of soil thaws, but the rest remains frozen.

• snow is the only precipitation

Multiple Choice

In the summer months the topsoil of the permafrost layer thaws

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Identify the definition of permafrost

• frozen water

• frozen soil

• thawed soil

• trees that grow on the tundra

Multiple Select

Identify the types of freshwater ecosytems

• streams

• rivers

• ponds

• lakes

• oceans

Multiple Choice

Marine ecosystems have salt water

• True

• False