Biomes

What is a succulent?

• A plant that digest small animals for nutrients.
• A plant that grows on another plant.
• A plant that can store water in its stems.
• None of these.

What is a deciduous tree?

• A tree that keeps its leaves all year.
• A tree that drops it leaves yearly.
• A tree that grow in a flood plain.
• None of these

In the tundra, the layer of the soil that stays permanently frozen is called ___?

• Parasites
• Succulents
• Epiphytes
• Permafrost

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In which biome do you live?

• Temperate grassland
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Boreal Forest
• Desert

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What determines the type of animals that live in a biome?

• Soil and Rocks
• Latitude and altitude
• The plant life
• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What two abiotic factors determine what type of vegetation grows in a biome?

• Temperature and Precipitation
• Altitude and animal life
• Precipitation and Alititude
• Temperature and Wind

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Yucca Mountain, Nevada is where the U.S. stores nuclear waste. What biome is this?

• Chapparal
• Temperate Grassland
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which biome is this?

• Taiga
• Tropical rain forest
• Temperate rain forest
• Temperate Deciduous Forest

A small coastal biome that has abundant sunlight and mild climate.

• Desert
• Chapparal/Temperate shrubland
• Temperate Rain forest
• Temperate grassland

Which of the following describes how plants survive in grasslands?

• Have large waxy leaves, shallow roots, and are often poisonous.
• Have thick bark, conical shape for shedding snow, and buttress roots.
• Have shallow extensive roots, can store water in their roots and small leaves.
• Very deep roots, grow from the base, flexible stems, small leaves and produce colorful flowers to attract pollinators.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4