Biomes

Dominant trees are conifers such as spruce, pine and fur. Long winters, short growing season, poor soil and sensitive to disturbances.

• taiga aka boreal forest
• temperate deciduous forest
• tropical rainforest
• grasslands

Due to fertile soil and very few trees, this biome has increasingly been converted to farmland for agricultural purposes and often suffers from soil erosion as a result.

• rainforest

• taiga

• prairie/ grassland

• tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What information can be inferred from this climatogram?

• it is a tropical rainforest
• this biome has rainy and dry seasons
• this biome has permafrost
• this biome has lots of different plant species

Which is a true statement regarding tropical rain forests?

• There are four distinct seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter)
• the soils are richly fertile
• deforestation is forcing 100 species into extinction daily
• monthly precipitation rates fluctuate throughout the year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

found mostly in Canada and Russia

• taiga aka boreal forest
• temperate deciduous forest
• tropical rainforest
• temperate rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Yukon, Canada and Abisko, Sweden are both located in a tundra. What do all tundras have in common?

• tundras can sustain forests
• tundras have permafrost
• tundras do not have any plants
• tundras have long summers

What are the dominant plants in a tundra?

• conifer trees like spruce and pine
• deciduous trees like maple and elm
• tall and short grasses
• grasses, lichens and moss

True or False: Tropical rainforests have poor soil; grasslands (prairie) have rich soil

• True

• False

Name that biome!

• tundra
• taiga (boreal forest)
• temperate deciduous forest
• alpine forest

Name that biome!

• temperate deciduous forest
• tropical rainforest
• desert
• chaparral