Environmental #6 What is a biome?

A biome is a large region characterized by a specific type of

• climate.

• plants and climate.

• climate and certain types of plants and animal communities.

• plants and animal communities.

Each biome is made up of many individual ecosystems.

• True

• False

Biomes are described by their

• climate

• animals

• vegetation

• humans

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Plants that grow in an area determine the other

• organisms that can live there.

• plants that can live there.

• humans that can live there.

• climate conditions that exist.

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Rhododendrons grow in northern temperate forests because

• of the amount of precipitation.

• they cannot survive the high heat.

• they are eaten by alligators.

• they are infected by bugs from the south.

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Mahogany trees grow in tropical rain forests because

• they cannot survive hot, wet weather.

• than cannot survive cold, dry weather.

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Plants in a particular biome have characteristics, special structures, or adaptations that allow the plants to survive in that biome.

• True

• False

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Which is not a plant adaptation?

• size

• shape

• color

• temperature

Why do plants that grow in the tundra tend to be short?

• it is too cold.

• they cannot obtain enough water to grow larger.

• there is too much shade from the trees.

• the animals eat all of the plants.

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Cactus plants do not have leaves because

• they have specialized structures to conserve and retain water.

• it is too cold.

• there is too much rain.

• the animals eat all of the cactus plants.

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