Biomes

The two main categories of biomes are

• Air and Fire

• Water and Land

• terrestrial and aquatic

• aquatic and marine

Mosses and lichen are mostly found in which biome

• Marine

• Tundra

• Rainforest

• Grassland

Floating plants would be mostly found in which biome?

• marine

• forest

• freshwater

• Tundra

Which type of biome covers approximately 2/3 of the world's surface?

• marine

• forest

• grassland

• Tundra

What type of biome is a Savannah?

• grassland

• Tundra

• forest

• aquatic

What type of biome includes sub-types of •hot and dry, semi-arid, costal and cold?

• forest

• Tundra

• desert

• grassland

An Alpine Tundra is defined by

• its extreme northern location

• its latitude

• its extreme elevation

• its distance from the equator

Ponds, streams, lakes, rivers & wetlands are part of what type of biome?

• forest

• marine

• aquatic

• freshwater

What 3 factors are the main determinates influencing vegetation growth?

• rainfall, temperature, latitude

• quality of water, quality of soil, temperature

• quality of soil, amount of fresh water, amount of sunlight

• amount of fresh water, amount of sunlight, latitude

The phenomenon that causes the Taklamakan Desert is called?

• Himalayas

• Monsoon

• rain shadow

• Typhoon