Biomes and Adaptations Unit A Chapter 1 Study Guide

What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.
• The food that an animal eats.
• How energy moves in a food web.
• How animals evolve throughout time.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How do adaptations help animals?

• to hide from predators
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

The environment in which an animal lives is called its...

• habitat
• adaptation
• variation
• relatedness

A body part that helps a living thing survive

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

• hibernation

• migration

Biome with plants and grasses, but no trees.

• grassland

• desert

• forest

• arctic tundra

Biome with many different species of cacti and reptiles and very little rainfall.

• Desert

• Temperate Rainforest

• Tropical Rainforest

• Arctic Tundra

Which biome is the driest?

• Desert
• Tundra
• Taiga
• Rainforest

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NGSS.3-ESS2-2

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

• Taiga
• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which land biome is the ground frozen all year round?

• Grassland

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

Which land biome is the coldest in temperature without any trees?

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest