Biomes and Biodiversity

Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Tundra
• Grasslands

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?

• Grasslands
• Tundra
• Rainforest
• Temperate Forest

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?

• Desert
• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Taiga

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

Which biome is home to jaguars, anacondas, leopards, gorillas, and poisonous tree frogs?

• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Tundra

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

Biome with many scattered shrubs, tall grasses and small trees.

• Savannah
• Grassland
• Desert
• Taiga

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Cold, dry biome where the soil stays frozen the entire year. Very little precipitation.

• savannah
• taiga
• tundra
• desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A group of ecosystems with similar organisms and climates.

• desert
• deciduous
• canopy
• Biome

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?

• tundra
• desert
• temperate deciduous forest
• tropical rain forest

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation
• permafrost
• crystallization
• soilfrost

This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen.  The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy.  The soil is very rich.  Moose and elk live here.  This biome is classified as a

• taiga
• tundra
• deciduous forest
• temperate forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3