Biomes quiz

What is a Biome?

• A division of area based on the prevailing climate and the types of organisms that thrive there

• An area composed of large communities covered with grasses and similar small plants

• A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

• An arid/ barren region with little or no vegetation

What 3 main types of Biomes exist in Australia?

• Taiga, Tundra, Grassland

• Grassland, Tropical rainforest, Desert

• Desert, Taiga, Tundra

• All 6 main types of biomes exist in Australia

Which of the following are types of Biomes?

• Tundra

• Dessert

• Desert

• Autumn forest

Which of the following is the definition of tundra?

• Biome in which the winters are cold but summers are mild enough to allow the ground to thaw

• A plain full of trees

• A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

• a tree that has needle-like leaves and produces its seeds in cones

Which of the following is the definition of taiga?

• Biome in which the winters are cold but summers are mild enough to allow the ground to thaw

• Arid regions between the ocean and the tree line

• A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

• a tree that has needle-like leaves and produces its seeds in cones

Identify a main characteristic of desert biomes:

• High level of precipitation (rainfall)

• Extremely low precipitation (rainfall)

• Always hot temperatures

• Vast diversity of plant life

Which kind of biome usually has a lot of conifer trees?

• Desert

• Grassland

• Deciduous forest

• Taiga

Deciduous trees stay green all year. True or false?

• False- their leaves turn orange/brown and fall in winter

• True, the leaves stay green all year

Which type of biome is characterised by hot, humid and wet weather?

• Deciduous forest

• Tundra

• Tropical rainforest

• Desert

Certain plant and animal life thrives under the certain weather conditions, making ______ key to biomes.

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Ecology

• Soil