Biome Review

Biomes are large regions that are characterized by what main things.

• sunlight, altitude, and oxygen

• climate, plant and animal communities

• salt water and freshwater

• trees, sand and ice

_____ describes the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

• altitude

• precipitaion

• temperature

• climate

What are the two most important factors that are used in determining an area's climate?

• vegetation and altitude

• temperature and precipitation

• salt water and freshwater

• oxygen and carbon dioxide

When a biome does not receive enough rainfall to support large trees, what type of vegetation might one expect to find instead?

• large trees

• plankton

• small trees, shrubs, and grasses

• rain forests

The _____ the temperature and precipitation are, the _____ and _____ the vegetation is.

• higher, smaller, less dense

• lower, taller, denser

• lower, taller, less dense

• higher, taller, denser

_____ measures the distance north or south from the equator and is expressed in degrees.

• latitude

• altitude

• longitude

• leagues

_____ is used to describe the height of an object above a reference point, such as sea level or the Earth's surface.

• Latitude

• Altitude

• Longitude

• Leagues

Trees of the tropical rain forest grow closer to the ______, mosses and lichen of the ______ grow closer to the ______.

• poles, desert, equator

• tundra, savanna, tropics

• equator, desert, poles

• equator, tundra, poles

What type of biomes are the most diverse and widespread?

• deserts

• tundra

• grasslands

• forests

The _____ describes a forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain, little variation in temperature and has a large diversity of organisms.

• desert

• grassland

• deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest