5th Ch.4 L3 Biomes

A large area of the earth where plants and animals share a similar environment

• Biome
• Tundra
• Biosphere
• Permafrost

Permanently frozen soil

• permafrost
• tundra
• poles
• bedrock

The usual weather of a region over a long period of time

• storm data
• climate
• rain guage
• biosphere

The coldest biome is located near the Arctic Circle. It is called:

• tundra
• permafrost
• frozone
• glacier park

Which type of biome receives the most precipitation?

• tundra
• rainforest
• wetland
• grassland

This dry biome gets less than 25 cm of precipitation each year

• desert
• tundra
• grassland
• coniferous forest

The _____ is the largest land biome

• ocean
• coniferous forest
• deciduous forest
• rainforest

Grass is the main type of vegetation in the ___

• grassland
• desert
• savanna
• deciduous forest

Here there are many trees that lose their leaves during the winter months

• deciduous forest
• coniferous forest
• rainforest
• tundra

The ____ is the coldest type of biome

• ocean
• tundra
• coniferous forest
• desert