Land and Biomes Unit

What's the difference between hot deserts and cold deserts?

• hot deserts never get cold

• cold deserts never get hot

• cold deserts have a cold season but hot deserts don't

• cold deserts are found near the equator and hot deserts aren't

What is a biosphere?

• It's the area on the earth where we can breathe.

• It's all the area on, in, or above the earth where organisms can live

• It's the atmosphere directly above the Earth where life-giving oxygen can be found

• It's the part of the ocean where most of the fish live.

What is the rain shadow effect?

• It's when the rain is dropped on the side of the mountain as winds move up and over a mountain range leaving no rain for the other side

• It's when rain clouds cool the Earth which allows for more precipitation to be released

• It's when shadows from rain clouds cause plants to release water vapor through transpiration.

• It's when water vapor released from plants form their own clouds above them.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does a climatograph tell you?

• precipitation over a year's time

• temperature recorded over a year

• how much total rain was recorded for a specific place in one year

• the amount of precipitation and the average temperatures recorded by month for a specific place over a year's time.

What's one difference between our prairie and the African savanna?

• The prairie is a grassland and the savanna isn't.

• The prairie has more trees than the savanna.

• The prairie has a cold season but the savanna's temperatures stay pretty much the same.

• The prairie has more precipitation than the savanna.

Is the polar region considered a desert?

• yes

• no

Is the tundra a type of grassland?

• yes

• no

Which biome gets the most amount of precipitation per year?

• taiga

• tropical rainforest

• temperate rainforest

• temperate forest

Which of these is NOT a layer in the forest?

• emergent

• trunk

• canopy

• brushy level

What kind of animals would you find in the rain forest canopy?

• ants

• birds

• frogs

• sloth

• all of these