Biomes

The freshwater biome includes all of the following except

• lakes

• streams

• ponds

• oceans

The forest biome that reaches farthest north is the

• rain forest

• coniferous forest

• deciduous forest

• savanna

You would probably expect to find caribou living in a

• rain forest biome

• grassland biome

• desert biome

• tundra biome

All of the following are examples of estuaries except

• mangrove swamps

• rivers

• salt marshes

• lagoons

Anything that prevents plants and animals from moving from place to place is called a

• biome

• habitat

• barrier

• community

Most living things in the marine biome are found near the shore or

• in fast moving streams

• in the deep ocean

• near the ocean surface

• in small ponds

Not many trees grow in a grassland biome because of law rainfall, fires, and

• animals

• freezing temperatures

• high winds

• floods

The greatest variety of plant and animal species is found in a(an)

• desert

• estuary

• rain forest

• taiga

A biome is......

• Like a snowglobe that you shake and can see different types of animals.
• A large region of earth with a certain type of climate
• An area of earth only found in the United States.
• A community of living things.

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True of False?  
Animals that live in the desert have adapted to live with little water since the desert gets little rainfall.

• True
• False

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