Earth's Biomes

Plants in this biome are adapted to poor soil, extreme temperatures and less than 25 centimeters of rainfall per year.

• Tundra
• Taiga
• Desert
• Grasslands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

lichens, mosses, grasses, and other low-growing plants are common vegetation in this biome due to the permafrost, low rainfall, and very cold temperatures

• Desert
• Taiga
• Tundra
• Grasslands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This biome gets the highest percentage of rain yearly

• Taiga
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Grasslands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The climate in a tropical rain forest can be described as

• cold and wet 
• warm and dry 
• cold and dry 
• warm and wet 

Tags

NGSS.3-ESS2-2

The kangaroo rat is able to get all of the water it needs through it's food and therefore, never needs to drink liquid. This animal has adapted to survive in which biome?

• Forest
• Tundra
• Desert
• Grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Biome with plants and grasses, but no trees.

• grassland
• savannah
• taiga
• tundra

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Biome with many different species of cacti and reptiles and very little rainfall.

• Desert
• Temperate Rainforest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Cold, dry biome where the soil stays frozen the entire year. Very little precipitation.

• savannah/grassland

• taiga

• tundra

• desert

A group of ecosystems with similar organisms and climates.

• desert
• deciduous
• canopy
• Biome

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Forest biome with many different trees, mosses and ferns; most trees lose and regrow their leaves each year.

• temperate forest

• rainforest

• savannah/grassland

• taiga

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3