Environmental Science Biomes

The distance north or south of the equator is called ____

• rotation

• latitude

• longitude

• biomes

The layer beneath the topsoil that is frozen.

• tundra

• taiga

• permafrost

• snow

What are the 2 main factors that determine the types of plants that grow in a biome?

• precipitation and animals

• vegetation and growth

• logging and oil production

• temperature and precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The climate becomes colder as you move up the mountain. What are the causes for this?

• altitude

• latitude

• CLIMATE

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The weather conditions in any biome is called ____

• Climate

• temperature

• precipitation

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Alabama would be considered a ____

• rain forest

• tundra

• taiga

• temperate forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Temperate grasslands have the most fertile soil.

• True

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

a forest that sheds its leaves in the fall

• temperate grassland
• temperate rainforest
• tropical rain forest
• temperate deciduous forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain type of plants.

• taiga
• climate
• biome
• canopy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a reason evergreen and coniferous forest below the artic and subartic tundra regions

• taiga
• canopy
• biome
•  climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6