Biomes

Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

• non-living

• plants

• living thing

• soil

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?

• tundra

• desert

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as

• glaciation

• permafrost

• crystallization

• soilfrost

Which type of trees are found in a temperate forest?

• deciduous

• evergreen

• ginko

• palm

Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?

• desert

• taiga

• tundra

• grassland

Out of the biomes below, which is your favorite?

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This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen. The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy. The soil is very rich. Moose and elk live here. This biome is classified as a _____________________.

• taiga

• tundra

• deciduous forest

• temperate forest

The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.

• Coniferous Forests

• Deciduous Forests

• Deserts

• Tropical Rain Forests

Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?

• ecozones

• biotopes

• biomes

• biodomes

Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?

• Panda

• Turtle

• Butterfly

• sunlight