Biomes

The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be

• warmer & wetter
• warmer & drier
• cooler & wetter
• cooler & drier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by their ____________.

• temperature & precipitation

• vegetation, animal life, temperature

• temperature & elevation

• temperature only

Warm temperatures year-round with abundant rainfall; thin, nutrient-poor soils • Dominant plants: broad-leaved evergreen trees; ferns; large woody vines and climbing plants. Extremely biodiverse

• Taiga

• Temperate Rainforest

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Tropical Rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Very little precipitation year round with extreme heat in the summer and extreme cold in winters; plant-life includes cactus and other plants that hold water

• Desert
• Tundra
• Tropical grassland
• Temperate grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

• Savanna Grassland
• Chapparal
• Desert
• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A climograph uses which two measures to describe climate?

• temperature and location

• latitude and longitude

• precipitation and location

• temperature and precipitation

Which two terrestrial biomes receive the least amount of precipitation?

• tundra and taiga

• tundra and desert

• desert and taiga

• desert and grassland

Boreal Forests (Taiga) biome can be found in which country?

• Russia

• Italy

• Egypt

• Brazil

a group of ecosystems that share similar biotic and abiotic conditions

• boreal forest (taiga)

• climate

• biome

• canopy

This biomes greatest threat could be global warming which releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere from thawing permafrost

• Tiaga

• Temperate

• Chaparral

• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5