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What are the three most important factors that affect the Earth's biomes?

• climate, latitude, and elevation

• latitude, temperature, and longitude

• elevation, altitude, and latitude

• rainfall, temperature, and climate

Northwestern Russia is an area in a polar climate zone. The temperatures here are cold all year! During winter, there are days where this area receives only a few hours of sunlight. Plants and animals are adapting to these unique challenges.

Which of the Earth's biomes is shown in this description?

• A. grassland

• B. coniferous forest

• C. tundra

• D. desert

A biome can support many different species.

What is the best way to define the word underlined in the sentence above?

• .smaller regions within a biome

• .periods of time without rainfall

• .types of climate

• .unique life-forms

What is the best way to define the word biome?

• A biome is a group of areas that are located at similar latitudes.

• A biome is a group of areas that receive similar amounts of rainfall.

• .A biome is a group of areas that support similar communities of plants and animals

• A biome is a group of areas that are located at same elevation.

All of the following climate types might be found near the Equator except __________ climates.

• A. dry

• B. highland

• C. moderate

• D. tropical

The cold temperatures and low amounts of precipitation characteristic of Barrow, AK, provide an example of a __________ climate.

• A.continental

• B.moderate

• C.polar

• D.tropical

The __________ latitudes are very cold because they are the furthest from the Equator.

• A.high

• B.low

• C.middle

• D.moderate

Rob wants to live in a place that has four distinct seasons and experiences a wide array of temperatures. He would most likely be happiest living in a __________ climate.

• A.continental

• B.dry

• C.polar

• D.tropical

The meteorologist says that it is snowing outside. The weather characteristic being described is __________.

• A. air pressure

• B. humidity

• C. precipitation

• D. temperature

Celsius and Fahrenheit are scales used to measure __________.

• A.air pressure

• B.humidity

• C.precipitation

• D.temperature