Biome Review

What is a Biome?

• An environment where RANDOM plants/vegetation and organisms/animals exist.

• An environment where SPECIFIC plants/vegetation and organisms/animals exist.

Q15) Which are the two main factors that determine the biomes

• Precipitation and wind speed

• Precipitation and climate

• Precipitation and soil

• Precipitation and birds

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Biodiversity refers to the

• same species of animal on Earth

• variety of life on Earth

• same climate and weather at different parts of Earth

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Which biome has deciduous trees (that lose their leaves in the fall)?

• Temperate forest

• Grasslands

• Rainforest

• Taiga

Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?

• Temperate forest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grasslands

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In which biome would you find prairie dogs

• Desert

• Tropical rainforest

• Grasslands

• Tundra

Which biome has coniferous trees (cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees)?

• Grassland

• Taiga

• Desert

• Rainforest

An organism has thick white fur, a bushy tail, and short ears. It often burrows holes and curls into a ball for warmth. To which biome is this organism most likely adapted?

• Grassland

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Desert

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What biome do whales, sharks, and coral reefs live in?

• Freshwater

• Marine

• Estuaries

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One characteristic feature of the tundra biome 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

• Crystallization

• Permafrost

• Soil frost