(2025) Food Chains, Biomes, Environmental Changes

The ___________ biome is located near the equator and is warm and rainy all year long.

• grassland

• desert

• rainforest

The __________ biome has all four seasons, many types of animals live here, and the trees lose their leaves in the fall and winter.

• deciduous forest

• arctic tundra

• ocean

The ________ biome is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It has lots of grass and not many trees.

• arctic tundra

• grassland

• desert

The ____________ is the coldest biome. There are no trees that grow here. It has few animals and the ground stays frozen most of the year.

• rainforest

• arctic tundra

• taiga

The __________ biome is extremely dry and receives the least amount of rain or snow than any other biome per year. Animals have special adaptations to be able to live here.

• rainforest

• desert

• deciduous forest

The ____________________ biome has very low salt and can be found in lakes and rivers as well as wetlands. Michigan is surrounded by this type of biome.

• ocean

• freshwater

• deciduous forest

The ___________ biome has long cold winters and short warm summers. Most of the trees here are evergreen and they keep their leaves all year long. The animals that live here have thick fur.

• taiga

• tundra

• desert

The ____________ biome is characterized by salt water. This biome covers 70 percent of the world. Many different types of animals live here.

• freshwater

• ocean

• taiga

This biome can be found in Africa. It has very few trees and is flat. It has lots of grass. It is warm year round. It is called ________________.

• rainforest

• desert

• savanna

If a habitat changes, can organisms still live there?

• Yes, sometimes without needing to change.

• Yes, sometimes with adaptations to their bodies.

• No, they will die out.

• All of these could happen.

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