biomes

Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree?

• deciduous
• evergreen
• conifer
• bonsai

Biome with many different species of cacti and reptiles and very little rainfall.

• Desert

• Temperate Rainforest

• Tropical Rainforest

• Arctic Tundra

Forest biome with many different trees, mosses and ferns; most trees lose and regrow their leaves each year.

• temperate rainforest

• biome

• desert

• grassland

Type of forest biome near the equator; receives a lot of rain; temperatures are warm all year.

• desert
• tropical rain forest
• arctic
• temperate rain forest

Which biome is represented by the rainfall amounts in letter C?

• desert

• prairie

• deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

The ability to conserve water is an important adaptation in which biome?

• Coniferous Forest
• Deciduous Forest
• Desert
• Tundra

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

• Land
• Water
• Climate
• Longitude

Why are tropical climates so hot?

• Because there is very little rain.

• Because they receive more direct sunlight than other areas.

• Because there are not many plants in tropical areas.

• Because the days are longer in tropical areas.

What is climate?

• It is the temperature of the air around you.

• The type of weather that occurs during a particular season.

• An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time.

• How much sunshine an area gets.

What might happen if you tried to plant a tree that is native to tropical rainforests in the tundra?

• The tree would quickly adapt to its new environment.

• The tree would survive, but it probably wouldn't grow.

• The tree would slowly adapt to its new environment.

• The tree would probably die.