Biomes and Altering Biomes

What is deforestation?

• Farming

• The clearing of forests/trees

• Planting trees

• Forests dying due to frost

How can humans impact biomes?

• Contaminating waterways

• Introducing foreign plants and animals

• Erosion

• All of the above

Biotic factors an an ecosystem are...

• Non-living things

• Always plants

• Soil

• Living things

Which biome is characterised by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?

• Desert

• Tropical rainforest

• Tundra

• temperate deciduous forest

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

• tropical rainforest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

 

___ is a cold, dry biome where the soil stays frozen the entire year and has very little precipitation.

• Tundra

• Desert

• Boreal Forest

• Grassland

Identify an example of an abiotic factor?

• Butterfly

• Sunlight

• Panda

• Turtle

According to the diagram, which of the following both have large amounts of precipitation?

• desert & tropical rain forest

• seasonal forest & tundra

• tundra & desert

• tropical rain forest & temperate rain forest

The tundra biome & the desert biome are both very dry, but

• the desert has a wider temperature rang

• they are also similar in temperature

• the tundra has a wider temperature range

• the desert is always hot

The biome shown in the climatogram above would best be described as a:

• temperate deciduous forest

• Desert

• Tundra

• Grassland