Terrestrial Biome

Characterized by a permafrost layer

• Tropical Rainforest

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Plants adapt to have shallow and wide roots since the soil is poor in nutrients

• Tropical Rainforest

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be

• warmer & wetter

• cooler & wetter

• warmer & drier

• cooler & drier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which biome is specifically characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall (and other precipitation)?

• Taiga

• Chaparral

• Tundra

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?

• Chaparral

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert

• Savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

One characteristic feature of the Tundra 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

• Taiga

• glaciation

• topsoil

• permafrost

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

• Savanna

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

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

• Chaparral

• Grassland

• Savanna

• Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which land biome is covered mainly with conifer trees?

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Desert

Which land biome is the ground frozen all year round?

• Grassland

• Taiga

• Savanna

• Tundra