Green Group 11-2/3

ALL biomes include what three things?

• Climate

• Plants / Animals that live there

• rivers

• geography

All biomes fall into two categories which are:

• Hydrosphere and Atmosphere

• Ocean and Desert

• Aquatic and Terrestrial

• Forest and water

The two main abiotic factors that determine where organisms live are

• temperature and latitude

• altitude and precipitation

• temperature and precipitation

• soil type and precipitation

A biome is......

• Like a snowglobe that you shake and can see different types of animals.
• A large region of earth with a certain type of climate
• An area of earth only found in the United States.
• A community of living things.

Estuaries are extremely productive ecosystems because they continually receive fresh nutrients from ______ and _______

• rivers, oceans

• lakes, ponds,

• marshes, swamps

• streams, springs

Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?

• Panda
• Turtle
• Butterfly
• sunlight

Which biome holds the greatest biodiversity?

• grassland
• tundra
• rainforest
• desert

The trees in this biome shed their leaves and grow new ones each year:

• temperate deciduous forest
• grasslands
• deserts
• tundra

Coniferous (Boreal) forests are made up primarily of trees that _______________.

• change color in the fall
• bear cones
• shed their leaves
• have thin bark

Which biome is home to jaguars, anacondas, leopards, gorillas, and poisonous tree frogs?

• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Tundra