Forests Biome Worksheet

What words best describe the temperate forest biome? Match them!

• halfway between the equator and poles

• location on Earth

• medium amount of rain/snow 30-60 inches

• type of soil

• four seasons (0-90 deg F)

• temperature

• very good soil for growing, because leaves fall on the ground

• precipitation

What words best describe the tropical rainforest biome? Match them!

• poor soil because nutrients are washed away

• location on Earth

• band around the equator

• type of soil

• lots of rain: 5-33 feet per year!

• temperature

• summer all year, 80 degrees F

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What words best describe the taiga forest biome? Match them!

• a band below the polar zone, in the northern hemisphere

• type of soil

• medium amount rain and snow, 20-35 inches

• temperature

• winter for 9 months (-65 to 30 degrees), short summer (30-70 degrees)

• precipitation

• partly frozen permafrost, so only small plants and conifer trees survive

• location on Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the biomes in order of precipitation.

• tropical rainforest

• 2 medium precipitation

• taiga

• 3 heavy precipitation

• temperate forest

• 1 least precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Alicia wrote the following explanation about the forest biomes:

"The Tropical Rainforest biome doesn't have any seasonal changes. The rainforest is warm and rainy all year. The Temperate Forest and Taiga biomes have 2 seasons: summer and winter." There is one problem with her statement.

Which of these fixes a problem with Alicia's explanation?

• The Temperate Forest has 4 seasons, not 2.

• The Tropical Rainforest also has a summer and a winter.

• The Taiga has 4 seasons, not 2.

• The Tropical Rainforest doesn't experience a lot of rain.

How are the trees in the Taiga different from those in the Temperate Forest?

• Taiga trees have leaves, while Temperate Forest trees have needles.

• Taiga trees change colors through the seasons, while Temperate Forest trees are always green.

• Taiga trees lose their leaves during the winter, while Temperate Forest trees do not.

• Taiga trees have needles, while Temperate Forest trees have leaves.

Which biome has the most BIODIVERSITY, also known as having the most types of organisms?

• The Taiga, because it has the least number of species living there.

• The Tropical Rainforest, because it has the most different species living there.

• The Temperate Forest, because it has the least number of species living there.

• The Taiga, because it has the most different species living there.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these would be the best description of a Taiga Forest?

• A forest made up of trees that are always green. The trees are conifers, meaning they have cones and needles instead of leaves. During the winter, the forest is usually covered in snow and ice.

• A forest made up of trees that are always green. The trees have leaves that are usually waxy to help extra rain slide off. The forest has no summer or winter seasons.

• A forest made up of trees that change colors from green to brown as the seasons pass. The trees have leaves that fall off in the winter and regrow in the spring.

Match the biomes in order of coldest (1) to hottest (3)

• 1 - coldest

• tropical rainforest

• 2 - medium temperature

• temperate forest

• 3 - hottest

• taiga

Match the biome with its characteristic!

• need warm periods to grow trees

• all forest

• four seasons

• taiga only

• two seasons winter and summer

• temperate forest only

• one season summer

• tropical rainforest only