Science 7.1.2

Biome

• A large region that is characterized by its climate and organisms

• A condition that limits the number of species or the size of a population in a area

• A layer of Permanant frozen soil

• A large mass of land

Limiting factor

• A condition that limits the number of species or the size of the population of an area

• False

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Which two are the main factors that separate the biosphere into biomes?

• Land

• Water

• Climate

• Latitude

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What are the 2 types of aquatic biomes?

• rivers and streams

• lakes and oceans

• marine and fresh water

• marine and oceanic

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A sandy or rocky biome with little precipitation or plant life.

• biomes

• tundra

• biodiversity

• desert

What is this biome?

• Coniferous Forest
• Desert

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Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

• Taiga
• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest

Adaptations in the deep ocean might include

• the ability for plants to excrete salt water

• the ability to hold on to rocks against strong current

• strong swimming abilities

• glowing bacteria to signal in the dark

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The kind of wetland formed where saltwater and fresh water meet is called

• brujeria

• estuary

• swamp

• marsh

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

• Desert
• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Taiga

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