Biomes and Ecosystems Vocabulary Review

1. The long term patterns of temperature and precipitation in a region.

• Climate
• Biome
• Tundra
• Tiaga
• Dessert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2. This biome has low average temperatures, but more precipitation. Coniferous trees, or evergreens, are the predominant plants here.

• Tiaga
• Biome
• Climate
• Tundra
• Dessert

3. This biome is very dry with rocky or sandy soil.

• Dessert
• Biome
• Climate
• Tundra
• Tiaga

4. A region of Earth where the climate determines the types of plants that live there.

• Biome
• Climate
• Tundra
• Tiaga
• Dessert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5. This biome has moderate precipitation, hot summers, and cold winters. Its trees have broad leaves which they loose as winter approaches.

• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Biome
• Climate
• Tundra
• Tiaga

6. This biome has low average temperatures and very little precipitation. It is also characterized by its permafrost.

• Tundra
• Biome
• Climate
• Tiaga
• Dessert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

7. This biome covers 70% of Earth's surface and is made up of saltwater.

• Grasslands
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Marine
• Brackish
• Freshwater

8. This biome has few trees. They either have high er temperatures and a wet and dry season, or they have moderate precipitation with hot summers and cold winters.

• Grasslands
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Marine
• Brackish
• Freshwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

9. Examples of this biome are lakes, rivers, and stream all having very little amount of salt in them.

• Grasslands
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Marine
• Brackish
• Freshwater

10. This biome has high temperatures and receives more rain than any other biome on Earth.

• Grasslands
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Marine
• Brackish
• Freshwater