U2A Climate & Biomes

A biome dominated by trees which lose their leaves seasonally. Trees lose their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring. Another name for these forests is broad-leaf forests because of the wide, flat leaves on the trees. (An example of this biome is Tennessee, USA).

• tundra

• coniferous forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• grasslands

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing. (An example of this biome is North Dakota, USA).

• tundra

• coniferous forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• grasslands

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?

• Panda
• Turtle
• Butterfly
• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The biome shown in the climatogram above would best be described as a:

• temperate deciduous forest

• desert

• tundra

• tropical rain forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As altitude or latitude increase, temperature ______

• stays the same
• rises
• drops
• drops, then rises

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

• Food and Water
• Rain and Sunlight
• Temperature and Oxygen
• Precipitation and Temperature 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

• non-living
• plants
• living thing
• soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A climograph uses which two measures to describe climate?

• temperature and location

• latitude and longitude

• precipitation and location

• temperature and precipitation

Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere (ex. sunny and humid or cold and rainy

• weather

• climate

• temperature

• seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area.

• weather

• climate

• temperature

• seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6