6.4 Biomes Vocab Quiz

Low in nutrients; highly acidic; a forest of the cold subarctic region

• Savanna

• Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Taiga (Boreal forest)

• Chaparral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a type of woodland characterized by a combination of dry soil, warm weather, and short, hardy shrubs.

• Savanna

• Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Taiga (Boreal forest)

• Chaparral

Thin topsoil over permafrost; low in nutrients; slightly acidic; extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, and short growing seasons

• Savanna

• Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Taiga (Boreal forest)

• Chaparral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Moist, moderately thick topsoil, moderate nutrient levels; trees have seasonal shedding of leaves

• Savanna

• Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Taiga (Boreal forest)

• Chaparral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Dry, thin topsoil, porous; low in nutrients; trees and shrubs spread out dispersedly; rolling grassland

• Deciduous Forest

• Savanna

• Tundra

• Taiga (Boreal forest)

• Chaparral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

adaption for desert survival among animals; deep sleep-like period of dormancy

• Estivation

• Multiplication

• Succulents

• Hibernation

prefix meaning on, above, upon or over

• Uni

• Exo

• Epi

• Re

any plant with thick fleshy tissues adapted to water storage; for example cacti

• Harvey

• Epiphytes

• Succulents

• Seaweed

a plant growing in a (specified) way or place

• Epi-

• Photo-

• -phyte

• -pelagic

• -chloro

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Match the following

• fff sound

• Soft C - /S/ sound

• follows i, y, or e

• Hard C sound, sounds like /k/

• follows a, o, u, OR consonant

• -ph makes the ___sound