6.5 Biomes Quiz

Temperate Rainforest

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  temperatures vary widely; driest biome on earth; animals that live here are adapted to get their water from the food they eat

• more or less a continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter

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  Do not lose their leaves; have seed-bearing cones; many are evergreen trees

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

Coniferous Trees

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  temperatures vary widely; driest biome on earth; animals that live here are adapted to get their water from the food they eat

• more or less a continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter

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  Do not lose their leaves; have seed-bearing cones; many are evergreen trees; have needles for leaves

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

• having leaves that remain green and functional through more than one growing season; examples are spruces, hemlocks, cedar, and Douglas fir trees

Evergreen Trees

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  temperatures vary widely; driest biome on earth; animals that live here are adapted to get their water from the food they eat

• more or less a continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter

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  lose their leaves; examples are Maple and Beech trees

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

• having leaves that remain green and functional through more than one growing season; examples are spruces, hemlocks, cedar, and Douglas fir trees

Temperate Forest

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  temperatures vary widely; driest biome on earth; animals that live here are adapted to get their water from the food they eat

• more or less a continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter

• Also called prairies; moderate seasonal precipitation; grass is the dominant vegetation; rich fertile soil for agriculture

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

Temperate Grasslands

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  temperatures vary widely; driest biome on earth; animals that live here are adapted to get their water from the food they eat

• more or less a continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter

• Also called prairies; moderate seasonal precipitation; grass is the dominant vegetation; rich fertile soil for agriculture

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

Desert

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  temperatures vary widely; driest biome on earth; animals that live here are adapted to get their water from the food they eat

• more or less a continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter

• Also called prairies; moderate seasonal precipitation; grass is the dominant vegetation; rich fertile soil for agriculture

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

• woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall year-round and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees

Match

• Estivation

• adaption for desert survival among animals; deep sleep-like period of dormancy; happens on hot dry weather

• Hibernation

• -cidere

• off, from, down

• de-

  (prefix)

• to fall

• a way animals conserve energy to survive cold weather conditions; it involves a drop in body temperature and slowed metabolism

• Succulents

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