Energy Transfer, Ecosystems, Biomes

Which Biome has permafrost?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Taiga
• Tundra

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation
• permafrost
• crystallization
• soilfrost

very cold dry biome that has a layer of permanently frozen soil

• tundra

• taiga

• dessert

• deciduous forest

What is permafrost?

• frozen soil

• top layer of all soil

• a location where it snows

• a dry area

Where can you find a mixture of fresh water and salt water?

• estuary

• wetlands

• ocean

• river

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How do you classify a biome?

• based on the climate and the plants and animals in it

• location

• weather

• rainfall amount

A dense forest with a large variety of species and abundant rainfall.

• Rainforest

• Taiga/Boreal Forest

• Deciduous Forest

• Grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A forest located in northern regions consisting mainly of conifers.

• Tundra

• Taiga/Boreal Forest

• Deciduous Forest

• Rainforest

An area dominated by grasses instead of large shrubs and trees.

• Desert

• Grasslands

• Deciduous Forests

• Rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A forest that contains trees that shed their leaves during a specific season.

• Grasslands

• Tundra

• Taiga/Boreal Forest

• Deciduous Forest