Unit Study Guide Biomes

This biome has hot summers, cold winters, diverse grasses, trees, and shrubs, and is common in central US.

• savanna

• temperate grassland

• temperate forest

• tundra

Which biome consists of very low precipitation and can be hot or cold? 

• savanna

• tropical rainforest

• tundra

• desert

Which biome consists of warm weather year-round, a dry season and a rainy season, and diverse trees, shrubs, and grasses?

• tropical rainforest

• temperate grassland

• savanna

• desert

Which biome consists of long bitter winters, cool summers, and diverse coniferous trees?

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

Which biome consists of grasses, shrubs, cold temperatures, and the permafrost?

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Temperate forest

• Temperate grasslands

Which biome consists of diverse deciduous trees, warm summers, cool winters, and can be found in the eastern US?

• Taiga

• Temperate forest

• Tropical rainforest

• Temperate grassland

Which biome is warm year-round, receives LOTS of rain, and is rich in. biodiversity?

• Temperate forest

• Temperate grassland

• Boreal Forest

• Tropical rainforest

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Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

• non-living
• plants
• living thing
• soil

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Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?

• tundra
• desert
• grassland
• tropical rainforest

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Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

• tundra
• desert
• tropical rainforest
• pine forest

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