AP Environmental Science Terrestrial Biomes

What two biomes get less than 10 inches of rainfall per year?

• Temperate Deciduous Forest and the Taiga
• Chapparal and Desert
• Tropical and Temperate grasslands
• The desert and the tundra

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

• desert
• ecology
• biome
• diversity

In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?

• savanna
• tropical rainforest
• temperate grassland
• tundra

This occurs in the higher latitudes such as northern America or Russia. It has very cold winters and cool summers with moderate to low precipitation, mostly evergreen trees and a variety of animals in the summer. Which biome is this? 

• Grasslands
• Taiga
• Tundra
• Desert

What biome is this? 

• tropical rainforest
• desert
• tundra
• taiga

The climate in a Tropical Rainforest can be described as ..

• Cold, Wet and Humid
• Humid, dry and Hot
• Humid, wet and Hot
• Cold, Wet and unstable

Which biome do we live in?

• Grasslands
• Taiga
• Rainforest
• Deciduous Forest

In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve (save) water to survive? 

• Rainforest
• Taiga
• Desert
• Temperate Forest

An organism has thick white fur, a bushy tail, and short ears. It often burrows holes and curls into a ball for warmth. For which environment is this organism most likely adapted?

• Grassland
• Arctic Tundra
• Coniferous Forest
• Desert

Many of the animals in the desert are _________ to avoid the extreme heat during the day.

• cacti
• chia
• water
• nocturnal