Terrestrial Biomes

What is the name for large geographic areas with similar climax communities?

• Environments

• Communities

• Biomes

• Successions

Which biome occurs in the United States & once contained huge herds of grazing herbivores?

• Boreal forest

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

• Tropical Savanna

Which land biome contains the greatest species of diversity?

• Tropical rainforest

• Tundra

• Grassland

• Desert

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Which of the following biomes is described by this statement? This is an area south of the Tundra. It is a broad band of dense evergreen forest extending across North America, Europe & Asia. It is also called a norther coniferous forest or Taiga.

• Temperate forest

• Boreal forest

• Tundra

• Tropical Savanna

Which of the following biomes is described by this statement? This biome extends in a band below the polar ice caps across norther Europe, North America, Siberia & Asia. It is a treeless biome with a layer of permanently frozen soil below the surface called permafrost.

• Desert

• Temperate woodland & shrubland

• Temperate Grassland

• Tundra

Which of the following biomes is described by this statement? This biome is characterized by grasses & scattered trees in climates that receive less precipitation (50 to 130 cm per year) than other tropical areas. These biomes occur in Africa, South America & Australia. Animal species may include lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, zebras, birds & insects.

• Tropical Seasonal Forest

• Tropical Savanna

• Grassland

• Tropical Rainforest

The two abiotic factors that determine a terrestrial biome are:

• Winds & ocean currents

• Greenhouse effect & weather

• Human impact on our atmosphere & temperature

• Temperature & precipitation