Biomes

What are the six major biomes?

• savanna, grasslands, taiga, tundra, desert, rain forest

• tundra, boreal forest, rain forest, deciduous forest, grassland, desert

• taiga, tundra, savanna, prairie, desert, boreal forest

• coniferous forest, boreal forest, deciduous forest, rain forest, desert, tundra

• grassland, forests, tundra, mountains, desert, oceans

The Pacific Northwest is home to a ___________________, where over 300 centimeters of rain falls yearly.

• tundra

• desert

• grassland

• temperate rain forest

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A _______________ is an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year.

• tundra

• taiga

• desert

• savanna

The soil in the tundra that is frozen most of the year is called ___________________________.

• permafrost

• ice

• frozen

• tundra

A ___________________ is an area that is populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants.

• tundra

• savanna

• grassland

• rain forest

are dense forests found in upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

• Decidious forests

• Rain forests

• Coniferous

• Boreal forests

_____________ cover a small part of the planet, ye they contain more species of plants and animals than all other biomes combined.

• Tundras

• Tropical rain forests

• Decidious forests

• Boreal forests

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______________ are home to many of the largest animals on Earth.

• Rain forests

• Grasslands

• Deserts

• Tundras

A biome is a group of ecosystems with similar _______________ and organisms.

• climate

• trees

• weather

• animals

Organisms that live in the ______________ must be adapted to little or no rain and to extreme temperatures.

• tundra

• grasslad

• boreal forest

• desert

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