Study Jams Biomes

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

Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite trees , burrowing rodents, small reptiles, and coyotes?

• desert

• taiga

• tundra

• grassland

In which biome is Georgia located?

• tropical rainforest

• temperate rainforest

• temperate deciduous forest

• alpine forest

Which of the following habitats probably has the greatest number of plant and animal species?

• the African savannah

• a rainforest in Brazil

• a temperate forest in China

• a temperate grassland in Kansas

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

• taiga

• tundra

• deciduous forest

• grassland

The greatest biodiversity on earth is found in which terrestrial biome?

• taiga

• grassland

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?

• tropical rainforest

• temperate deciduous forest

• tundra

• coniferous forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ________ is a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees

• desert

• temperate deciduous forest

• taiga

• tundra

What are the key features of the Tundra?

• cold winter, thin acidic soil, evergreen trees

• treeless, permafrost, cold dark winters

• ong cool summers, short dark winters, migrating animals

• many evergreen trees, short moist summers, long snowy winters

Shallowest Marine biome zone where waves crash ashore.

• intertidal zone

• open-ocean zone

• neat-shore zone