Biome Vocabulary

A major community of animals and plants living in a unique physical environment and climate - ________

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

A biome with large areas of grasses compared to trees - _______________

• Desert

• Grassland Biome

• Rainforest

• Temperate Forest

A harsh, treeless environment with less than 10” of rainfall year-round - __________________

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Taiga

A harsh, treeless environment with very low temperatures year-round - ____________

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Temperate

• Tropical

Many tall trees concentrated over a large area - _______

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Forest

• Park

A climate with higher temperatures and rainfall year-round - ________

• Temperate

• Taiga

• Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

• Deserts

• Tropical Rain Forests

• Savannas

• Chaparral 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The environment where a plant normally grows or an animal lives.

• Home

• Habitat

• Biosphere

• Water and Land

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

• tropical

• biome

• acre

• latitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms on Earth

• temperate rain forest

• tropical deciduous forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest