BIOME

In which biome is Virginia located?

• tropical rainforest
• temperate rainforest
• temperate deciduous forest
• alpine forest

This biome has very little rainfall, also extremely cold temperatures for most of the year, and frozen soil makes ponds form.

• Deciduous forest

• Tundra

• rain forest

• Grassland

This biome is very hot all year long, found close to the equator, and has high amounts of rain fall.

• Rain forest

• Deciduous forest

• Taiga

• desert

This biome gets a little more rain than deserts and has similar temperatures to deciduous forest.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Rainforest

This biome has trees that lose their leafs in the winter, experiences four seasons, and gets enough rain to support the growth of trees.

• Rain forest

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Deciduous forest

This biome has very little precipitation throughout the year, often experiences big differences in temperature from day to night, and has very little plant or animal life.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Rainforest

• Desert

Which biome is represented by the rainfall amounts in letter C?

• desert
• prairie
• deciduous forest
• tropical rain forest

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

• taiga
• tundra
• deciduous forest
• grassland

Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?

• tundra
• desert
• grassland
• tropical rainforest