Biomes (Chapter 8)

A ______ is a geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.

• biome

• continent

• country

• city

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a biome that receives very little rain.

• desert

• forest

• tundra

• grassland

Fill in the blank: ______ are biomes where grasses are the dominant plants.

• Grasslands

• Forests

• Deserts

• Tundra

Fill in the blank: ______ regions of Earth are between the tropics and the polar circles.

• temperate

• tropical

• arctic

• equatorial

Fill in the blank: ______ is a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees.

• taiga

• savanna

• rainforest

• desert

Fill in the blank: ______ is cold, dry, and treeless.

• tundra

• desert

• rainforest

• savanna

Fill in the blank: ______ is the amount of salt dissolved in water.

• salinity

• density

• viscosity

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: A ______ is an aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time.

• wetland

• desert

• forest

• mountain

Fill in the blank: ______ are regions along coastlines where streams or rivers flow into a body of salt water.

• estuary

• desert

• mountain

• forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the ocean shore between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide.

• intertidal zone

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• pelagic zone