Biomes & Climatograms

Abiotic factors: warm temperatures; seasonal rainfall; compact soil; frequent fires set by lightning • Dominant plants: tall, perennial grasses; sometimes drought-tolerant and fireresistant trees or shrubs    

• temperate grasslands
• Prairies
• savanna grass lands
• chapparal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Abiotic factors: hot and wet year-round; thin, nutrient-poor soils • Dominant plants: broad-leaved evergreen trees; ferns; large woody vines and climbing plants;  orchids and bromeliads

• Taiga 
• Temperate Rain Forest
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rain forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This biome is covered in coniferous forests.

• taiga
• tundra
• temperate rain forest
• deciduous forest

This biome has trees with leaves that change color and fall off each year.

• taiga
• tundra
• temperate rain forest
• temperate deciduous forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This biome has primarily grazing animals like elephants, buffalo, giraffes, etc.

• chaparral
• grasslands
• deciduous forests
• tropical rain forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This biome's temperature is very cold at night and then extremely hot in the day.

• tropical rain forest
• temperate rain forest
• chaparral
• desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This biome's four seasons are very distinct.

• tropical rain forest
• temperate rain forest
• temperate deciduous forest

• grasslands

The cold biome of the far north. It has permanently frozen soil, so it can't support large plants.

• taiga

• canopy

• tundra

• biomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a treeless biome that has permafrost

• Tundra
• Desert
• Taiga
• Deciduous

Look at the following graph to determine biome

• Savanna Grassland
• Chapparal
• Desert
• Tundra