WorksheetsTerrestrial Biomes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A large region characterized by its climate and organisms.
a)
biome
b)
ecosystem
c)
community
d)
population
2.
This biome has small, low to the ground plants that can tolerate heat.
a)
chaparral
b)
rain forest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
3.
In the summer, this biome is covered in lakes, bogs, and streams that attract bugs and birds.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
deciduous forest
d)
temperate rain forest
4.
This biome is covered in coniferous forests.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
temperate rain forest
d)
deciduous forest
5.
This biome has trees with leaves that change color and fall off each year.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
temperate rain forest
d)
deciduous forest
6.
This biome has primarily grazing animals like elephants, buffalo, giraffes, etc.
a)
chaparral
b)
grasslands
c)
deciduous forests
d)
tropical rain forest
7.
This biome primarily has little plants with small, waxy leaves.
a)
chaparral
b)
grasslands
c)
temperate rain forest
d)
deciduous forest
8.
This biome's temperature is very cold at night and then extremely hot in the day.
a)
tropical rain forest
b)
temperate rain forest
c)
chaparral
d)
desert
9.
What do you call ground that is permanently frozen?
a)
permacold
b)
permarock
c)
permafrozen
d)
permafrost
10.
This is the largest biome in the world.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
desert
d)
rain forest
11.
This biome has very high amounts of precipitation.
a)
temperate rain forest
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
both tropical and temperate rain forest
d)
none of these
12.
This biome's four seasons are very distinct.
a)
tropical rain forest
b)
temperate rain forest
c)
deciduous forest
d)
grasslands
13.
This biome is located at middle latitudes, has warm temperatures, and has various levels of precipitation.
a)
deciduous forest
b)
chaparral
c)
grasslands
d)
tropical rain forest
14.
The world's smallest biome, it is usually found near coasts.
a)
grasslands
b)
rain forests
c)
taiga
d)
chaparral
15.
Scientists and biologists have not yet agreed on a set number of biomes for everyone to study.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
This biome tends to have animals that are small and can burrow underground.
a)
grasslands
b)
chaparral
c)
desert
d)
taiga
17.
This biome has extremely cold, freezing winters and warm, humid, rainy summers.
a)
taiga
b)
rain forests
c)
deciduous forests
d)
grasslands
18.
More than half of the world's animals and plants live in this biome.
a)
grasslands
b)
deciduous forests
c)
taiga
d)
rain forests
19.
This biome has land that is very rocky, with both plains and mountains.
a)
desert
b)
grasslands
c)
chaparral
d)
taiga
20.
Antarctica is this biome.
a)
tundra
b)
taiga
c)
desert
d)
chaparral
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