Vocabulary
A large area of the earth that has its own set of conditions and characteristic living things
a biome?
Which biome would a monkey live in?
a rainforest?
Corn, wheat, grasses, and flowering herbs grow here.
What is a grassland?
A small body of fresh water surrounded by land where turtles, ducks, newts, snails, frogs, and beavers live
What is a pond?
What biome is Roanoke?
What is a temperate forest?
All of the plants and animals living together in the same place
a community
In what biome do rabbits, hawks, snakes, lizards, spiders, and insects live?
a desert
Maples, oaks, beech, birch, pine, and fir trees grow in this kind of biome.
What is a forest?
When a stream flows into another, larger body of flowing fresh water
What is a river?
What biome has few plants because of its frozen soil?
What is a tundra?
Cattle, kangaroos, elephants, lions, wolves, and wildcats make their homes in this kind of Biome
a grassland
Shrubs, small trees, yuccas, Joshua trees, and cacti grow in this biome.
What is a desert?
A wetland with trees and shrubs
What is a swamp?
This biome has less rain than any other biome.
What is a desert?
Monarch butterflies, toucans, macaws, chimpanzees, and gorillas live in this biome.
rainforest
Tall trees and shrubs, palms, mosses, and ferns grow here.
What is a rainforest?
Whales, dolphins, sharks, octopus, squid, and sting rays live in this environment.
What is a salt water environment?
The average weather conditions of a biome for many years
climate
Squirrels, mice, rabbits, owls, hawks, deer, fox, wildcats, and bears live in this biome.
What is a forest?
A forest in which the leaves turn gold, orange, and red before falling to the forest floor.
What is a deciduous forest?
Black bears, white tailed deer, opossum, raccoons, snakes, and snapping turtles live in this water environment.
What is a swamp?
Which biome has more plants and animals than any other biome?
What is the rainforest?