Name that biome!
The coldest biome
Tundra
All the areas where life can exist and the organisms that live there is called
Biomes do not have set boundaries, they often merge into one another and turn into another biome.
Northern Hemisphere
What is another name for the coniferous forest?
Taiga
Land that is almost always wet
Wetland
The amount of dissolved salt in water
Salinity
Partially decayed plant material that that piles up into dense layers
Peat
The tundra's two main seasons
Winter and summer
Which layer of the rainforest do the trees grow close together?
Canopy
The largest marine biome
Ocean
This determines what kinds of plants and animals that can live in a land biome
The Climate
Bogs can only have fresh water
The three ocean zones
Which biome can you find several different biomes with different climates?
Mountains
Has many trees that lose their leaves during the winter
Deciduous Forest
A large area of Earth where plants and animals share a similar environment
Biome
The three types of wetlands
Marshes, swamps, and bogs
This biome gets more rain than any other biome except the rainforest
Deciduous forest
Describe how God designed desert plants to live in a dry climate with extreme temperatures.
They store water in their stems or leaves, they have long roots that can reach water deep in the ground, waxy leaves help the water stay inside of the plants.
Coniferous Forest
The difference between a marsh and a swamp
Marshes have grasses, swamps have trees
The difference between the deciduous and coniferous forest
Trees in the deciduous forest lose their leaves while trees in the coniferous forest do not.
Why are coral reefs called the "rainforests of the sea"
Because they have a lot of biodiversity and many different kinds of living organisms.