Aquatic Biomes
Plants/Animals
Climate
Interesting Facts
Vocabulary
100

The portion of an aquatic environment that light cannot penetrate 

What is the aphotic zone?

100

ferns, thimbleberry bush, spruce, fir, pine, moose, reindeer, squirrels, beetles, lynx and wolves

What are plants and animals of the Coniferous Forest?

100
Has a temperature of rarely above 0 degrees celsius, and receives less than 25 cm of rain and snow yearly.
What is the Tundra?
100

usually flat and fertile land, often turned into farmland

What is the Grassland?

100
What soil that stays permanently frozen is called.
What is permafrost?
200

includes bogs, swamps and marshes

What are wetlands?

200

sage, evening primrose, aloe plant, organ-pipe cactus, mesquite, scorpions, Gila monster, jack rabbit, and  kangaroo rat 

What are plants and animals of the desert?

200
Receives 75-125 cm of rain and snow each year, and has four seasons, with a temperature from -20 degrees celsius to 35 degrees celsius.
What is the Deciduous Forest?
200

cover less than 3% of Earth's area, yet they are home to more than half our planet's terrestrial animal species

What is the Tropical Rain Forest?

200

The name given to the areas that are north and south at 90 degrees on the globe

What is Polar?

300

area where fresh and salt water mix

What is an estuary?

300

acacia trees, bluegrass, foxtail, small shrubs, buffalo, coyotes, snakes, spiders and mole rats 

What are plants and animals of the grasslands?

300
Receives less than 25 cm of rain each year, and has a temperature from 0 degrees celsius to 32 degrees celsius.
What is the Desert?
300

This aquatic area is home to creatures that must be well adapted to the extremes, like being submerged sometimes, but not all the time, and crashing waves

What is the intertidal zone?

300

The type of trees which lose their leaves in the autumn to save water and keep from freezing.

What is a deciduous tree?

400

free floating algae or small animals 

What is plankton?

400

mosses, lichen, birches, cotton grass, artic fox, snowshoe hares, wolves, mountain goats and falcons

What are plants and animals of the Tundra?

400
Receives 25 to 75 cm of rain yearly, has a dry and a wet season, and temperatures from -35 to 30 degrees celsius.
What is the Grassland?
400

Another name for the Boreal Forest - means pure or untouched in Russian language. It is the largest biome in the world. It has spread over Eurasia and North America. 

What is the Taiga?

400

a savanna, plain, prairie or a steepe

What is another name for a grassland?

500

The headwaters usually come from underwater sources in mountains 

What are rivers or streams?

500

oak, maple, and hickory trees; wild flowers; grasses; ferns, shrubs, chipmunks, black bears, kangaroos, beavers, koala, rabbits, and porcupines

What are plants and animals of the Temperate Deciduous Forest?

500
Has a temperature range from 20 to 33 degrees celsius, and at least 200 cm of rain yearly.
What is the Tropical Rain Forest?
500

This aquatic biome is an important spawning and breeding ground for many shellfish and fish

What is an estuary?

500

The type of tree which produces cones and keeps its leaves (needles) in the cold weather.

What is a coniferous tree or a conifer?

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