vocabulary
This is considered the primary layer of the rainforest
canopy
This type of biome has large amounts of precipitation, high humidity, and moderate temperatures. Located in North America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Temperate Rain Forest
What biome is located primarily in coastal areas with Mediterranean climates?
Chapparral
What is the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?
Climate
Grazing herbivores, like the elephant, have adopted migratory ways of life, following the rains to areas of new grass and fresh watering holes. Predators often stalk these animals for food. What biome is this referring to?
Savannah
The top layer of the rain forest is called _______
emergent layer
This type of biome is located near the equator and has large amounts of rainfall and very little variation in temperature.
Tropical Rain Forest
Permafrost can be found in which biome?
Tundra
What are the four main layers of the rain forest?
•The Emergent Layer
•The Upper Canopy
•The Lower Canopy
•The Understory
Name the biome: Reptiles have thick, scaly skin that prevents water loss. Amphibians survive by burying themselves in the ground and sleeping through the dry season. Insects are covered with body armor that helps them retain water.
Desert
The northern coniferous forest that stretches in a broad band across the Northern Hemisphere just below the arctic circle is
Taiga
This type of biome has extreme temperatures and 75-125cm of rain each year. This biome has tall trees and small trees such as shrubs. Animals do not migrate. Instead they use various surviving strategies.
Deciduous Forest
Each biome is made up of many individual _________
Ecosystems
Name the biome in which conifer needles contain substances that make the soil acidic when they fall to the ground preventing plants from growing on the floor.
Taiga
•Worldwide, the greatest threat to chaparral ___________
human development
Humans tend to develop lands of the chaparral for commercial and residential use because these biomes get a lot of sun, are near the oceans, and have a mild climate year round.
Plants called __________ use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live.
Epiphytes
This type of biome has rainfall only a few months of the year. This biome has a wet and a dry season. Plants adapt by having long horizontal root systems to absorb water and thorns to protect themselves.
Savannah
Why do plants in the tundra tend to be short?
Little water, little sunlight
What are three main forest biomes of the world?
1. tropical 2.temperate 3.coniferous
Below the canopy, very little light reaches the next layer called _______
Understory
In this type of biome prairie dogs burrow down into the soil to avoid predators and hot temperatures. Animals also have large teeth to chew the thick grass.
Temperate Grassland
______ and _________ are the two most important factors that determine a region’s climate.
Precipitation and Temperature
Name one animal adaption in the temperate deciduous forest
•Birds fly south for warmer weather and better availability of food in winter.
•Mammals and insects reduce their activity so that they do not need as much food for energy, enabling them to survive the winter.