Aquatic Biomes
What are the two types of aquatic biomes?
Freshwater & Marine (saltwater)
What are the names of the different forest biomes?
Rainforest, Deciduous Forest, Boreal/Taiga Forest
What is the definition of a desert biome?
A dry area where less than 20 inches of rainfall falls per year.
What is the name for the removal of large groups of trees?
Deforestation
In the grasslands biomes, are most of the animals herbivores or carnivores?
What are herbivores?
It is what makes a tundra differ from a Boreal forest
Lack of trees
What % of the Earth's surface do aquatic biomes take up?
The aquatic biome is the largest of all the biomes, covering 75% of Earth's surface.
What is the name of the trees that drop their leaves in the fall?
Deciduous Trees
Why can't certain animals live in desert biomes?
The heat and lack of water
What is the name for the part of the atmosphere that has a hole in it from greenhouse gases (pollution)?
The ozone layer
Name an animal found in Grasslands
heaps of different ones
What type of adaptation do animals in the tundra have?
Specialized coats and fur to keep them warm.
Is a coral reef an ecosystem or a habitat?
Which forest biome are you most likely to find mushrooms, white tail deer, and a maple tree?
The temperate deciduous forest biome.
What is the largest desert on Earth?
Sahara
What can over hunting of a specific species lead to?
It can lead to extinction.
In the temperate prairie grasslands, what is the largest crop grown?
What category of trees are you most likely to find in the tundra biome?
Coniferous trees
What type of biome is Lake Hume.
What is freshwater biome?
Which biome has short wet summers and long cold winters?
Boreal/Taiga Biome
How much of Earth's surface does the desert biome cover?
1/5 or 20%
What is happening to the habitat of the polar bear?
Global warming is melting the ice in the Arctic which means the polar bear is losing its habitat and source of food as well.
It is a hot grassland with a few trees found in Africa
What is the most dangerous predator in the tundra?
The polar bear is the most dangerous and deadly animal in the tundra.
It is the most abundant flora (plant) in marine biomes (hint: green)
What is algae?
What percentage of the Earth is covered by rainforests? (You must be correct to within 10%)
6%
Where is the Gobi desert located which is a cold desert
What is China ?
Why are invasive species so dangerous?
They have no natural predators in its new environment and they reproduce quickly.
It is a grassland with short grass and no trees in Europe and parts of Asia
It is the soil that remains frozen in a tundra when grasses are present
What is permafrost?