Terrestrial Biomes
Marine Biomes
Freshwater Ecosystem
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Identify the Biome
100
These expansive biological communities are known as _______. They are mainly categorized by there temperature and precipitation.
What are Biomes?
100
These areas contain trees that grow in salt water.
What are Mangroves?
100
These shallow ecosystems are where land is covered with water for part of the year
What are Wetlands?
100
Filled with a combination of coniferous and deciduous trees, these forests lie between 50 and 60 degrees north.
What are Boreal Forests?
100
Nocturnal Animals.
What are Deserts?
200
This biome experiences 80in/yr.
What is a tropical rainforest?
200
These areas protect the shoreline from incoming waves but are not be used as building grounds.
What are Barrier Islands?
200
Wetlands with trees.
What are Swamps?
200
Supports little trees and are constantly riddled with grass fires.
What are grasslands?
200
Features evergreen forests (deciduous).
What are temperate forests?
300
Uusally in climates that experiences only dry and wet seasons. These biomes are brown during the dry season and green during the wet seasons.
What are tropical seasonal forests?
300
Extremely high biological activity, along with a symbiotic relationship with algae, this marine ecosystem are experiencing coral bleaching
What are Coral Reefs?
300
Wetlands that have peat at the bottom.
What are Bogs? Also acceptable "What are Fens?"
300
Found on high elevated mountains, and constantly submerged in fog, this biome constantly keeps it's vegetation wet.
What are Cloud Forests?
300
Can freeze any month.
What are Tundras?
400
*Daily Double* Hot or Cold, these areas are dry and usually located 30 degrees north or south of the equator
What are deserts?
400
If I wanted to cross this temperture boundary in the ocean, I would be crossing the...
What is the thermocline?
400
Wetlands without trees.
What are Marshes?
400
*Daily Double* At high altitudes, below freezing most of the wear, these treeless landscapes makes certain that "only hardy vegetation" can survive.
What are tundras?
400
Have annual dry and wet seasons.
What are tropical seasonal forests?
500
The wettest coastal forests are known as _________ because they are cool, rainy, covered with fog and usually located on the Pacific Coast.
What is a temperate rain forest?
500
This tiny algae are great at photosynthesis, and has a leading role in Spongebob Squarepants.
What are Phytoplankton?
500
To mean bottom
What is Benthos?
500
On a scale this area usually obtains 125cm rain a year, relatively low...
What is a Desert?
500
Warm, wet, year round.
What are Tropical Moist Forests?
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