How do trees in the coniferous forest conserve water?
Needle-like leaves
100
This biome has 35-75cm of rainfall each year.
Average Temperature:
Summer: 14 degrees Celsius
Winter: -10 degrees Celsius
taiga or coniferous forest
100
Dolphin
Marine biome, or saltwater
200
Nitrogen has to be changed into a usable form for plants. What does this?
Bacteria in the soil
200
When salt and freshwater mix this forms an __________.
estuary
200
In which biome do moose live?
coniferous forest or taiga
200
This biome receives 400cm of rainfall yearly.
Average Temperature:
Daytime: 34 degrees Celsius
Nighttime: 20 degrees Celsius
rainforest
200
black bears, chipmunks, white-tailed deer, and foxes
temperate deciduous forest
300
How do most animals get nitrogen?
By eating plants
300
The major factor that determines the type of organisms that live in a stream or river is...
the speed of the current
300
Is the topsoil in the rainforest rich in nutrients or poor in nutrients?
Poor in nutrients
300
Clue #1: This biome receives the same amount of rainfall as the temperate deciduous forest.
Clue #2: There are no trees in this biome.
Clue #3: Rich soil, usually used for farming.
Temperate Grasslands
300
cougar, toucan, macaw, and refleesia flower
rainforest
400
How do most organisms obtain carbon?
By eating other organisms
400
The type of wetland that is classified by trees and draped with spanish moss and vines.
swamp
400
Do desert plants often grow close together or far apart? Why?
Far apart to conserve water
400
This biome is very cold and receives as much rainfall as the desert.
Tundra
400
moose, grizzly bear, evergreen trees, and crossbills
coniferous forest
500
Give each step in the water cycle.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and transpiration
500
Marsh and swamps
Which one is freshwater and which is saltwater?
Marsh-- saltwater
Swamp-- freshwater
500
A planbt with fleshy stems and quick-blooming flowers would most likely live where?
desert
500
This biome gets enough rainfall to support scattered clumps of trees. It has two seasons, a wet and dry season.