Animals
Plants
Climate
Interesting Facts
Vocabulary
100

Polar bears, caribou, wolves are found

What are the animals you would find in the Tundra?

100

spruce trees, fir trees, pine trees, bushes, shrubs, and ferns

What are plants 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
Low rainfall, fires, and grazing animals prevent widespread growth of trees in this biome.
What is the Grassland?
100
What soil that stays permanently frozen is called.
What is permafrost?
200

insects, spiders, gray squirrel, deer, raccoon, red fox, blue jay birds, salamanders, woodpeckers, and small mammals, trees with leaves

What are animals found in the Deciduous Forest?

200
evening primrose, aloe plant, organ-pipe cactus, and mesquite
What are plants 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
Rains almost daily and plants grow year-round in this biome.
What is the Tropical Rain Forest
200
The name given to the Coniferous Forest because of the spongy and soggy ground in the spring.
What is the Taiga?
300

giraffes, antelope, zebra, ostriches, bison, praire dogs, eagles, snakes, elephants, lions, and cheetahs

What are animals of the Grassland?

300
acacia trees, varieties of short and tall grasses, and grains
What are plants 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
The trees in this biome have waxy needles to prevent freezing and water loss.
What is the Coniferous Forest?
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

ocelots, boa constrictors, monkeys, jaguar, toucans, frogs, and sloth

What are animals of the Tropical Rain Forest?

400

mosses, lichen, birches, very few trees and plants

What are plants 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
Permafrost in this biome prevents large trees from rooting.
What is the Tundra?
400
Another name given to the Grasslands.
What is a savanna, a plain, or a steepe?
500

moose, red squirrels, beavers, wolves, gray owls, snowshoe hare, weasels, and spruce grouse (bird), trees with pine needles

What are the animals of the Taiga ( Coniferous Forest)?

500
oak, maple, and hickory trees; wild flowers; grasses; ferns and shrubs
What are plants of the 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
Plants in one of these biomes have widespread roots close to the surface to absorb water quickly.
What are the Desert, Tundra, or possibly Grassland?
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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