Plants +Soil +Climate +Animals = BIOMES

A

100

Bog is a type of _____water wetland.

Freshwater (not salty)

200

This biome receives MORE precipitation than any other biome (a large area of living things)

Tropical rainforest 

(80-400 inches of rain every year)

300

________ divide the biosphere (ALL of Earth's ecosystems) into smaller sections

Biomes

400

Three types of wetlands are marshes, _________, and bogs. 

swamps

500

Prairies have ______ trees than savannas do

Fewer trees

Prairies have 10% tree cover

Savannas have 30% tree cover

B

100

Another name for the coniferous (tree with cones) forest is _______

Taiga 

(a Russian word that means slippery place)

200

____________ is partially decayed plant material that has piled up into dense layers 

Peat

300

__________ have two seasons and a tropical grass climate

Savannas

400

This is the largest marine biome:

ocean

500

This biome has land that is almost always wet

Wetland

C

100

This is a very dry biome which can be both cold and hot

desert

200

This is the largest land biome

Coniferous forest

300

In this biome, the main vegetation is GRASS

Grassland

400

This biome has many trees that lose their leaves during the winter

Deciduous forest

500

This biome has many animals that live in the treetops

Tropical rain forest

D

100

This is the coldest biome

Tundra

The Finnish word tunturia means barren, treeless hill

200

A large area of the earth where plants and animals share a similar environment is a _____________

biome

300

All areas of the Earth where life can exist is call the ______________

biosphere

400

Biome with humid, rainy, warm climate is ____________

tropical rain forest

500

A region's usual weather patterns over a long period of time is called its _______________

climate

E

100

On a _________________, several biomes with different climates can be found

mountain

200

Freshwater biomes include rivers, lakes, streams, and ____________

ponds

300

Temperate grasslands are called ____________

prairies

400

In the ________ layer of a tropical rain forest, trees grow very close together. 

canopy

500

These are sometimes called "rain forests of the sea"

Coral reefs