Vocab
A Biome is...
a large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife.
The climate determines what plants can grow, and the plants determine what _________ live there.
What is animals.
Aquatic biomes make up more than ___% of the earth's surface.
What is 70%
Pollution on land also affects __________ Biomes.
What is Aquatic.
Name at least 5 of the 10 major biomes.
What is tropical rainforests, deciduous forests, coniferous forests (taiga), grasslands, savannas, deserts, tundra, freshwater, marine, & estuary.
Define Salinity.
The amount of salt dissolved in seawater.
The total diversity of biomes is determined largely by the amount of ______________ they recieve and the average ______________.
What is precipitation, then temperature.
Name the 3 aquatic biomes.
What is estuaries, marine, & freshwater.
What are the main environmental concerns in the rainforest (4)?
Deforestation, poaching, climate change, and fires
The majority of Canada is a ________ ________ biome.
What is a Coniferous forest biome. (or Taiga)
What are Terrestrial biomes
Land biomes and the organisms that live there
_________ and _________ both get very little precipitation.
What is deserts and tundra.
The 2 main groups of aquatic biomes are ________ and ___________.
What is saltwater and feshwater.
What are the main environmental concerns in the Temperate Deciduous Forest (2)?
burning fossil fuels and fires started by people.
What is a grassland that exists near the equator, it has warm temperatures with wet and dry seasons.
Savanna
Define aquatic.
Water biomes
The __________________ get a lot of rain and has a hot, humid climate.
What is Rainforests.
What are the main environmental concerns of the grasslands biomes (2)?
Grazing from livestock, crops and growing infrastructure.
A biome located south of the tundra. It has long winters during which snow covers the ground.
Taiga or Coniferous Forest
What is the Celsius rhyme?
Thirty's hot, twenty's nice, ten's cold and zero's ice.
Places near the __________ have a hotter climate than places near the poles.
What is equator.
At deeper depths of water it is easier for photosynthesis to occur. True or False?
False.
What are the main environmental concerns for the Estuary Biomes (4)?
Pesticides, oil & grease spills, metals, and runoff
This biome consists of ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers.
Freshwater