Tundra
Where are the tundra located?
What is
Near the north and south pole
True or False temperate rainforest are always located near the equator
what is False
What percentage of earth do deserts cover?
what is
25% of land surfaces
Mutation
what is
a change in the nucleotide base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule.
What is the terrain found in grassland biomes
what is
Open, continous and flat areas of grass.
Does global warming effect the tundra?
what is
yes, Global warming has affected the tundra by heating the enviorment.
True or False The amount and type of preticapation in temperate rainforest is the same as tropical rainforest
what is
False
Three Characteristics of Deserts
what is
Extreme dryness (may be hot or cold)
Specialized ecosystems and low human populations
Unique geologic processes
DNA
what is
a double-stranded, helical nucleic acid molecule capable of replicating and determining the inherited traits of organisms and viruses.
grasslands have dark, rich soil, gaining nutrients from the many layers of growing and decaying grass roots? True or False
what is
true
What kind of animals live in the tundra?
What is
One with heavy fur and feathers
Organisms that live in the rainforest have developed unique adaptions that aid in ?
what is
their survival
What is a desert?
what is
Land so arid that
-evaporation prevents permanent surface water
-vegetation covers less than 15% of its surface
-Annual rainfall is less than 10 inches
DNA Replication
what is
the process of making an identical copy of a section of DNA, using existing DNA as a template for the synthesis of new DNA strands.
Some of the most common grassland animals include the prairie dog and the mule deer in North America, the giraffe and the zebra in Africa, and the lion in Africa and Asia.
True or False
what is
true
What is the geography of the tundra?
What is
Rocky fields, or a large hilllsides with pine trees
Tropical rainforest can be found in what biome?
What is
Temperate martine.
Desert Features
what is
-exposed bedrock
-accumulated clasts
-unweathered sediment
-precipitated salt
-windblow sand
Deoxyribose
what is
the sugar included in a nucleotide building block of DNA.
Grasslands are also known as prairie or plains. True or False
what is
true
What covers most of the plant life in the arctic and antarctic
What is
permafrost, a light sheet of snow and frost
True or False The plentiful nature of recources in the tropical rainforest reduces competition for them.
What is
False
Types of Deserts
what is
Each type has distinct landscapes and biota
-subtropical
-rain-shadow
-costal
-continental
-polar
Translation
what is
the process carried out in the ribosomes where the information encoded in mRNA
The grassland biome is considered to be a transitional location. True or False
what is
true