Taiga
What does Taiga mean in Russian?
Marshy pine forest
What animal in the tundra is the size of a guinea pig?
What is a Lemming
What can camels do during sandstorms?
What is close their nostrils
What are three animals that hunt deer in the deciduous forest?
What are Bobcats, foxes, and mountain lions
What do hares back feet act as?
They act as snow shoes
what is the russian word for taiga?
marshy pine forest
how low can the temperature get in the tundra
-20 degrees
What are living stone plants in the dessert?
succulents
what tells the trees to stop growing?
cool air and short days
What do most desert plants have on them?
Thorns and spikes
how high can the temperature climb up to in the taiga on long summer days?
70 degrees fahrenheit
what does the word tundra mean?
treeless plain
How tall can the dunes get in the dessert?
1300ft
what different types of trees are there in the decideous forest
maple ,oak, hickory and beech
why is it soggy in the taiga?
because it does not get a lot of sun light.
what happens to the sun in the tundra summer?
it never goes down.
what is the avrage heat in the desert?
106 degree
where can deciduous forests be found?
the eastern half of north America.
What is the rock layer of the taiga also known as?
Canadien Shield
how cold can the taiga get?
-40 degrees
how long is a tundra summer?
6 to 8 weeks
how many cm of rain fall does the dessert get in a year?
25 cm
where do skunks live in the deciduous forest?
trees.
What sense do owls and foxes use to find mice?
Hearing