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Animals
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Symbiosis
Just the facts
100
This humid biome is located between the Tropics and along the equator and is home to the most numerous types of plants and animals.
What is a tropical rain forest?
100
Animals that eat only animals.
What is a carnivore?
100
Coniferous trees are the main plant of this biome.
What is boreal, taiga or coniferous forest?
100

Name the three types of symbiosis.

parasitism, commensalism, mutualism

100
What is the number of major land biomes?
7
200
This biome is located in the far north but does not get much snow.
What is tundra?
200

Elephants, giraffes and zebra live here in Africa.

What is a savanna?

200
Grass and small shrubs dominate this biome region.
What is a grassland?
200

In mutualism, one organism benefits while the other _______?

benefits

200
When a rabbit eats a plant, what level consumer is it?
What is a primary consumer?
300
This biome is found in Canada and is also called taiga.
What is boreal or coniferous forest?
300
Living and non-living factors make up the environment. Animals are part of the living things and are
What is biotic?
300
A saguaro cactus is one of the few plants that can survive the extremes of this region.
What is a desert?
300

In parasitism, one organism benefits while the other is _______ ?

harmed

300
Rainfall, snow or hail
What is precipitation?
400

This biome is found in the middle latitudes and is home to the largest animals on Earth.

What is grassland or savanna?

400
Gila monsters and other reptiles live here in this extreme biome.
What is a desert?
400
Plants in this biome grow in 4 distinct layers: canopy, emergent layer, understory and floor.
What is a tropical rain forest?
400

In commensalism, one organism benefits while the other is ________?

unaffected/not affected

400
The main factor in an area that determines it's biome.
What is climate?
500
This biome has much diversity and trees that lose their leaves in winter.
What is deciduous forest?
500
An example would be a buzzard or a crow.
What is a scavenger?
500
Plants can photosynthesize and are called what?
What is an autotroph?
500

Define symbiosis.

Interaction between two organisms living close together in which at least one organism benefits

500
Animals cannot make food. They are called
What is an heterotrophs?