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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 rainforest?

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
This biome has a great deal of rain with cooler temperatures and is found in Oregon.
What is a temperate forest?
100

What is the process of removal of forests called?

Deforestation
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 savannah/grassland?

200
Grass and small shrubs dominate this biome region.
What is a grassland?
200
Receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year with the amount of evaporation being greater than the precipitation.
What is a desert biome?
200

What are two major uses of grasslands by humans.

Agriculture and urban development.

300
This biome is found in Canada and is also called taiga.
What is boreal or coniferous forest?
300

The most alive biome in the world, full of the most animals is this.

Tropical rainforest biome

300
A saguaro cactus is one of the few plants that can survive the extremes of this region.
What is a desert?
300
This biome is extremely cold and dry and receives the same amount of precipitation as a desert.
What is tundra?
300

Describe the process behind forests being called the "lungs of the Earth"

Photosynthesis occurs in plants, wherein they absorb Carbon Dioxide and turn it into Oxygen

400
This biome is found in the middle latitudes and is home to the largest animals on Earth.
What is grassland or savannah?
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 rainforest?

400
Usually gets 25-75 centimeters of rain. Fires and droughts are common.
What is a grassland?
400

Define overgrazing in the context of grasslands.

Animals being too densely concentrated in an area of farming to the point they eat the grasses faster than they can regrow.

500

This biome has much diversity and trees that lose their leaves in winter.

What is temperate forest?

500
An example would be a buzzard or a crow.
What is a scavenger?
500

The redwood tree grows in this biome.

Temperate forest

500
On a tall mountain, climate changes as you go up. What is the biome at the top of the mountain?
What is tundra ?
500

State three uses of forests for humans.

Any three: Shelter, medicine, food, wood for paper, wood for furniture, oxygen