Plants
Animals
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Name that Biome!
Freshwater
Saltwater
200

This biome has trees that lose their leaves every fall

Temperate Deciduous Forest

200

Horned Lizards, Snakes...

Desert

200


What is a temperate (deciduous) forest?

200

Extremely low annual temperatures result in permafrost which along with low rainfall prevents tree growth.

What is the tundra?

200

sunlight can reach the bottom of this small body of water

What is a pond?

200

made up of millions of marine filter feeders that make their own homes

What is a coral reef?

400

The plants in this biome need to store water

Desert

400

River Otter, Harbor Seal

Estuary, Freshwater

400

 


What is a Taiga?

400

Dominated by evergreen conifers (cone shaped trees)

What is the taiga?

400

the main filter of the aquatic biomes

What is a wetland?

400

The biome that is located where freshwater meets saltwater

What is an estuary? 

600

Water Lilly 

Freshwater

600

Elk, Bison, other grazing animals

Grassland

600

What is a savanna?

600

There are two types. Both types have a dry season and a wet season. 

What are Grasslands?

600

large flowing freshwater biomes

What are rivers?

600

estuary water is often called this

What is brackish water?

800

Spruce, Pine, and Fur Trees

Taiga

800

Coyote, Bald Eagle, Black Bear

Temperate Deciduous Forest

800

What is a desert?

800

Oaks, maples, beeches, squirrels, deer, and bears are found in this biome.

What is a Temperate Deciduous Forest?

800

is 2.5% of all the water on the earth

What is freshwater?

800

is 97.5% of the total water on the Earth

What is saltwater? 

1000

Purple needle grass, Buffalo grass, Wild Indigos

Grassland

1000

Lynx, Snowshoe Hare

Taiga and Tundra

1000


What is a tundra?

1000

This humid biome is located between the tropics and along the equator and is home to the most diverse plant and animal life of any biome.

What is a tropical rainforest?

1000

standing and flowing

What are the two types of freshwater ecosystems?

1000

saltwater biomes are also called this

What are marine biomes?