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These organisms create all of the energy for an ecosystem
What is a producer?
100
Biomes are shaped by long-term patterns in this
What is weather patterns or climate?
100
These biomes receive the most rain each year
What is tropical forest?
100
Saltwater biomes are also called this
What is marine biome?
100

Water or aquatic biomes can be broken down into two broad categories, including these

What are freshwater and saltwater biomes?

200
These organisms get the LEAST amount of energy in an ecosystem
What is the tertiary consumer?
200
Large geographic areas that are similar in climate and that have similar plants and animals are referred to as
What are biomes?
200
These trees have cones and needles
What are coniferous trees?
200

The name of this biome comes from a Finnish word that means treeless plain.

What is the tundra biome? (tunturi)

200
Animals from this biome include: mice, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons and deer
What is temperate forest?
300
These organisms that get the most energy from another living organism
What is the primary consumer?
300

There are this many different biomes on Earth

What is eight?

300

In these biomes, grass is everywhere!

What is grasslands?

300

Many type of herd animals are found in this biome

What is a grassland/savanna biome?

300
These biomes receive less than 25 cm of rain each year
What is a desert?
400
These organisms receive only 1% of the energy from producers in an ecosystem
What is a secondary consumer?
400
These two biomes have long cold winters and short summers
What are taigas and tundras?
400
Streams and rivers are found in these biomes
What are freshwater biomes?
400
Deep lakes depend heavily on these to produce energy for the system
What is phytoplankton?
400
In these biomes, 200 to 450 cm of rain fall each year
What is tropical rain forest?
500
This is a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem
What is an energy pyramid?
500

There are no trees in tundra biomes.

What are the type of trees found in tundra biomes?

500

Temperatures are warm all year round and it is always humid here.

What is tropical rain forest?

500

This is the largest animal in the marine biome.

What is the blue whale?

500

Animals in this biome include: rattle snakes, scorpions, owls and foxes

What is the desert?