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Rainforest
Taiga
Deciduous Fores
Desert

Grasslands
100
More than 50%
What is the percent of the earth's plant and animal species found in the rainforest?
100
Coniferous
What is the main kind of tree in the taiga?
100
They shed their leaves each year.
What does deciduous mean?
100
A rocky or sandy biome with little rain and few plants.
What is a desert?
100
Steppe, prairie, and savanna
What are other names for the grasslands?
200
Poor
What is the quality of the soil in the rainforest?
200
One that produces seed-bearing cones
What is a coniferous tree?
200
Chlorophyll
What makes the leaves green?
200
cacti, Joshua tree and mesquite trees
What are some plants in the desert?
200
30 degrees north
What latitude would you most likely find a grassland?
300
Medicinal Plants
What can be found in the rainforest?
300
Triangular shape
What helps the snow fall of the trees?
300
Sheds its leaves.
What is one way that a deciduous tree prepares for winter?
300
Arid
What is a word that describes the desert.
300
They are both located in tropical regions.
What do grasslands and rainforests have in common?
400
in the canopy
Where is the majority of life supported in the rainforest?
400
A waxy coating.
What helps the leaves hold water?
400
A forest biome with many kinds of trees that shed their leaves each fall or autumn.
What is a deciduous forest?
400
Less than 10 cm. of rain a year.
What is the amount of rain a desert gets annually?
400
Long and wet.
What are summers in the savanna like?
500
Emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor.
What are the four layers in the rainforest?
500
Female cones.
What cone is the larger?
500
Hickory, oak and maple
What are the three main types of trees in the deciduous forest?
500
Latitude
What is a desert's climate determined by?
500
Fertile soil
What kind of soil does the grasslands have?