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Vocabulary
100
snowy owls, snowshoe hares, polar bears
What are the animals you would find in the Tundra?
100
cactus, yucca and bunch grasses
What are plants of the desert?
100
Has a temperature of rarely above 0 degrees celsius, and receives less than 25 cm of rain and snow yearly.
What is the Tundra?
100
Low rainfall, fires, and grazing animals keep trees from growing in this biome
What is the Grassland?
100
What soil that stays permanently frozen is called.
What is permafrost?
200
wolvesl, deer, raccoon, red fox, woodpeckers, and small mammals
What are animals found in the Temperate Forest?
200
kelp, seaweed, coral, algae
What are plants of the ocean or aquatic biome?
200
Receives a lot of of rain and snow each year, and has four seasons, with a temperature from very cold to very warm
What is the Temperate Forest?
200
This biome has the largest number of plant and animal species
What is the Tropical Rain Forest
200
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall
What are deciduous trees?
300
giraffes, antelope, zebra, bison, praire dogs, snakes
What are animals of the Grasslands or Savanna?
300
acacia trees, varieties of short and tall grasses, and grains
What are plants of the grasslands?
300
Receives very little rain each year, and has a generally warm temperature
What is the Desert?
300
This biome occurs in all different latitudes of Earth
What is the aquatic biome/ocean?
300
A special behavior or body part that helps an animal survive in its environment
What is an adaptation?
400
monkeys, jaguar, toucans, poison dart frogs, and sloths
What are animals of the Tropical Rain Forest?
400
mosses, lichen, small shrubs and wildflowers like blue lupine
What are plants of the Tundra?
400
Receives a medium amount of rain yearly, has a dry and a wet season, and temperatures that go from warm to cool
What is the Grassland?
400
Permafrost in this biome prevents large trees from rooting.
What is the Tundra?
400
Another name given to the Grasslands.
What is a savanna?
500
camels, rattlesnakes, lizards
What are some of the animals of the desert?
500
oak, maple, and hickory trees; wild flowers; ferns
What are plants of the Temperate Forest?
500
It has warm temperatures and a lot of rainfall each year
What is the Tropical Rain Forest?
500
Trees in this biome are often deciduous, which means they lose their leaves once a year
What is the temperate forest?
500
The name for where a biome is in relation to the equator and the north and south poles
What is latitude?