Show:
Biome
Forest Biomes
Grassland, Desert & Tundra Biomes
Animals
Plants
100
The distance north or south of the equator and is measured in degrees.
What is latitude?
100
Occurs in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. These forests have large amounts of precipitation, high humidity, and moderate temperatures.
What is temperate rain forest?
100
Deeper layers of soil that are permanently frozen throughout the year.
What is permafrost?
100
Millions of migratory birds fly here to breed in the summer.
What is the tundra?
100
The most common vegetation found on the grasslands.
What is grass?
200
Refers to the weather conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, humidity and the winds, in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
These forests are located in a belt around the Earth near the equator. They are always humid and warm and get about 200 to 450cm of rain a year.
What is a tropical rain forest?
200
A tropical biome dominated by grasses, shrubs, and small trees.
What is a savanna?
200
These animals have thick, scaly skin that prevents water loss making them perfect for the desert.
What are reptiles?
200
This type of tree is found in the Taiga.
What are coniferous?
300
A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animal communities.
What is a biome?
300
The northern coniferous forest that stretches in a broad band across the Northern Hemisphere just below the Arctic Circle.
What is taiga?
300
A temperate shrubland biome that is found in all five parts of the world with a Mediterranean climate.
What is the chaparral?
300
Camouflage is a common adaptation in this biome.
What is the Chaparral?
300
This type of tree looses its leaves and is found in temperate areas.
What are deciduous?
400
The height of an object above sea level.
What is altitude?
400
The top layer of a rain forest.
What is an emergent layer?
400
Areas that have widely scattered vegetation and receive very little rain.
What is a desert?
400
This animal is found in grasslands and burrows underground. They are also found at the Salisbury Zoo.
What are prairie dogs?
400
The Chaparral has this as its main vegetation.
What are shrubs?
500
The number of biomes on the Earth.
What is eight.
500
These forests once dominated vast regions of the Earth. They drop their broad, flat leaves each fall.
What is temperate deciduous forest?
500
This biome covers large areas of the interior of continents, where there is moderate rainfall, but still too little for trees to grow.
What is a temperate grassland?
500
Many birds migrate south to avoid winter here. During the summer it attracts birds that feed on aquatic organisms.
What is the Taiga?
500
Only mosses and lichens, which can grow without soil, cover vast areas of rocks here.
What is the Tundra?