Biomes
This biome goes through 4 seasons. It is home to bears, rabbits, woodpeckers, and squirrels
What is a Temperate Forest?
Resources that are limited that takes thousands or millions of years to replace
What are nonrenewable resources?
A consumer that only eats plant life
What is an herbivore?
What is recycling?
This type of energy is derived from heat within the sub-surface of the earth.
What is geothermal energy?
This biome is known for its excessive dryness. Organisms found in this biome are cacti, snakes, lizards and scorpions.
What is a desert?
A natural resource that will not run out and can easily be replaced in a relatively short amount of time.
What are renewable resources?
A consumer that eats only animals
What is a carnivore?
The presents of harmful substances in the environment. Solid material on the ground, harmful chemicals in the oceans, and poisonous gases in our atmosphere are all examples of it.
What is pollution?
Energy that harnesses the power of water in motion
What is hydroelectricity?
This biome is the most biologically diverse than any other biome on the planet. It recieves up to 400 cm of rain each year. You can find over 1400 species of birds, monkeys, snakes, countless plants and insects.
What is a tropical rainforest?
Nonrenewable resources found in Earth's crust from the buried remains of once living organisms.
What are fossil fuels?
A consumer that eats plants and animals
What is a omnivore?
When something can be broken down by the environment, like certain toilet paper, its known to be this
What is biodegradable?
Regarding the interactions among organisms some get eaten while others eat. The one that gets eaten is called this
What is prey?
Plains, steppes, savannas, and prairies are often found between forests and deserts. They are mostly flat or have gently rolling hills. You can find bison, prairie dogs, rabbits, gophers, mice, and birds.
What is Grasslands?
A solid fossil fuel formed underground from buried, decomposed plant material.
What is coal?
A consumer that feeds on the bodies of dead animals
What is a scavenger?
This occurs when the number of individuals becomes so large that they can't get all the food, water, and other resources needed on an ongoing basis
What is overpopulation?
What is the organism that eats other organisms. Like a wolf eats a rabbit.
What is predator?
This biome is very cold. In fact, the soil below the surface soils stays frozen year long, It's called permafrost. Oxen, wolves, caribou, and hares can be found there.
What is a Tundra?
Gaseous fossil fuels, lllike methane, propane, and butane.
What are natural gases?
Organisms that get their energy by breaking down the remains of dead organism. Bacteria and fungi are examples of this type of consumer.
What are decomposers?
Precipitation that contains acids due to excess air pollution?
What is acid rain?
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