Which Biome?
Terrestrial Biomes
Aquatic Biomes
Freshwater Biomes
Vocabulary
100
This biome has very dry areas with less than 20 inches of rainfall annually and can be hot or cold with dramatic temperature shifts
Desert biomes
100
Which land biome has dry climates and hot temperatures?
A desert
100
The shore where the ocean meets land
Beaches
100
In freshwater biomes, the water contains little to no ____.
Salt
100
This is a large system of animals, plants, and organisms that live together.
an ecosystem
200
The largest biome, covering most of the Earth's surface, consisting of saltwater bodies like oceans, coral reefs, and estuaries
Marine biomes
200
Which land biome is treeless and is home to polar bears and penguins?
tundra
200
Do aquatic biomes or terrestrial biomes take up most of the earth's surface?
aquatic
200
True or False: We can use the water in freshwater biomes for bathing and drinking.
True
200
Organisms that are at the beginning of the food chain/food web?
Producers
300
This biome is flat and cold with low plants like grass and moss that only grow during the short summer
Tundra biomes
300
How many types of forest biomes are there?
3 (Rain forest, coniferous, deciduous)
300
True or False: The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef on earth.
True
300
The Nile and Amazon are the longest of these in the world.
Rivers
300
What is permafrost?
Soil that stays frozen all year round
400
This type of land gets just enough rain to help grasses, flowers, and herbs grow, but stays dry enough that fires are frequent and trees cannot survive.
Grassland biomes
400
True or False: Tundra biomes are usually warmer than forest ecosystems.
False
400
Do marine biomes contain freshwater or salt water?
Salt water
400
Freshwater that is flowing
a river
400
When there are a multitude of different species living in a single location, that ecosystem has __________?
biodiversity
500
From this image, which biome gets a medium amount of precipitation and has a moderate climate?
Chaparral forests
500
The type of forest that loses it's leaves in the Autumn and has all four seasons?
Deciduous Forest
500
Where freshwater flows into the ocean
Estuary
500
What do we call water that is a mix between fresh and salt water?
Brackish water
500
What is the hydrosphere?
All of the water on, above, and below Earth and how it cycles.