biomes
biomes continued
true or false
vocab
vocab continued
100

this biome contains soil that is frozen year round (permafrost)

tundra 

100

this biome gets around 25cm of rain a year 

desert 

100

a producer produces waste 

false

100

the creation of desertlike conditions in the grasslands 

desertification 

100

biome that has grass taller that a human 

grasslands 

200

this biome is located in the northern hemisphere and contains coniferous trees 

Boreal Forest 

200

this biome contains more species of plants and animals that all the other biomes combined

rain forest 

200

desertification occurs and when a species leaves and deserts an area

false

200

a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms 

biomes

200

this biome contains multiple layers of plant growth 

rainforest 

300

a savanna is part of this biome 

grassland 

300

animals such as chipmunks, skunks, and deer live in this biome 

deciduous forest 

300

over 70 percent of the worlds fish population is overfished 

true

300

an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms 

consumer 

300

an organism that makes its own food 

producer 

400

the biome where we live 

deciduous forest biome 

400

this biome gets 300 centimeters of rain a year 

rainforest 

400

a food web shows a singular flow of energy transfer

false 

400

consumers that only eat plants 

herbivores

400

a diagram that shows how energy moves from one feeding level to another 

food pyramid 

500

the largest animals in the world (elephants, zebras, giraffes) live in this biome 

grassland 

500

this biome has an abundance of insects in the summer making it an ideal location for insect eating birds 

tundra 

500

a decomposer breaks down wasted and returns the raw materials to the ecosystem 

true 

500

trees that lose their leaves 

deciduous trees 

500

a complex representation that shows a series of possible paths energy can flow through an ecosystem 

food web