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100

musk oxen, lemmings, caribou, wolves, field mice, ground squirrels, and ptarmigans

What are the animals you would find in the Tundra?

100
spruce trees, fir trees, pine trees, bushes, shrubs, and ferns
What are plants of the taiga?
100

Has a temperature of rarely above 16 degrees Fahrenheit  and receives about ten inches of rain and snow yearly.

What is the Tundra?

100

Low rainfall, fires, and grazing animals prevent widespread growth of trees in this biome.

What is the Grassland?

100

What soil that stays permanently frozen is called.

What is permafrost?

200

insects, spiders, gray squirrel, deer, raccoon, red fox, blue jay birds, salamanders, woodpeckers, and small mammals

What are animals found in the Deciduous Forest?

200
evening primrose, aloe plant, organ-pipe cactus, and mesquite
What are plants of the desert?
200
Receives 75-125 cm of rain and snow each year, and has four seasons, with a temperature from -20 degrees celsius to 35 degrees celsius.
What is the Temperate/Deciduous Forest?
200

Rains almost daily and plants grow year-round in this biome.

What is the Tropical Rain Forest

200

What is another name for the Coniferous Forest?

What is the Taiga or the Boreal Forest?

300

giraffes, antelope, zebra, ostriches, bison, praire dogs, eagles, snakes, elephants, lions, and cheetahs

What are animals of the Grassland?

300
acacia trees, varieties of short and tall grasses, and grains
What are plants of the grasslands?
300
Receives less than 25 cm of rain each year, and has a temperature from 0 degrees celsius to 32 degrees celsius.
What is the Desert?
300

The trees in this biome have waxy needles to prevent freezing and water loss.

What is the Taiga/Coniferous Forest?

300

The type of trees which lose their leaves in the autumn to save water and keep from freezing.

What is a deciduous tree?

400

ocelots, boa constrictors, monkeys, jaguar, toucans, frogs, and sloth

What are animals of the Tropical Rain Forest?

400

plants such as mosses and lichen (those with shallow roots) are found in this biome

What are plants of the Tundra?

400

Receives 10 to 30 inches of rain per year and the temperature ranges from 32 to 86 degrees.

What is the Temperate 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, a plain, or a steepe?

500

moose, wildebreasts and snowshoe hares are found in this cold biome

What are the animals of the Taiga?

500

oak, maple, and hickory trees; wild flowers; grasses; ferns and shrubs

What are plants of the Temperate/Deciduous Forest?

500

Has a temperature range from 68 to 93 degrees and the average yearly rainfall is about 158 inches.

What is the Tropical Rain Forest?

500

Plants in one of these biomes have widespread roots close to the surface to absorb water quickly.

What are the Desert or the Tundra?

500

The type of tree which produces cones and keeps its leaves (needles) in the cold weather.

What is a coniferous tree or a conifer?