What is a Biome?
This term describes a large community of plants and animals that live in an area defined by climate.
What is a biome?
One of the five main biome types that includes oceans, rivers and lakes.
What is the marine (aquatic) biome?
This term describes permanently frozen ground found in tundra and boreal regions.
What is permafrost?
Marine biomes cover approximately this percentage of Earth’s surface.
What is about 71%?
This dry biome is the most dominant across much of Australia.
What is the desert biome?
Biomes include both living and non-living components known as these two groups.
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
This biome is known for very low rainfall and sparse vegetation.
What is the desert biome?
Tundra biomes receive very little of this, even though they are extremely cold.
What is rainfall (precipitation)?
Two types of water found in marine/aquatic ecosystems are these.
What are freshwater and saltwater?
This factor strongly influences where different biomes appear on Earth.
What is climate?
Plants and animals develop special features over time to survive in their biome; these are called this.
What are adaptations?
This cold biome is treeless and often has permanently frozen ground.
What is the tundra?
Small plants commonly found in tundra environments include these three types.
What are mosses, lichens, and shrubs?
Examples of marine life mentioned in the slides include sharks, fish, and this reef-building organism.
What is coral?
A map showing where different biomes are located is showing this geographical concept.
What is spatial distribution?
Climate factors such as temperature and rainfall largely determine this about a biome.
What is what type of plants and animals can live there?
This biome is dominated by trees and can be found in tropical, temperate, or boreal regions
What is a forest biome?
Animals like Arctic foxes and polar bears survive tundra climates through these physical or behavioural changes.
adaptations
Rivers, lakes, estuaries and oceans are all examples of this type of ecosystem.
What are aquatic ecosystems?
Distance from the sea, rainfall and temperature help determine this about a region.
What is its biome type?
An example used in the presentation of adaptation in cold environments is this animal developing thick fur.
What is a polar bear?
These five major biomes were listed in the slides.
What are marine, grassland, forest, desert, and tundra?
The tundra is usually found in these extremely northern parts of the world.
What are polar regions / the Arctic?
Marine biomes are considered the largest biome on Earth mainly because they include these two massive environments.
What are the oceans and seas?
Australia contains several biome types, including deserts, forests, grasslands, and this coastal ecosystem.
What is a marine biome?