Biomes

Have permafrost or permanently frozen subsoil

• tundra

• tropical rain forest

• tropical dry forest

• chapparal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bluffton Indiana is part of this biome

• tropical rain forest

• tundra

• temperate forest

• savanna

Cedars, spruces, and hemlocks are common in this area

• temperate rain forest

• tropical dry forest

• desert

• chaparral

Found in the Mediterranean Sea and in Europe and Africa and parts of California

• chapparal

• boreal forest

• desert

• savanna

Small animals that burrow to avoid predation and remain dormant until the rainy season

• temperate grassland

• tundra

• desert

• savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Are warm year round but rainfall is seasonal. Wet and dry seasons occur for 1/2 of the year.

• tropical dry forest

• tropical rain forest

• desert

• savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Long cold winters and short cool summers are typical in this biome

• tundra

• chapparal

• savanna

• desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Migration is typical of birds who will leave when winter comes about

• temperate forest

• tundra

• boreal forest

• savanna

Gila monsters and the kangaroo rat are examples of animals that live here

• desert

• savanna

• tundra

• boreal forest

Found in Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia- near the equator

• tropical rain forest

• tropical dry forest

• boreal

• tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6