Biomes

What is the weather like in the tropical rainforest?

• hot in the summer and cold in the winter
• hot during the day but freezing cold at night
• hot and humid all year round
• four distinct seasons (hot=summer, cold=winter, cool=fall, warm=spring)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What best describes the climate in the desert?

• moderate temperatures and high humidity

• high temperatures and high humidity

• high temperatures and low humidity

• low temperatures and low humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the weather like in the forest?

• high temperatures low humidity

• high temperatures high humidity

• moderate temperatures moderate humidity

• low temperatures moderate humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What best describes the climate in a swamp?

• cold

• humid

• windy

• dry

What best describes high altitudes?

• high pressure, cold temperature

• low pressure, warm temperature

• high pressure, high temperature

• low pressure, low temperature

An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

• Environment 
• Mimicry
• Camouflage

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The different types of bird beaks in different species of birds is known as

• Adaptation
• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The slight differences in stripe patterns in a zebra population is known as 

• Adaptation
• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?

• A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
• A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.
• A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
• A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

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NGSS.3-LS4-2

NGSS.3-LS4-3