Chapter 6 Multiple Choice and Matching

A large area of the earth in which plants and animals share a similar environment is called a ________.

• biosphere

• biome

• wetland

• canopy

All the areas where life can exist and the organisms that live there is called a ________.

• biosphere

• biome

• wetland

• canopy

The biome with a humid, rainy, and warm climate is the ________.

• desert

• prairie

• tropical rain forest

• mountain

The usual weather of a region over a long period of time is its ________.

• canopy

• biome

• precipitation

• climate

Several biomes with different climates may be found in a ________.

• grassland

• mountain

• deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

Freshwater biomes include rivers, lakes, ________, and streams.

• oceans

• coral reefs

• ponds

• tidepools

The temperate grasslands are the ________.

• savannas

• prairies

• deserts

• mountains

Trees grow close together in the ________ layer of a tropical rain forest.

• emergent

• canopy

• understory

• forest floor

Partially decayed plant material that has piled up into dense layers in bogs is called ________.

• peat

• canopy

• marsh

• coral reefs

Match the following

• coniferous forest

• very dry biome; can be cold or hot

• desert

• the largest marine biome

• wetland

• land that is almost always wet

• ocean

• the largest land biome