IB ESS Biomes

One characteristic feature of the tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as

• Hoarfrost

• Glaciation

• Permafrost

• Crystallization

The kangaroo rat is able to get all of the water it needs through its food and therefore, never needs to drink liquid. This animal has adapted to survive in which biome?

• Forest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?

• Tundra
• Desert
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest

The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

• Food and Water
• Rain and Sunlight
• Temperature and Oxygen
• Precipitation and Temperature 

The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the autumn/winter.

• Taiga/Boreal/Coniferous Forests

• Temperate Seasonal (Decidious) Forests

• Deserts

• Tropical Rain Forests

Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?

• Desert

• Grassland

• Tropical rainforest

• Temperate forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The rain forest soil is

• poor and rocky

• frozen soil

• thick and nutrient rich

• thin and nutrient poor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

• Tundra
• Rainforest
• Desert
• Coniferous forest

Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

• Tropical Rainfroest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following biomes has the most nutrient-rich soil?

• temperate grassland

• tropical rainforest

• temperate rainforest

• boreal forest

• temperate deciduous forest