Land Biome

Organisms within each biome have _____________ that enable them to live and thrive successfully in the environment.

• adaptations

• money

• resources

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This type of biome is cold, has long cold winters, short soggy summers and has permafrost.

• Ohio

• Temperate grasslands

• Tundra

• Wetlands

This biome has more biodiversity than any other land biome including exotic brightly colored birds and frogs

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Deciduous Forest

• Tropical Rainforest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This biome, also called a boreal forest, has dense forests of conifers (cone-bearing evergreen trees). Temperatures are cold, but soil is not completely frozen.

• Desert

• Taiga

• Temperate Forest

• Grasslands

Tropical rain forests are unique in that most of the animal life lives in:

• the tree canopy

• around puddles of water

• condos

• burrows and dens

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Why do few large plants grow beneath conifer trees?

• They don't want to grow there.

• They are threatened by the pine cones

• Little light reaches the ground

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which biome is this?

• Taiga

• Tropical rain forest

• Desert

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

In a tropical rain forest, the layer which forms an umbrella effect with trees is called the ____________ and the layer of shorter trees and vines underneath that layer is called the ____________.

• canopy; understory

• understory; canopy

• top; middle

• green; brown

If an animal was adapted to walking on snow what biome would they most likely live in.

• Grassland

• Taiga

• Desert

• Rainforest

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What biome is located on the map?

• tropical rainforest

• taiga

• temperate rainforest

• desert

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3