Land Biomes

What is the best description of a biome?

• An interdependent system of plants, animals, and land.

• A system of trees, forests, and rivers

• A habitat where large numbers of animals live.

• An area with significant amounts of rainfall.

How is the grass on the savanna different from the grass on your school's front lawn?

• Savanna grass is much higher

• Savanna grass is much greener

• Savanna grass lives much longer

• Savanna grass cannot catch on fire

Which land biome receives the LEAST (smallest) amount of rain per year.

• tropical rain forest

• grassland

• desert

• taiga

What type of tree could you find in the taiga

• pine tree

• palm tree

• maple tree

• apple tree

The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be

• warmer & wetter

• warmer & drier

• cooler & wetter

• cooler & drier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• tundra

• desert

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

the trees in this biome are characterized by needle-like leaves that are called conifers

• Desert

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Grasslands

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What might happen if you tried to plant a tree that is from tropical rainforests in the tundra?

• The tree would adapt and grow in the tundra.

• The tree would probably die.

• The tree would grow even better in the tundra

• The tree would turn into a new species of tree and grow.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which word best describes the TUNDRA?

• hot

• cold

• rainy

• sandy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• tundra

• desert

• grassland

• tropical rainforest