Biomes

This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

• Deserts

• Tropical Rain Forests

• Savannas

• Chaparral 

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What is this biome?

• Deciduous Forest

• Tropical Rainforest

Which major biome is home to cacti, brittle bushes, small reptiles, and coyotes?

• Desert

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Grassland

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Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?

• ecozones

• biotopes

• biomes

• biodomes

Which land biome is the coldest in temperature without any trees?

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

Which biome has tree leaves that change color and drop off as the season changes from fall to winter?

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

• Coniferous Forest

The following animals are common to which land biome? (anaconda, gorilla, monkey, toucan bird, red-eyed tree frog, python, jaguar, three-toed sloth, anteater, macaw bird)

• Deciduous Forest

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Tundra

• Taiga

The following animals are common to which land biome?

(polar bear, walrus, arctic fox, seal, penguin, snowy owl, caribou, arctic hare, musk oxen)

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Temperate Forest

• Coniferous Forest

The following animals are common to which land biome? (white-tailed deer, black bear, turkey, chipmunk, skunk, raccoon, groundhog, and squirrel)

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

• Coniferous Forest

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

• glaciation

• permafrost

• crystallization

• soilfrost