Biomes Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Rainforest_Biome | hot & humid, tall trees form a canopy; most diverse in plants and animals |
Coniferous Forest(Taiga)_Biome | Cold, covered with coniferous(have cones)trees, such as pine and spruce. Fauna includes ears, wolves, and insects |
Temperate Deciduous Forest_Biome | Covers most of eastern US. Trees lose their leaves in fall; Fauna includes squirrel, deer, fox and a variety of insects |
Temperate Grassland_Biome | hot in summmer and cold in winter, few trees, some shrubs; fauna includes praire dogs and buffalo |
Savanna Grassland_Biome | largest LAND biome, many short grasses that are often destroyed by overgrazing, fauna include lions and antelope |
Desert_Biome | hot/dry, little to no rainfall, plants have long roots to help store water; fauna includes snakes, lizards, and scorpions |
Marine_Biome | salt water, covers about 70% of world; fauna include whales, crabs, sharks, dolphins |
Tundra_Biome | cold with permafrost; fauna includes musk oxen & caribou. This region circles the Artic Ocean at North Pole |
Estuary | where rivers empty into the marine biome; includes marsh grasses, brackish water, algae, crabs and oysters |
Biome | large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of flora and animal communities |
flora | plants |
fauna | animals |
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