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CPCS Biomes Grade 5
Study Biomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Areas where life can exist and the living organisms that live there are called. | Biosphere |
| A large area of the earch in which plants and animals share a similar environment. | Biome |
| The usual weather of a region over a long period of time. | Climate |
| What determines what types of plants and animals can live there? | Climate |
| The coldest biome. | Tundra |
| Found around the Arctic Circle. | Tundra |
| Permanently frozen soil. | Permafrost |
| This biome is cold and dry as it receives only a small amount of preciptaion during the year. | Tundra |
| The largest land biome. | Coniferous Forest |
| This biome is also called the taiga. | Coniferous Forest |
| Most of the trees of this biome are conifers. | Coniferous Forest |
| Most of the trees in this biome are deciduous. | Deciduous Forest |
| This biome is a wet biome, but does not get as much rain as the rainforest. | Deciduous Forest |
| The main vegetation for this biome is grass. | Grasslands |
| The biome that is a temperate grassland. | Prairie |
| Tropical grassland. | Savannah |
| This grassland biome is close to the equator. | Savannah |
| This grassland is hot all year round. | Savannah |
| This grassland biome has more trees. | Savannah |
| This biome receives less than 25 cm (10 in.) of rain each year. | Deserts |
| This biome is the dryest of all the biomes. | Desert |
| Refers to how many species of plant and animals are found in a specific area. | Biodiversity |
| More rain falls in this biome than any other. | Rainforest |
| The climate of this biome is very rainy and humid. | Rainforest |
| There are four main layers in a rainforest. | Canopy Layer, Emergent Layer, Understory Layer, and Forest Floor |
| This biome can have more than one biome. | Mountains |
| What contributes to the changes of the climates in the mountain biome? | The changes in the amount of air. |
| As you travel up a mountain the air becomes... | Thinner |
| What determines the types of plants and animals that can survive in a biome? | Climate |
| Mountain forests are often called... | Montane forests |
| The amount of dissolved salt in the water is called... | salinity |
| Saltwater biomes are also called | Marine Biomes |
| The larest saltwater biome. | Ocean |
| Biome also called the rainforests of the sea | Coral reefs |
| Biome that includes poinds, lakes, streams and rivers. | Freshwater |
| This keeps water flowing downhill to the ocean | Gravity |
| This biome has land that is almost always wet | Wetlands |
| Classified as marshes, bogs, or swamps | Wetlands |
| The most common wetland | Marshes |
| The three classifications of wetlands | swamps, bogs, and marshes |
| The wetland that has only fresh water | Bogs |
| The two wetlands that can have fresh water and salt water | Swamps and Marshes |
| Partially decayed plant material found in bogs | Peat |
| To be a good steward of the earth man must: | Use resources wisely and not be wasteful |
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