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Biomes Grimes
Learn about where organisms live! Learn about all the biomes!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are some factors of a Temperate Deciduous Forest? Which location is an example of this? | (Abiotic) 4 seasons, warm humid summers, cool winters (Biotic) Trees lose their leaves in fall and return in the spring; diverse animal life (Location) Virginia |
| What BIOME has heavy rainfall, wet/dry season, warm-hot temperatures (Abiotic), most biologically diverse biome, many insects, birds, mammals, fish, plants and bacteria (Biotic) (Ex: Amazon) | Tropical Rainforest |
| What are some factors of a Desert? Which location is an example of this? | (Abiotic) Dry with little rain, extremely hot/cold (Biotic) cactus, nocturnal animals, organisms that store water (Location) Sahara |
| What BIOME has cold, windy, permafrost (Abiotic), shrubs, grasses, moss, lichens, Arctic fox, polar bears, reindeer (Biotic) (Ex: Alaska) | Tundra |
| What are some factors of a Tiaga? Which location is an example of this? | (Abiotic) Long cold winters, little precipitation (Biotic) coniferous (cone bearing), pine trees/Christmas trees, caribou, bears, fish, moose (Location) Canada |
| What BIOME has (Abiotic) 10-30in of rainfall yearly, flat land, cold winters, hot summers, (Biotic) lots of grasses, grazing animals (Ex: North America) | Savannah/Grassland |
| What are some factors of a Freshwater? Which location is an example of this? | (Abiotic) Temperature can vary, Oxygen levels vary, low salt content (Biotic) Algae, green plants, fish, insects (Location) Great Lakes |
| What BIOME has High salt content, covers 70% of the Earth (Abiotic), Large mammals, fish (Biotic) (Ex: Atlantic Ocean) | Marine |
| What are some factors of an Estuary? Which location is an example of this? | (Abiotic) Brackish water, very humid summers, cold to mild winters (Biotic) marshes, sea grass beds, oysters, blue crabs, herons (Location) Chesapeake Bay |
| What is a biome? | A group of similar ecosystems that have similar organisms living in them, that share similar climate. Many are found all over different continents. |