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Biomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Does not fall into a specific category of biome | MOUNTAINS AND ICE |
| Includes ponds and lakes | MARINE |
| Contain coniferous trees | BOREAL FOREST |
| Can also be referred to as taiga | BOREAL FOREST |
| Extremely cold, dry, land biome | TUNDRA |
| Algae are primary producers | MARINE |
| Receives less than 25 cm of rain per year | DESERT |
| Trees form layers such as the canopy and understory | TROPICAL RAINFOREST |
| Can be classified as prairie or savannah | GRASSLAND |
| Too cool and too far north to be considered tropical | TEMPERATE RAINFOREST |
| Undergoes large shifts in temperatures during the course of a day | DESERT |
| Trees shed leaves and grow new ones each year | DECIDUOUS FOREST |
| Fir, hemlock, and spruce are trees adapted to this environment | BOREAL FOREST |
| Has frozen soil known as permafrost | TUNDRA |
| Organisms must adapt to strong current | FRESHWATER |
| Includes estuaries, intertidal zones, neritic zones, shallow and deep zones | MARINE |
| Includes Greenland and Antarctica | MOUNTAINS AND ICE |
| Northwestern coast of US | TEMPERATE RAINFOREST |
| Home to large herbivores | GRASSLAND |
| Organisms are adapted to lack of rain and extreme temperatures | DESERT |
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