test knowledge about the land biomes
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| noted for having 4 definite seasons ( 6 month growing season) Dominant vegetation is broadlead deciduous trees | show 🗑
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| show | Desert
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| show | The Chaparral ( also called temperate Woodland/shrubland
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| show | Tundra
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| Dominated by Coniferous trees ( bear cones)... such as spruce, fir, and pines. commonly called "evergreen".. they do lose some leaves just not all at once. there are various kinds of "evergreen " trees so be careful using the description "evergreen" | show 🗑
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| show | Boreal Forest and Northern Coniferous Forest
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| show | Savanna
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| show | grazing animals , drought, fires
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| Biome with the greatest species diversity | show 🗑
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| show | tropical seasonal or tropical dry forest
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| What is true about the temperatures of a tropical biome ( such as tropical rain forest, tropical seasonal forest, or tropical savanna) | show 🗑
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| these are found in the Eastern United States, Most of Europe, and East china. .. these locations have rain fairly evenly distributed through the year ... with cold winters and hot summers | show 🗑
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| Most the animals in this biome are nocturnal and are adapted to little water in their environment ( they get water from food, or body conserves water.some animals may get water from stored fat reserves) | show 🗑
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| show | the chaparral
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| show | Tundra
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| two biomes that have been used for farming extensively because they have fertile soil.... hint ; one has trees like oaks and maples and is undergoing secondary sucession in many areas | show 🗑
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| show | Desert
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| this biome is an important summer breeding ground for waterfowl and shorebirds.. in the summer there are many mosquitoes and flies for the birds to feed on while they are there. The ground is soggy and marsh-like in summer.. surface is wet | show 🗑
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| show | Taiga
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| Where would you find : Large termite homes ( 6feet tall or more) provide habitats for other animals and a lookout site for animals like leopards | show 🗑
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| Place where you will see herds of grazing herbivores like BISON, (these herds were once very large).. other animals in this biome are coyotes, prairie dogs, hawks, ferrets, pronghorn, deer, pheasants, meadowlarks, quail, etc. | show 🗑
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| Tapirs, sloths, tree frogs, exotic birds ( macaw, toucan,) lots of butterflies, leaf cutter ants and other ants, lizards, snakes, bats, monkeys, cats, rodents... many more | show 🗑
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| show | tropical rain forest
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| 3 things used to define or characterize a biome | show 🗑
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| show | tundra and desert
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| show | they are shed ( that is the meaning of deciduous).. they turn colors ( as chlorophyll production decreases) and then fall off as the winter is coming and the tree needs to go into a dormant state..
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| importance of grazing, drought, and periodic fires to the temperate grassland biome | show 🗑
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| show | taiga
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| What is the driest forest and the wettest forest | show 🗑
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| what happens the farther you move north or south of the equator. This also happens as you ? | show 🗑
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| show | Savanna
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| show | land of the midnight sun and a cold desert
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| where you might find a roadrunner ( a real bird), scorpions, trantula, gila monster ( poison lizard) rattlesnakes, kangaroo rats, hawks, owls, coyotes, and more | show 🗑
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| show | the tropical seasonal forest or tropical dry forest
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| lemmings and lichens are common organisms | show 🗑
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| biomes close together so that caribou can migrate back and forth | show 🗑
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| show | tundra
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| show | spruce-moose biome
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| which area has more moisture than a desert but less than a forest | show 🗑
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| show | desert, savanna, tropical seasonal forest, tropical rain forest
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| show | the breadbasket of the world ( this land has very fertile land and has been used for farming)
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