Earth's Biomes
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- Q1This biome is located near the equator. It is covered with grasses and a few trees . You might find a zebra in this biome. Where are you?Savannahtundragreat plainsgrassland30s
- Q2This biome is often referred to as a frozen desert because of its permafrost. Which biome is it?taigagrasslandalpinetundra30s
- Q3This biome is covered in grasses, It has hot summers and cold winters. You might see a bison here,Savannahgrasslandtemperate foresttaiga30s
- Q4This biome has the greatest diversity of any biome on earth. Over 300 cm of rain fall here every year.taigatemperate forestsavannahtropical rain forest30s
- Q5All life forms in this biome are designed to conserve water because less than 20 cm of rain falls here every year.deserttaigatundragrassland30s
- Q6This biome is the largest of the terrestrial biomes. It is covered with coniferous trees, and it's quite cold for most of the year.savannahtaigatundratemperate forest30s
- Q7This biome has 4 seasons and contains a lot of deciduous trees. If I look out my window in Henry County Ga. , I would see this biome.grasslandtemperate foresttaigasavannah30s
- Q8In this aquatic ecosystem, the water is fresh and sunlight can reach the bottom throughout the system.estuarylakepondriver30s
- Q9This aquatic ecosystem contains fresh water and it's deep enough in places that sunlight cannot reach the bottom.lakepondmarshriver30s
- Q10This marine ecosystem is freezing cold, pitch black dark, and is under immense pressure.coral reefestuaryabyssal plainneritic zone30s
- Q11This aquatic ecosystem has a mixture of fresh and salt water, and it's often called the oceans nursery.estuarycoral reefinter tidal zoneneritic zone30s
- Q12This marine ecosystem has the greatest diversity of any aquatic biome.marshcoral reefneritic zoneabyssal plain30s
- Q13Life forms in this marine ecosystem have to adapt to being under water most of the day but dry for part of it.coral reefinter tidal zoneneritic zoneswamp30s
- Q14The major difference between marine ecosystems and fresh water ecosystems isthe amount of salt in the waterthe temperature of the waterthe dissolved oxygenthe amount of sunlight it gets30s
- Q15Over 75% of Earth's surface is covered bytaigafresh water ecosystemsmarine ecosystemsterrestrial biomes30s