Biomes

Question 1

alpine

Answer 1

having to do with mountains

Question 2

altitude

Answer 2

the distance above sea level.

Question 3

aquatic

Answer 3

having to do with water.

Question 4

Arctic

Answer 4

region at Earth’s extreme north, encompassed by the Arctic Circle.

Question 5

biodiversity

Answer 5

all the different kinds of living organisms within a given area.

Question 6

biome

Answer 6

area of the planet which can be classified according to the plant and animal life in it.

Question 7

boreal forest

Answer 7

land covered by evergreen trees in cool, northern latitudes. Also called taiga.

Question 8

community

Answer 8

group of organisms or a social group interacting in a specific region under similar environmental conditions.

Question 9

desert

Answer 9

area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year.

Question 10

estuary

Answer 10

mouth of a river where the river’s current meets the sea’s tide.

Question 11

forest

Answer 11

ecosystem filled with trees and underbrush

Question 12

freshwater

Answer 12

having to do with a habitat or ecosystem of a lake, river, or spring.

Question 13

grassland

Answer 13

ecosystem with large, flat areas of grasses.

Question 14

lichen

Answer 14

organism composed of a fungus or fungi and an alga or cyanobacterium.

Question 15

marine

Answer 15

having to do with the ocean.

Question 16

permafrost

Answer 16

permanently frozen layer of the Earth’s surface.

Question 17

prairie

Answer 17

large grassland; usually associated with the Mississippi River Valley in the United States.

Question 18

savanna

Answer 18

type of tropical grassland with scattered trees.

Question 19

semiarid climate

Answer 19

(dry climate) region that receives between 25 and 50 centimeters (10-20 inches) of rainfall every year.

Question 20

steppe

Answer 20

dry, flat grassland with no trees and a cool climate.

Question 21

temperate

Answer 21

moderate

Question 22

tropical

Answer 22

existing in the tropics, the latitudes between the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the south.

Question 23

tundra

Answer 23

cold, treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic climates.