biomes

Question 1

Tropical Rainforest

Answer 1

area by equator with heavy rainfall

Question 2

Temperate Rainforest

Answer 2

rainforest further away from equator

Question 3

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Answer 3

average wooded region found world wide

Question 4

Taiga

Answer 4

cold land biome

Question 5

Savanna

Answer 5

a dry grassland with little to no trees

Question 6

Temperate Grassland

Answer 6

area covered mostly in grass but not as dry as the savanna

Question 7

Chaparral

Answer 7

coastal areas with mild winters and hot dry summers

Question 8

Desert

Answer 8

large area covered in sand with very little rainfall and few plant life

Question 9

Tundra

Answer 9

cold plains with little plant life

Question 10

Lakes and Ponds

Answer 10

area of still fresh water with an abundance of wild life

Question 11

Marshes and Swamps

Answer 11

low areas with shallow water that’s vital to wildlife such as waterfowl

Question 12

Rivers

Answer 12

large bodies of moving waater that lead straight to an ocean

Question 13

Estuaries

Answer 13

areas of salt water which gets really low spots which can be home to many small species

Question 14

coral reefs

Answer 14

areas in shallow ocean water that hold the most amount of life out of all the other biomes

Question 15

open ocean

Answer 15

the sea with now land nearby and many layers the deeper you go down

Question 16

biotic

Answer 16

living thing

Question 17

abiotic

Answer 17

non living natural factors

Question 18

littoral zone

Answer 18

oceanic area close to the shoreline

Question 19

bentihc zone

Answer 19

lowest part of ocean or ocean floor

Question 20

plankton

Answer 20

small organisms that are the basis of the underwater food web

Question 21

nekton

Answer 21

any animal underwater capable of swimming by itself

Question 22

Benthos

Answer 22

animals that live on sea floor

Question 23

Mass extinction

Answer 23

catalytic event that cause large amount of species to go extinct

Question 24

endangered species

Answer 24

species with low specimens still alive

Question 25

invasive species

Answer 25

foreign species introduced into a new enviroment.