Biomes

Question 1

Tropical Rainforest

Answer 1

a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches

Question 2

Temperate Rainforest

Answer 2

woodland of a usually rather mild climatic area within the temperate zone that receives heavy rainfall

Question 3

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Answer 3

dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year

Question 4

Taiga

Answer 4

the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands

Question 5

Savanna

Answer 5

grassland region with scattered trees

Question 6

Temperate Grassland

Answer 6

grassland region without trees

Question 7

Chaparral

Answer 7

vegetation such as tangled shrubs and thorny bushes

Question 8

Desert

Answer 8

low precipitation area with little to no vegetation

Question 9

Tundra

Answer 9

a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region in which the subsoil is permanently frozen

Question 10

Lakes and Ponds

Answer 10

water in which plants can or cannot live depending on the depth of the water

Question 11

Marsh and Swamps

Answer 11

plants make up an area covered in water while marsh has no woody plants

Question 12

Rivers

Answer 12

a large natural stream of water flowing

Question 13

Estuaries

Answer 13

the tidal mouth of a large river

Question 14

Coral Reefs

Answer 14

reef containing mainly coral and limestone

Question 15

Open Ocean

Answer 15

main body of sea or ocean that in not enclosed

Question 16

Littoral Zone

Answer 16

part of lake, sea or river that is close to the shore

Question 17

Benthic Zone

Answer 17

lowest level of a body of water including sediment surface and a few layers down

Question 18

Invasive Species

Answer 18

non-native species

Question 19

Endangered Species

Answer 19

species seriously at risk of exctinction

Question 20

Mass Extinction

Answer 20

relatively sudden, global decrease in the diversity of life forms