Chapter 26

Question 1

biome

Answer 1

terrestrial biotic communities considered on a global or continental scale

Question 2

Tundra

Answer 2

occupies vast areas of the earths land surfaces (about 20% in all). Has a treeless appearance

Question 3

Permafrost

Answer 3

apparent in tundras. permanently frozen soil

Question 4

Vegetation of arctic tundra

Answer 4

dwarf shrubs, grasses, sedges, mosses, lichens

Question 5

Animals of the tundra

Answer 5

lemmings, arctic foxes, snow owls, shrews, marmots

Question 6

Taiga

Answer 6

“wet forest”, also referred to as a northern coniferous or boreal forest

Question 7

taiga location

Answer 7

adjacent to and south of the arctic tundra

Question 8

Taiga vegetation

Answer 8

evergreen trees

Question 9

Taiga animals

Answer 9

variety of birds, rodents, and larger mammals (moose, deer)

Question 10

Temperate deciduous forest

Answer 10

located mostly in north America, consists of deciduous trees.

Question 11

animals of temperate deciduous forest

Answer 11

squirrels, deer, birds, raccoon

Question 12

Mountain coastal forest trees

Answer 12

deciduous and evergreens

Question 13

mountain coastal forest animals

Answer 13

rodents, bears, mountain lions, bobcats, mule deer, elk

Question 14

grasslands are found

Answer 14

to the interior of continental masses

Question 15

Prairies

Answer 15

north American grasslands

Question 16

grassland animals

Answer 16

gophers, mice, jackrabbits, buffalo, birds

Question 17

deserts occur

Answer 17

where precipitation is low and heat is high

Question 18

desert animals

Answer 18

snakes, kangaroo rats, lizards

Question 19

Tropical rain forest

Answer 19

high precipitation, high heat. about 5% of earths surfaces

Question 20

Tropical rain forest animals

Answer 20

tropical birds, monkey, snakes, lizards, bats

Question 21

savanna

Answer 21

transitional area between desert and prarie

Question 22

savanna plants

Answer 22

grass species, some trees and shrubs

Question 23

savanna animals

Answer 23

zebras, lions, giraffes, reptiles, vultures, ostriches

Question 24

Chaparral

Answer 24

found in California and in the baja California peninsula of mexico.

Question 25

chaparral plants

Answer 25

shrubs that are shorter than trees of forest biomes and have a woody stem with no dominant trunk

Question 26

chaparral animals

Answer 26

coyote, gray fox, mountain lion, spotted skunk