Lesson 3-Biomes

Question 0

Climate

Answer 0

The average annual temperature and amount of precipitation

Question 1

Biome

Answer 1

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

Question 2

Desert

Answer 2

An area that receives less than 25 cm of rain per year

Question 3

Rain forest

Answer 3

Forests in which large amounts of rain fall year-round

Question 4

Emergent layer

Answer 4

The tallest layer of the rain forest which receives the most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters

Question 5

Canopy

Answer 5

Trees underneath the emergent layer that form a leafy roof (up to 50 meters tall)

Question 6

Understory

Answer 6

Blow the canopy, a layer of shorter trees and vines around 15 meters high

Question 7

Grassland

Answer 7

An area that is populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants

Question 8

Savannah

Answer 8

Receives as much as 120 cm of rain each year

Question 9

Deciduous trees

Answer 9

Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year

Question 10

Boreal forests

Answer 10

Dense forests found in the upper regions of the northern hemisphere

Question 11

Coniferous trees

Answer 11

Trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles

Question 12

Tundra

Answer 12

An extremely cold and dry biome

Question 13

Permafrost

Answer 13

Frozen soil