Types Of Biomes

Question 1

Tundra climate

Answer 1

Temperature below 0 degrees for most of the year and only reaches around 10 degree in the summer

Low precipitation, often less than 250mm

Short daylight hours in winter

Question 2

Tundra vegetation

Answer 2

Few plants can live here mostly lichen and moss

Trees and rare and stunted

Question 3

Boreal forest climate

Answer 3

Mild summers (generally 10-20 degrees) very cold winters, well below 0 degrees

Low precipitation (less than 500mm) mainly in summer

Question 4

Boreal forest vegetation

Answer 4

Coniferous trees such as pine

Question 5

Temperate forest climate

Answer 5

Warm summers (around 18 degrees), cool winters (around 5 degrees)

Precipitation all year (around 1000mm)

Question 6

Temperate forest vegetation

Answer 6

Deciduous trees such as oak

Question 7

Temperate grasslands climate

Answer 7

Hot in summer (25 degrees), very cold in winter (as lower as 40 degrees)

500-900mm of rainfall per year, most in late spring and summer

Question 8

Temperate grassland vegetation

Answer 8

Short grasses with very few trees and bushes

Question 9

Desert climate

Answer 9

Very hot all year(above 30 degrees) but cool nights (large diurnal temperature range)

very low rainfall (less than 250mm per year)

Question 10

Desert vegetation

Answer 10

Plants are scares and have water storing features ,spines, instead of leaves and extensive root systems

Question 11

Tropical grassland climate

Answer 11

Hot all year (25-35 degress)

500-1000mm of rainfall per year but always with a dry seasons

Question 12

Tropical grassland vegetation

Answer 12

Tall grasses, with some drought adapted shrubs and tress (e,g baobab)

Question 13

Tropical forest climate

Answer 13

Hot all year (25-35 degress)

Wet all year annual precipitation (200-300mm)

Question 14

Tropical forest vegetation

Answer 14

Dense forest with several layers of trees with other plants competing for light