Biomes Facts Matching Game 1. Very little rainfall, dry air Label each fact with the name of the biome it matches. ___desert____, ____tundra____ Some biomes will be used more than once. 7. Frequent wildfires ___grassland___, ___temperate deciduous forest___ 2. Only two seasons, wet and dry 8. Over half the Earth’s plants & animals are found here _____savanna______________ ___tropical rainforest___ 3. Very mild climate __temperate deciduous forest, grassland__ tropical rainforest 9. The land has little or no large trees temperate deciduous forest desert _desert_, _tundra_, _grassland_, _savanna_ tundra 4. Parts of the ground have permafrost all year long ________tundra_____________ taiga grassland 10. Covers 45% of the Earth’s surface ___open ocean___ savanna 5. Has very long, cold winters freshwater 11. The water has very high salt concentration __tundra____, ___taiga______ coastal ocean _open ocean__, _coastal ocean__ open ocean 6. A transitional biome 12. The water has very low salt concentration _desert_, _grassland_, _forest_ ___freshwater___ OR _tropical rainforest_, _temperate deciduous forest_, _taiga_ OR _freshwater_, _coastal ocean_, _open ocean_