Biomes scavenger Hunt
Directions: Read the Questions quietly. Translate anything that you need to. Then,
walk around the room looking at the different biomes and try to find in the
Descriptions, answers to your questions.
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Question
Which biomes has very heavy rains, followed by a period of
drought that has crucial fires which instigate secondary
success, so grasses can dominate the landscape
This biome has plants that restrict their photosynthetic
activity to the stems. Some plants only at night when
evaporation rates are lowest. These plants include: yuccas,
ocotillo, turpentine bush, prickly pears, false mesquite,
sotol, open their stomata (microscopic openings in the
epidermis of leaves that allow for gas exchange) ephedras,
agaves and brittlebush.
Which biome is found high in the mountains, has
temperatures below freezing and a frozen layer of subsoil
(Horizon B), called Permafrost., and plants with shallow
root systems. It is also the most likely to be effected by the
loss of even a few primary producers are lost.
Which biome has giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, kangaroos,
mice, moles, gophers, ground squirrels, snakes, worms,
termites, beetles, lions, leopards, hyenas, and elephants
In which biome are the main plants are deciduous, most
having spiny leaves. Widely distributed animals are jack
rabbits, kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice,
grasshopper mice, and antelope ground squirrels?
6. This is the most frequently deforested biome. It is also the
most biodiverse forest and net primary productivity by
primary producers, as well as nutrient rich (unless it loses
its tress, and then its soils are quickly depleted of
nutrients).
7. This is the biome with the highest biodiversity of any
ecosystem, and includes marshes, bogs and swamps.
8. This biome has mostly conifer trees, is very cold and is
found on the broad belt of Eurasia and North America: twothirds in Siberia with the rest in Scandinavia, Alaska, and
Canada. Seasons are divided into short, moist, and
moderately warm summers and long, cold, and dry winters.
9. This Biome covers the greatest surface of the earth and is
divided into sections of intertidal, pelagic, abyssal, and
Answer
benthic.
10. The dominant vegetation in this biome are grasses . The
soil is deep and dark, with fertile upper layers. It is
nutrient-rich from the growth and decay of deep, manybranched grass roots. The rotted roots hold the soil
together and provide a food source for living plants.
11. Which Biomes do you think that you might like to use as a
setting for your story.