Biomes Video
Name:
1. Geographical areas filled with a major community of plants and animals are known as what?
2. What type of trees must lose their leaves in autumn so to prevent water loss during the frozen winters?
3. What biome has nutrient rich soil and is most often used for agriculture (it is often called the “breadbasket of the
world”)?
4. What type of trees are able to keep their leaves all year and survive cold snowy winters (do not say “evergreens”)?
5. Why are there no trees in the Tundra?
6. Where does less than 1/100 of 1% of the Earth’s fresh water exist?
7. List the 5 types of ocean biomes presented in this program.
8. True or False? In some parts of the world the chaparral biome is best represented by evergreen shrubs that are able
to survive the destructive forces of floods.
9. True or False? Reptiles, mammals, and a huge variety of insects compete fiercely in the rain forest for nutrients.
10. True or False? To survive in the hot day time periods in the desert, some animals burrow in the cool ground.
Biomes Video
Name:
1. Geographical areas filled with a major community of plants and animals are known as what?
2. What type of trees must lose their leaves in autumn so to prevent water loss during the frozen winters?
3. What biome has nutrient rich soil and is most often used for agriculture (it is often called the “breadbasket of the
world”)?
4. What type of trees are able to keep their leaves all year and survive cold snowy winters (do not say “evergreens”)?
5. Why are there no trees in the Tundra?
6. Where does less than 1/100 of 1% of the Earth’s fresh water exist?
7. List the 5 types of ocean biomes presented in this program.
8. True or False? In some parts of the world the chaparral biome is best represented by evergreen shrubs that are able
to survive the destructive forces of floods.
9. True or False? Reptiles, mammals, and a huge variety of insects compete fiercely in the rain forest for nutrients.
10. True or False? To survive in the hot day time periods in the desert, some animals burrow in the cool ground.
Life of a Forest: The Birth of a Forest
Name:
1. What do you call trees that bear their seeds in cones?
2. What kind of trees lose their leaves?
3. Weather conditions, rainfall and the amount of soil all play a role determining the type of ________ that
grows there.
4. What are the pioneers species that emit acids to dissolve granite rock?
5. Good soil not only consists of rock particles but also must contain __________________
6. List the ingredients (called reactants) for photosynthesis.
7. What type of tree would be the first to grow in shallow, arid soil?
8. What is the changing or giving away from one plant species to another is called
__________________________.
9. What can reverse the process of succession?
10. Name 1 interesting fact.
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Life of a Forest: The Birth of a Forest
Name:
1. What do you call trees that bear their seeds in cones?
2. What kind of trees lose their leaves?
3. Weather conditions, rainfall and the amount of soil all play a role determining the type of ________ that
grows there.
4. What are the pioneers species that emit acids to dissolve granite rock?
5. Good soil not only consists of rock particles but also must contain __________________
6. List the ingredients (called reactants) for photosynthesis.
7. What type of tree would be the first to grow in shallow, arid soil?
8. What is the changing or giving away from one plant species to another is called
__________________________.
9. What can reverse the process of succession?
10. Name 1 interesting fact.
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