Biomes Vocabulary Quiz
algae
climate
desert
precipitation
transpiration
1. agriculture
2. biomes
3. deciduous
4. terrestrial
5. desert
6. grassland
7. latitude
8. precipitation
9. temperate
10. transpiration
11. aquatic
12. vents
13. decomposition
14. alpine
15. climate
16. predator
17. savanna
18. algae
19. ecosystem
20. tundra
21. community
22. coniferous
23. tropics
24. nutrient
agriculture
community
ecosystem
predator
tropics
Word Bank
alpine
coniferous
grassland
savanna
tundra
aquatic
deciduous
latitude
temperate
biomes
decomposition
nutrient
terrestrial
vents
large cultivation of the land
geographical areas filled with a major community of plant and
animal life
shedding its leaves annually
of or living on land
barren, often sandy, area
wide, grass-covered area with few trees
distance of a place from the equator, measured in degrees
condensation of water vapor
climate without extremes of heat and cold
loss of water by evaporation through a plant’s pores
taking place in or on water
openings in the earth found at the ocean’s bottom, look like
small volcanoes
the process by which organisms cause decay
of high mountains
those aspects of the weather such as temperature, rainfall,
and light which influence the life of organisms
animal that preys on another organism
grassy flat land in hot regions with few trees
marine or freshwater plants with no true stems or leaves
all the organisms present in a particular area, together with
their physical environment
a treeless geographical area where the subsoil is frozen
all the organisms living in a particular area
of cone-bearing trees, such as pines and their relatives.
line of latitude 24 degrees north or south of the equator
any chemical that an organism must take from its
environment in order to survive
Biomes Vocabulary Quiz
algae
climate
desert
precipitation
transpiration
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24.
agriculture
community
ecosystem
predator
tropics
Word Bank
alpine
coniferous
grassland
savanna
tundra
aquatic
deciduous
latitude
temperate
biomes
decomposition
nutrient
terrestrial
vents
large cultivation of the land
geographical areas filled with a major community of plant and
animal life
shedding its leaves annually
of or living on land
barren, often sandy, area
wide, grass-covered area with few trees
distance of a place from the equator, measured in degrees
condensation of water vapor
climate without extremes of heat and cold
loss of water by evaporation through a plant’s pores
taking place in or on water
openings in the earth found at the ocean’s bottom, look like
small volcanoes
the process by which organisms cause decay
of high mountains
those aspects of the weather such as temperature, rainfall,
and light which influence the life of organisms
animal that preys on another organism
grassy flat land in hot regions with few trees
marine or freshwater plants with no true stems or leaves
all the organisms present in a particular area, together with
their physical environment
a treeless geographical area where the subsoil is frozen
all the organisms living in a particular area
of cone-bearing trees, such as pines and their relatives.
line of latitude 24 degrees north or south of the equator
any chemical that an organism must take from its
environment in order to survive