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Savanna & Tundra Biomes
Chapter 6.3 (Pg 165-166 & 172-173)
1. What can you typically tell about biomes that are dominated by smaller plants?
2. What types of vegetation can be found in a savanna?
3. How many months of the year does a savanna, like Nairobi, Kenya, receive more than 10cm of rain?
4. List five animals that can be found in a savanna.
5. How can plants survive long droughts in the savanna?
6. How do plants protect themselves from herbivores in a savanna?
7. List two strategies that are used by animals in the savanna to survive.
8. How many months of the year does a tundra, like Reykjavik, Iceland, receive more than 10cm of rain?
9. Describe the problem that permafrost causes for plants growing in the tundra.
10. Why do moss and lichen grow well in the tundra?
11. Why do so many other types of vegetation grow low to the ground in the tundra?
12. Describe a food chain using three organisms from the tundra.
13. Give two adaptations that animals use to survive in the tundra.
14. Explain why it would take a much longer time for plant life to recover from a disaster in the tundra
compared with other biomes such as the temperate forest that we live in.
15. What three activities are humans considering that could cause serious damage to the Alaskan tundra?
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Skeleton, Muscle, Skin, Hair and Nails
Chapter 37.2-37.4 (Pg 850-864)
1. How many bones form the axial skeleton? Give three examples.
2. How many bones form the appendicular skeleton? Give three examples.
3. What is the purpose of red bone marrow?
4. Draw and label the image of the bone shown in Figure 4 on page 851.
5. Explain how bones are formed and develop over time.
6. What happens to a person’s skeletal system once he/she reaches the age of 35?
7. Compare and contrast ligaments and tendons.
8. Compare and contrast a flexor to an extensor.
9. List two substances that can be used as a source of energy for the body during exercise.
10. What is the largest organ in the human body?
11. How does your body deal with damage to the epidermis?
12. Draw and label the image of the bone shown in Figure 15 on page 861.
13. Where are hair and nails created by the body?