4-3 Biomes
Name _____________________________________
1. What is a biome? _____________________________________________________________________________
biomes are characterized by certain ______________ and _______________ conditions
2. What is an adaptation ? _________________________________________________________________________
3. What organ helps kangaroo rats conserve water? ______________________
4. The ability to survive and reproduce under non-optimal conditions is called _________________________________
5. Fig 4-10. What is the average temperature in New Orleans in February? __________
What month has the most rainfall? ___________________
6. What are the two main components of climate? _________________________________________________
7. View the world map, Fig 4-11 to answer the following:
a. What biome takes up the majority of the north part of South America? __________________________
b. What biome makes up Northern Africa and the Middle East? ______________________________
c. Most of Canada is what biome? ____________________________________
d. What biome do you find north of most of the Boreal Forests of the world? _____________________
Tropical Rain Forest
8. The leafy tops of the trees in the rain forest form the _____________________________
9. Name two types of snakes you might find in a tropical rain forest? _________________________________________
Tropical Dry Forest
10. What is a deciduous tree? __________________________________________________________________
11. What large predator would you find in a tropical dry forest? ______________________________
Tropical Savanna
12. The savanna is characterized by a cover of _______________________
13. What causes many of the fires in the savanna? ____________________________________
Desert
14. How is an area defined as a desert? __________________________________
15. What plants dominate in the desert? __________________________
Temperate Grassland
16. What are two other names for a temperate grassland? ________________________________________________
17. Name two predators that exist in a temperate grassland (current) _________________________________________
Temperate Woodland & Shrubland
18. What is a chaparral ? _______________________________________________________________
19. Where in the US do you find a chaparral? ___________________________________________________
Temperate Forest
20. What is a conifer? ______________________________________________________________________
21. Material formed from decaying leaves that can make soil fertile is called ___________________________
Northwestern Coniferous Forest
22. What is another name for this type of forest? _____________________________________________
23. What large herbivores live in this biome? _____________________________________
Boreal Forest
24. Where do most boreal forests occur? _______________________________ (what does the word “boreal” mean)
25. What is another name for this biome? ______________________________
Tundra
26. What is permafrost? ____________________________________________________________________________
27. Name two types of plants that can be found on the tundra? _____________________________________________
Other Land Areas
28. Why would you find many types of biomes on a mountain range? ________________________________________
29. Name two mammals that live in the polar regions? ____________________________________
30. What bird lives in the southern polar region? ___________________________________________
Matching: For each animal, determine what biome you would find it in
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_________________________ Caribou
_________________________ Toucan
_________________________ Lynx
_________________________Whitetail deer
_________________________Roadrunner
2. _________________________ Prairie Dog
4. _________________________ White Rhinoceros
6. _________________________ Black Bear
8. _________________________ Hyena
10. _________________________ Jaguar