Biomes and Adaptations

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7th Grade

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Rachael Lasky

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Biomes and Adaptations

What is a Biome?

Groups of ecosystems Characterized by similar climate (average weather conditions) and organisms living there

Multiple Choice

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

Land

Water

Climate

Longitude

Multiple Choice

A large ecosystem is called a ______

Ecosystem

Habitat

Biome

Niche

Review: Deciduous Forest

Trees lose leaves in the winter
Trees have big, broad leaves to absorb sun in the summer
4 seasons

Review: Taiga

Tall, Triangular Coniferous Trees
Very cold!
Lots of snow

Review: Tropical Rainforest

Highest biodiversity
Lots of rain
Green year round!
Found by equator

Multiple Choice

Which biome produces over 50% of the world's oxygen?

Rainforest

Temperate Forest

Grasslands

Taiga

Multiple Choice

Which biome has 4 seasons?

Taiga

Tundra

Grasslands

Temperate Forest

Multiple Choice

Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?

Temperate Forest

Rainforest

Tundra

Grasslands

Multiple Choice

Which biome has deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves)?

Temperate Forest

Rainforest

Grasslands

Taiga

Multiple Choice

A large ecosystem is called a/an ---

Ecosystem.

Habitat.

Biome.

Niche.

Review: Grassland

Lots of grasses
Soil is rich
Used for farmland

Multiple Choice

Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?

Grasslands

Tundra

Rainforest

Temperate Forest

Review: Desert

Poor soil
Hot days and Cold nights
Water is scarce

Review: Tundra

COLD
Layer of permafrost (permanently frozen ground)
NO trees

Multiple Choice

Which biome has permafrost?

Temperate Forest

Rainforest

Taiga

Tundra

Multiple Choice

Which biome is characterized by coniferous trees, such as spruce, fir and pine as the dominant species of plant growth?

taiga

tropical rain forest

tundra

desert

Multiple Choice

Some plants have spines to help protect them from predators.

Why did these plants develop this adaptation?

They needed sun and nutrients.

They needed water.

They needed protection.

They needed to reproduce.

Multiple Choice

Some desert plants have waxy leaves to help them retain water.

Why did these plants develop this adaptation?

They needed sun and nutrients.

They needed water.

They needed protection.

They needed to reproduce.

Multiple Choice

Some rainforest vines grow up the trunk of trees to get closer to the sunlight.

Why did this plant develop this adaptation?

It needed sun and nutrients.

It needed water.

It needed protection.

It needed to reproduce.

Multiple Choice

Traveling done by an animal to find food and water.
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

Camouflage

Migration

Hibernation

Locomotion

Multiple Choice

A resting state through the winter.
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

Locomotion

Hibernation

Migration

Defense

Multiple Choice

Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

Desert

Temperate forest

Grassland

Tropical Rainfroest

Multiple Choice

How do adaptations help animals?

To escape animals

to hunt for food

to survive in their habitats

All of these are correct

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