Biomes Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

Vocabulary Climate Animals Vegetation Picture It! 10 20 30 40 50

Vocabulary - 10 A distinctive area of land that houses plants and animals that are suitable for that climate.

Vocabulary – 10 What is a biome?

Vocabulary - 20 A weather condition in an area over a long period of time.

Vocabulary – 20 What is climate?

Vocabulary - 30 The plants belonging to an area or region

Vocabulary – 30 What is vegetation?

Vocabulary - 40 A change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation.

Vocabulary – 40 What is an adaptation?

Vocabulary - 50 All the living organisms that exist together in a particular area.

Vocabulary – 50 What is an ecosystem?

Climate - 10 This biome’s has warm/hot days but cold nights because of the lack of clouds.

Climate – 10 What is the desert?

Climate - 20 This biome produces rain for the majority of the year, which makes it very humid!

Climate – 20 What is the rainforest?

Climate - 30 Which forest biome, goes through the most typical season changes?

Climate – 30 What is the temperate deciduous forest?

Climate - 40 Describe the temperature of the Tundra during the winter and summer months.

Climate – 40 What is during the winter the temperature is well below freezing! The summer months are not as bad, but they are still chilly and stay around 50 degrees F?

Climate - 50 The climate of this biome is usually cold and dry.

Climate – 50 What is the taiga?

Animals - 10 Animals such as the bison, antelope, and prairie dogs call this biome home.

Animals – 10 What are the grasslands?

Animals - 20 A few of the animals found in this community are the bears, elk, moose, and wolves.

Animals – 20 What is the Taiga?

Animals - 30 Name three types of animals that live in the desert.

Animals – 30 What are… Answers will vary. Examples: snakes, lizards, jackrabbits, camels

Animals - 40 In the tundra, why do some of the animals furs change from white to brown tones?

Animals – 40 What is during the cold, snowy months the animals in the tundra adapt to their surroundings with white fur. This will keep them safe from their predators. When the snow melts away, their fur will change back to earth tones to match their surroundings?

Animals - 50 This biome houses more species than any other biome. There are so many different types that can be found, that some haven’t even been classified yet!

Animals – 50 What is the rainforest?

Vegetation - 10 Tell me about deciduous trees.

Vegetation – 10 What is they loose their leaves?

Vegetation - 20 Name the three biomes that do not have a lot, if any trees.

Vegetation – 20 What are the Tundra, Desert, and Grasslands?

Vegetation - 30 This __________ biome houses so many trees that it blocks the _________ from reaching the forest floor.

Vegetation – 30 What is the Rainforest and Sun?

Vegetation - 40 It is so cold in the Taiga that the trees have what on them to protect them from the harsh winters?

Vegetation – 40 What are needles?

Vegetation - 50 Describe the vegetation in the Tundra.

Vegetation – 50 What is there are not any trees in the Tundra because of the frozen soil. Plants can not grow deep roots or tall stems so there are mainly just shrubs?

Picture It! - 10

Picture it! – 10 What is the grassland biome?

Picture It! - 20

Picture It! – 20 What is the deciduous forest?

Picture it! - 30 Which biome does this picture represent?

Picture It! – 30 What is the Rainforest?

Picture it! - 40 Which forest biome is located mostly in the red shaded area?

Picture it! – 40 What is the Taiga?

Picture it! - 50 Which biome does this picture represent? What season? What animal is pictured?

Answer 5 – 50 What is the Tundra? What is the Summer? What is the Caribou?