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6.1 Defining Biomes Answer Key Pdf

Question: A grouping ecosystem with similar abiotic and biotic factors.

Answer: Biome

Question: The average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given time.

Answer: Climate

Question: The day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere.

Answer: Weather

Question: A diagram that shows an area's average temperature and precipitation.

Answer: Climatograph

Question: An organic matter, or biomass, that remains after cellular respiration.

Answer: Net Primary Production

Question: The dense covering of trees, 50 to 80 meters above the ground, in the rain forest.

Answer: Canopy

Question: The few tall trees that extend above the canopy in a rain forest.

Answer: Emergent Layer

Question: The shorter trees and plants found in a tropical rain forest.

Answer: Understory

Question: A tree that loses its leaves and stops photosynthesis during part of the year.

Answer: Deciduous

Question: The deep sleeplike state that an animal enters when conditions are dry.

Answer: Estivation

Question: An animal that kills and eats other animals.

Answer: Carnivore

Question: A tree bearing cones that typically does not loose its leaves.

Answer: Conifrous

Question: A deep sleeplike state that an animal enters during the winter.

Answer: Hibernation

Question: Permanently frozen soil.

Answer: Permafrost

Question: 77-81 degrees all year round. Rain: 300 mm between April through October, November through March around 400 mm Conditions: hot and rainy.

Answer: Tropical Rain Forest

Question: Consistently 86 degrees all year round. Rain: 70 millimeters November, December through February 200 millimeters, decreases to 0 millimeters during May through October. Conditions: hot and dry.

Answer: Tropical Dry Forest

Question: November - March 68 F decreases May through September to about 59 F. Rain: November - March 200mm April through October is around 0 m. Conditions: cold and rainy.

Answer: Savannah

Question: 82 degrees during August, and the lowest it gets is 50 degrees in January. Rain: 9.8 inches per year. Conditons: dry and hot.

Answer: Desert

Question: November-March 46 degrees increases to 80 degrees in August then decreases. Rain: November-March 80mm, April-September is around 300mm. Conditions: Normal temperatures; rainy.

Answer: Temperate Rain Forest

Question: 45 degrees from September through February and 63 degrees from March through August. Rain: 71mm of rain September through February and 79 from March through August. Conditions: Normal temperatures; Normal Precipitation.

Answer: Temperate Forest

Question: 73 F. In Nov. through May. It is 86 F. In mid May through June. Sept. - May is about 15mm and May - July is about 30mm. Conditions: hot and normal amount of precipitation.

Answer: Temperate Grassland

Question: 59*F Nov through May increases 75 degrees in July. 80 mm in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, March decrease to around 0 for the remaining months. Conditions: Mostly colder temperatures and dry.

Answer: Chaparral

Question: High: 59 Degrees Fahrenheit in July, Low: 23 Degrees Fahrenheit in December. Temperature increases in mid February and decreases in mid August. High: 70 mm in July, Low: 20 mm in December. Precipitation increases in April, and decreases in mid July. Conditions: cold and rainy(kinda).

Answer: Boreal Forest (Taiga)

Question: A low of -4℉(Nov-Jan) a high of 41℉(Feb-Oct). A low of 10 mm (Nov-April) a high of 36 mm (May-Oct). Conditions: cold and dry.

Answer: Tundra