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