Biomes

Question 1

Grassland

Answer 1

a large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing.

Question 2

Taiga

Answer 2

the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America.

Question 3

Tundra

Answer 3

a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

Question 4

Desert

Answer 4

a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation.

Question 5

Deciduous Forest

Answer 5

Temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year.

Question 6

Tropical Rain Forest

Answer 6

a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous canopy —called also tropical rain forest. 2 : temperate rain forest.