Biomes Vocab

Question 1

a woodland with lots of rain and moisture, found in warm tropical places around the equator.

Answer 1

Tropical Rainforest

Question 2

a woodland usually with lots of rain but has a dominant tree unlike a tropical rainforest

Answer 2

temperate rainforest

Question 3

the type of forest we have around these parts

Answer 3

temperate deciduous forest

Question 4

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

Answer 4

taiga

Question 5

dry open grasslands in africa where zebra, giraffes and other african animals live

Answer 5

savanna

Question 6

alot of types of grasslands as a whole

Answer 6

temperate grassland

Question 7

plant life that consists of thorns and twisted shrubs

Answer 7

chaparral

Question 8

biome full of sand where cactus grow

Answer 8

desert

Question 9

cold biome with lots of snow and mostly just coniferous trees

Answer 9

tundra

Question 10

collections of still water that are not nearly as big as seas and oceans

Answer 10

lakes and ponds

Question 11

areas like here in Braham where the land is mushy and watery

Answer 11

marshes and swampland

Question 12

bodies of water that moves

Answer 12

rivers

Question 13

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream

Answer 13

estuary

Question 14

places in the ocean with lots of coral and fish species and is basically a city underwater

Answer 14

coral reef

Question 15

the main body of the ocean

Answer 15

open ocean

Question 16

part of water that is right next to the shore where the sunlight goes through the water into the sediment causing the plants to grow

Answer 16

littoral zone

Question 17

lowest level of a body of water

Answer 17

benthic zone

Question 18

a species of animal introduced into an ecosystem by unnatural means causing chaos in the natural order

Answer 18

invasive species

Question 19

a species that is near extinction or has very few in numbers left alive today

Answer 19

endangered species

Question 20

destruction and extinction of a species on a massive scale

Answer 20

mass extinction