D2.4

Question 1

Biome

Answer 1

A large geographical region with a particular range of temperature and precipitation levels and the plants and animals adapted to those climate conditions

Question 2

Closed system

Answer 2

Any system that exchanges energy with its surroundings but does not exchange matter

Question 3

Prairie

Answer 3

A subtype of the grassland biome found in North America Prairies have a cooler average temperature than savannas (the other subtype of the grassland biome)

Question 4

savanna

Answer 4

a subtype of the grassland biome found in Africa, Central America, and Australia, Savannas have distinct wet and dry seasons and a warmer average temperature than prairies (the other subtype of the grassland biome)

Question 5

Surroundings

Answer 5

Everything outside of a system system: a set of interconnected parts and an associated region containing these parts