<p>Name ______Date ______Biomes! Directions: Use the websites provided to help you answer these questions. Use: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php </p><p>1. What is a biome?</p><p>2. How are humans impacting biomes worldwide?</p><p>Use: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html </p><p>3. What are six main biomes found in the world?</p><p>4. Describe the characteristics of each of these biomes: a. Arctic Tundra: i. Precipitation:</p><p> ii. Permafrost:</p><p> iii. Active Layer:</p><p> iv. Why is there lots of surface water in the tundra during the summer?</p><p> v. Sunlight:</p><p> b. Deciduous Forest: i. Weather Patterns:</p><p> ii. Precipitation: iii. Vegetation:</p><p> iv. Soils:</p><p> v. Agriculture: c. Desert: i. Precipitation:</p><p> ii. Temperature Range:</p><p> iii. Temperature Variation: d. Tropical Rainforest: i. Precipitation:</p><p> ii. Why is rainforest soil so nutrient-poor?</p><p> e. Tropical Savannah: i. Seasons:</p><p> ii. Precipitation:</p><p> iii. Role of Fire:</p><p> iv. How have humans contributed to the creation of tropical savannahs?</p><p> f. Taiga: i. Seasonal changes:</p><p> ii. Topography of Northern Taiga:</p><p> iii. Soil: Use: http://www2.una.edu/geography/Reading_Institute/biomes/world_biomes.htm</p><p>5. Write the name of each biome and tell the region or continent in which it is found.</p><p>Use: http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/biome.html </p><p>6. Provide a few characteristics of 2 animals that can be found in each biome: a. Freshwater:</p><p> b. Tundra:</p><p> c. Desert:</p><p> d. Grasslands:</p><p> e. Tropical Rainforest: f. Coniferous Forest:</p><p> g. Marine:</p><p> h. Temperate Deciduous Forest:</p><p>Use: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/plants.htm</p><p>7. Describe the plant life in each biome. a. Tundra:</p><p> b. Taiga:</p><p> c. Steppe:</p><p> d. Grasslands:</p><p> e. Deciduous Forest:</p><p> f. Chaparral: g. Desert:</p><p> h. Savanna:</p><p> i. Rainforest:</p><p>Use: http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/rain3/rain3.html </p><p>8. Why are rainforest called rainforest?</p><p>Use: http://www.mbgnet.net </p><p>9. What are two challenges that desert animals face?</p><p>10. We currently live in the deciduous forest biome. If you had to move to a different biome, which one would you choose and why?</p>