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Biomes:  The Secrets of Plants and Animal Survival

Directions:  Click on the web address above a set of questions to find the answers.  When you have completed the questions, click on the Back button on the top left side of the browser to return to this page on the Internet.
 
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm
1.  There are two types of rainforests.  Please name them and tell where each is found.
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Click on "Types of Rainforest" on the left side of the web page.  Explain what characteristics both types of rainforests share.
 
 
 
 
 
3. Below is a table found on the website, please fill it in with information
  Tropical Temperate
Temperatures    
Number of tree species    
Types of leaves    
Age of trees    
Epiphytes (Plants which grow above the ground)    
Decomposition Rate    
 
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/tundra/
4. Where is a tundra biome found and what is it like?
 
 
 
 
5.  Write three facts about a tundra biome.
 
 
 
 
 
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/
6. Describe a desert biome?
 
 
 
 
 
7. Click on Types of Deserts on the left side of the web page. Describe each type briefly.
 
 
 
 
 
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/
8.  Describe a temperate deciduous forest biome and explain where they are found.
 
 
 
 
 
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/grasslnd/
9. Describe what a grassland biome is like.
 
 
 
 
10.  Below is a table of the three types of Grassland biomes.  Please describe them.
Tall Grass Prairie

 

 
Mixed Grass Prairie 
 
 
Short Grass Prairie

 

 

 

11.  List some plants and animals that might be found in each of the biomes.  You will have to use the icons on the top of the page to move to the different biomes.
Biome Plants Animals
Rainforest  


 

 
Tundra
 

 

 
Taiga
 

 

 
Desert
 

 

 
Temperate Deciduous Forest


 
 
Grassland
 

 

 

Constructed by B Jones  Update: September 11, 2005