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What’s in a name? Weather or Not Awesome Animals Plant Yourself Think Globally 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 The two alternate names of a coniferous forest

Answer 1 – 10 What are taiga and boreal?

Question 1 - 20 The middle word of this biome’s name refers to the annual dropping of tree leaves

Answer 1 – 20 What is the temperate deciduous forest?

Question 1 - 30 The general name of this category of biomes means very few trees can survive there

Answer 1 – 30 What are grasslands?

Question 1 - 40 The name of this biome is often misspelled as something sweet eaten after a meal

Answer 1 – 40 What is a desert?

Question 1 - 50 As indicated by part of its name, this biome has more precipitation than any other land biome.

Answer 1 – 50 What is the tropical rain forest?

Question 2 - 10 Usually the hottest and driest of all the land biomes

Answer 2 – 10 What is the desert?

Question 2 - 20 Warm in summer, cold in winter, moderate amount of rain makes this forest a peachy place to live!

Answer 2 – 20 What is the temperate deciduous forest?

Question 2 - 30 Never really hot, so that the permafrost a few feet below the surface never thaws from its extremely cold winters

Answer 2 – 30 What is the tundra?

Question 2 - 40 Forest that is warm all year, with no real seasonal changes

Answer 2 – 40 What is the tropical rain forest?

Question 2 - 50 Extremely cold in winter, with summers warm enough to support trees and a low amount of precipitation

Answer 2 – 50 What is the taiga? Or boreal or coniferous forest

Question 3 - 10 Animals that live here are often nocturnal or have other adaptations to survive the hot dry days

Answer 3 – 10 What is the desert?

Question 3 - 20 Because of the open land with much small vegetation, many grazing animals live here.

Answer 3 – 20 What is the grasslands? Or savanna or temperate grasslands

Question 3 - 30 Few animals stay active during the winter here; most migrate, hibernate, or have extremely thick fur

Answer 3 – 30 What is the tundra?

Question 3 - 40 Because of the layers of life here, some animals may never leave the tree they were born in, while others never see the sun on the forest floor.

Answer 3 – 40 What is the tropical rain forest?

Question 3 - 50 Animals that live in this forest must be able to adapt to cold winters with some days below freezing, but also to hot summers.

Answer 3 – 50 What is the temperate deciduous forest?

Question 4 - 10 Plants that live here must be able to survive on very little rainfall; plants are usually small and have no leaves

Answer 4 – 10 What is the desert?

Question 4 - 20 Beautiful forests of fir, spruce, and other needled trees live here.

Answer 4 – 20 What is the taiga/boreal/coniferous forest?

Question 4 - 30 Brightly colored flowers, trees whose branches reach up toward the sun, and vines growing on the forest floor are common in this many-layered forest.

Answer 4 – 30 What is the tropical rain forest?

Question 4 - 40 Plants which live here usually live only a few months out of the year, since the growing season is very short.

Answer 4 – 40 What is the tundra?

Question 4 - 50 This biome is named after its main, low-water plant.

Answer 4 – 50 What are grasslands?

Question 5 - 10 This biome is named for its location, which is almost always close to the equator.

Answer 5 – 10 What is the tropical rain forest?

Question 5 - 20 This biome is found either near the poles or on top of high mountains.

Answer 5 – 20 What is the tundra?

Question 5 - 30 Much of Canada is covered by this forest biome.

Answer 5 – 30 What is the taiga/coniferous forest/boreal?

Question 5 - 40 Much of northern Africa is covered by a huge example of this biome.

Answer 5 – 40 What is the desert?

Question 5 - 50 The midwestern United States grows lots of wheat, rye, and other grains in this biome.

Answer 5 – 50 What are grasslands?