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11.4 Limiting Factors
Skill Challenge
Skills: classifying, identifying
Decide whether each limiting factor listed below directly affects plants or animals
or both. Complete the table by placing check marks in the correct columns.
LIMITING FACTORS
Factor
Affects Plants
Affects Animals
1. Amount of water
2. Amount of sunlight
3. Amount of food
4. Type of soil
5. Proper temperature
6. Shelter
7. Animals in area
8. Plants in area
11-5 What are biomes?
Lesson Review
Write true if the statement is true. If the statement is false, change the underlined
term to make the statement true.
___________________ 1. A biome that has permanently frozen soil is the desert.
___________________ 2. A large region of Earth with particular plant and animal communities is
called a taiga.
___________________ 3. The average weather in an area over a long period of time is the area’s
climate.
___________________ 4. The biome, which is made up largely of trees that shed their leaves in the
fall, is the coniferous forest biome.
___________________ 5. Pine trees are a feature of the coniferous forest biome.
___________________ 6. The tropical rain forests are located in regions near the equator.
___________________ 7. A biome that has hot-to-moderate temperatures and very little rainfall is
the tropical rain forest biome.
___________________ 8. Large herds of animals often are found grazing in deserts.
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Living Things and the Environment: CHAPTER 11