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Biomes Jeopardy
Forests
Deserts
Grasslands
Tundra/Taiga
Aquatic
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Final Jeopardy
FINAL JEOPARDY
• ANSWER: Name 3 places in which
Wetlands are found
• QUESTION: Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi
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Forest-100
• QUESTION: Trees that drop their
leaves in the fall
• ANSWER: Deciduous Trees
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Forest-200
• QUESTION:3 main forest biomes of the
world:
• Answer: tropical, temperate, and
coniferous
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Forest-300
• ANSWER: Emergent Layer
• QUESTION: Top foliage layer in a forest
where the trees extend above surrounding
trees.
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Forest-400
• QUESTION: Name one threat to rainforests
• ANSWER:Every minute of every day, 100 acres
of tropical rainforest are cleared for logging
operations, agriculture, and oil exploration.
• Exotic pet trading robs the rain forests of rare and
valuable plant and animal species only found
there.
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Forest-500
• ANSWER: Temperate Rainforest
• QUESTION: Characterized by
– cool, humid weather and abundant rainfall
– where tree branches are draped with mosses
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Desert-100
• QUESTION: Describe desert conditions
• ANSWER: regions that have little or no
vegetation, long periods without rain, and
extreme temperatures.
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Desert-200
• QUESTION: Name one adaptation of
desert plants
• ANSWER: Have thick, fleshy stems and leaves that
conserve water.
• Waxy coating to prevent water loss, while sharp spines on
the plant keep animals away.
• Many plant roots spread out just under the surface to
absorb as much rain as possible.
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Desert-300
• QUESTION: Name one adaptation of
desert animals
• ANSWER: Scales, Body armor of insects,
nocturnal
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Desert-400
• QUESTION: Amphibians do this to
survive the dry season
• ANSWER: Estivate
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Desert-500
• QUESTION: Why are deserts located
near mountains?
• ANSWER: Rainshadow Effect
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Grasslands-100
• Question: Plains full of grasses and
scattered trees and shrubs that are found in
tropical and subtropical habitats.
• Answer: Savannah
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Grasslands-200
• Question: Name one adaptation of
savannah plants
• Answer: Some plants have large horizontal root
systems to help them survive the dry season.
• The grasses also have coarse vertical leaves that expose
less surface area to help conserve water, while some trees
shed their leaves.
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Grasslands-300
• Question: How are grasslands linked to
the Dust Bowl?
• Answer: Grasses held soil in place
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Grasslands-400
• Question: Temperate woodland biome
with vegetation that includes broad leafed
evergreen shrubs and is located in areas
with hot, dry summers and mild, wet
winters
• Answer: Chaparral
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Grasslands-500
• Question: Name one adaptation of
chaparral plants
• Answer: These plants have small, leathery
leaves that contain oils that promote burning,
allowing natural fires to destroy competing trees.
• Chaparral plants are well adapted to fire and can
re-sprout from small bits of surviving plant tissue
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Tundra/Taiga-100
• Question: Treeless plain that is located in
the Arctic or Antarctic and that is
characterized by very low winter
temperatures, short, cool summers, and
vegetation that consists of grasses, lichens,
and perennial herbs.
• Tundra
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Tundra/Taiga-200
• Question: Permanently frozen layer of soil
or subsoil and can be found in the tundra
regions.
• Answer: Permafrost
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Tundra/Taiga-300
• Question: Type of tree in taiga. Give one
adaptation.
• Answer: Coniferous. Needle-like leaves
and waxy coating. Needles create acidic
soil
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Tundra/Taiga-400
• ANSWER: Snakes eating mice is an
example of this.
• QUESTION: What is predation?
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Tundra/Taiga-500
• Question: Taiga growing season can be as
short as ___ days
• Answer: 50
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Aquatic-100
• Question: The types of organisms in an
aquatic ecosystem are mainly determined by
the water’s what?
• Answer: Salinity
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Aquatic-200
• Question: Three main groups of aquatic
organisms
• Answer: Nekton, Plankton, Benthos
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Aquatic-300
• Question: The two main types of
freshwater wetlands
• Answer: Wetlands and Marshes
• Freshwater wetlands are areas of land that are
covered with fresh water for part of the year
• Coastal land areas that are covered by salt water
for all or part of the time are known as coastal
wetlands.
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Aquatic-400
• Question:4 factors that determine which
organisms live in which area of the water.
• Answer: Temperature, sunlight, oxygen,
and nutrients
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Aquatic-500
• Questions: What are estuaries and why
are they important?
• Answer:
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Review
- Corals
-Characteristics of Biomes
-What was lesson goal for all of biomes?
-Factors and how they interact in each biome
-Adverse effects of humans
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