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Which biome gets the most rain per year. |
tropical rain forest |
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Which biome has the coldest climate. |
tundra |
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Which biome is the largest. |
deciduous |
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In the ___________ it is very hot in the day, but really cold at night |
desert |
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the _________ have very few trees and is very flat. |
plain |
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Name three adaptations that an organism needs to live in the desert and why? |
Water, food, and shelter so they could live. |
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What are the adaptations of a camel in the desert. |
a camel can go without water for three to five days. |
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what are the six major biomes. |
deciduous, tundra, grassland, boreal, desert, and tropical forest. |
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Where are most boreal forests located. |
northern hemisphere |
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Where are most boreal forests located? |
Northern hemisphere |
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What is one adaptation that animals may have in the tundra? And why? |
Thick fur to keep warm |
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What are the six main biomes? |
Desert, tropical rain forest, Deciduous Forest, Boreal Forest, Tundra, Grasslands |
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What biome might you be in if you were standing on a bitterly cold, dry plain with only a few, short trees scattered around? |
Tundra |
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_________________ and ______________ are the two main factors that determine an area's biome. |
Climate and geography |
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the _____________________ is the highest part of a rain forest. |
Forest Canopy |
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_____________________trees are found mostly in the boreal forests. |
Coniferous |
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______________ in plant cells captures energy from sunlight. |
Chlorophyll |
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the captures light________, hydrogen and _______________________ are used to produce sugars. |
energy, carbon dioxide |
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An organism that makes its own food is an _______________. |
autotroph |
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Give an example of how energy from the sun gets into your cells? |
food, UV rays |
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Living things get energy directly from the sun by ____________ or indirectly by ____________. |
photosynthesis, food |
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Would you expect a plant to produce more oxygen on a sunny day or a cloudy day? Why? |
on a sunny day because more photosynthesis would occur |
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What are the sugars called that plants make for food |
fertilizer |
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Why do living things need energy? |
to carry out cell functions |
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What do you think would happen if you put a small seedling in a complete darkness for a month by kept all other environmental conditions the same? |
it would die |
