Chapter 6.3 vocab and questiones. Grassland, Desert, and Tundra Biomes
Instructions: Define all vocabulary words and answer all questions.
For Honors Students: Make an outline of the chapter section but make sure it contains the following vocabulary and answers the following questions.
Assigned Tuesday, November 4th, 2007. Due Wednesday, December 5th.
Vocabulary:
Savanna
Temperate grassland
Chaparral
Desert
Succulent
Estivating
Tundra
Permafrost
Questions:
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What biomes replace forests when there is less rain?
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Figure 16:
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When are the rainy seasons in this sananna?
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What is the average temperature on this savanna?
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When are animals most active on a savanna?
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What role does fire play on a savanna?
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What are some adaptations plants have made to live on a savanna?
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What are some adaptations animals have made to live on a savanna?
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What is difference between a tropical and temperate grassland?
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What is important about the soil of temperate grasslands?
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Figure 18: Temperate grasslands
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What is the rain pattern in this grassland?
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What is the total rainfall in this temperate grassland?
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What is the average temperature November?
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Where on continents are temperate grasslands located?
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Why are there so few trees on grasslands?
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What is the dominant vegetation on grassland?
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What are some characteristics of animals in temperate grassland?
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How have farming and overgrazing threatened grasslands?
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What distinguishes chaparral from grasslands?
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Figure 24: chaparral
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When is the rainy season for this chaparral?
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What is the temperature like throughout the year?
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Chaparral typically have a Mediteranean climate. What is a mediterranean climate?
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What are adaptations that animals of chaparral have made?
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What is the greatest threat to chaparral biomes?
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Why are deserts so dry?
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Figure 25: Dessert
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What is the total rainfall in this dessert?
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What is the average high temperature there?
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What type of adaptations do plants make to live in the desert?
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What type of adaptations do animals make to live in the desert?
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When are desert animals most active?
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Where is the tundra located?
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Figure 27: Tundra
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What is the total amount of precipitation here?
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Why don’t trees grow here?
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Why are plants of the tundra so short?
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What adaptations have animals made to live on the tundra?
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Why are tundra so sensitive to human disruption?
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Do math practice on page 163.