Reread pp. 142-145 and answer the questions below.
1. What is the scientific name for all the different areas of the earth where life can exist and the living organisms that live there?
2. Why does every living creature have exactly the right living conditions that it needs?
3. What is a biome?
4. What are some examples of biomes?
5. How is a biome related to the biosphere?
6. What is one reason that creationary scientists work with biomes?
7. What is the climate?
8. Why is climate important to a biome?
9. What might happen to a plant or animal that is moved from its natural biome?
10. In which hemisphere are most biomes found?
11. Why are there more biomes in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere?
12. Which biome is the coldest?
13. Where is the tundra located?
13. For about how many months of the year are temperatures in the tundra below freezing?
14. What is permafrost?
15.Can trees grow on the tundra? Why?
16. Describe the climate of the tundra.
17. When snow melts, why does the water remain on the surface of the tundra?
18. How is this surface water used?
19. How do red leaves help a plant stay warmer?
20. Why are most plants on the tundra small?
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