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APES Biomes Questions and Answers Tundra treeless plains that are the coldest of all the biomes; occur in the arctic and Antarctica. Dominated by lichens, mosses, sedges, and dwarfed shrubs Characterized by extremely cold climate, permanently frozen ground (permafrost) low biotic diversity, simpl...

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APES Biomes Questions and Answers
Tundra - answer treeless plains that are the coldest of all the biomes; occur in the
arctic and Antarctica. Dominated by lichens, mosses, sedges, and dwarfed shrubs
Characterized by extremely cold climate, permanently frozen ground (permafrost) low
biotic diversity, simple vegetation structure, limitation of drainage, short season of
growth and reproduction.

Tropical Rainforest - answer most diverse and hottest terrestrial biome, biome near
the equator with warm climate wet weather and lush plant growth

Temperate Deciduous Forest - answer the biome characterized by warmer
temperatures than the boreal forest and plenty of precipitation thats huge forests of
broadleaf trees; covers regions in southeastern Canada, and eastern United States;
biome humans live in

Temperate Rain Forest - answer occurs in North America, Australia, and New
Zealand; mostly located in the Pacific Northwest (a maritime biome); cool, humid
weather; abundant rainfall; mosses, lichens, and ferns; dominated by evergreen trees
(e.g. Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce); cool winters, mild summers; located north of most
other rain forests; maintains a moderate temperature year round

Savannah Grassland - answer a grassland biome with scattered individual trees,
large herbivores, and three distinct seasons based primarily on rainfall, maintained by
occasional fires and drought

Taiga "Boreal"Forest - answer biome just south of the tundra; it has long, cold
winters ans small amounts of precipitation; characterized by a northern coniferous forest
composed of pine, fir, hemlock, and spruce tree and acidic, mineral-poor topsoils, a cool
forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere

Temperate Grassland - answer a biome found in North America, Eurasia, South
America and Africa. Characterized by nutrient-rich soil that supports many grass
species, a region that has cold winters and rainfall that is intermediate between that of a
forest and a desert; characterized by extensive grasses and few trees

Steppe Grassland - answer a temperate shrubland biome of dense, spiny evergreen
shrubs found at midlatitudes along coasts where cold ocean currents circulate offshore;
characterized by mild, rainy winters and long, hot, dry summers;

Desert "Hot" - answer a biome characterized by low moisture levels and infrequent
and unpredictable precipitation; daily and seasonal temperatures fluctuate widely;
because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no
vegetation at all

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