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BIOMES TEST
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TRUE OR FALSE. Answer each of the questions T or F. CORRECT the FALSE statements to make them TRUE!!!

T F Large amounts of original grasslands still exist in North America.

T F Some of the world’s fastest predators are found in the Taiga.

T F Burrowing animals would be common in the Grasslands.

T F Grasses are the major plant type of the savanna.

T F Grasslands receive less than10 inches of rain .

T F Deserts have large changes in temperature on a daily basis.

T F If provided with water, deserts would produce plants and crops.

T F An adaptation for living in the desert is having large broad leaves.

T F Water could be a limiting factor in the tundra.

T F Permafrost refers to the cold nights in a desert.

T F Cold wetlands and bogs would be common in the Tundra in the summer.

T F Migration is one adaptation animals of the Tundra or Taiga use.

T F Lichens (a mixture of algae and fungus) are low growing plants of the tundra.

T F Sunlight is a limiting factor for plants of the tundra in the summertime.

T F A cactus has a green body to help it photosynthesize without leaves.

T F Desert biomes refer to all areas of constant, high heat.

T F Wisconsin is covered mostly by the Taiga biome.

T F Coniferous trees have large broad leaves that drop in the fall.

T F Amphibians like frogs would be best suited to Temperate Forests because water is not a problem

T F Most of the Western United States was once covered by large areas of temperate forests.

T F Nails or suction cups would be an adaptation for animals in the Tropical Rainforests.

T F Epiphytes are animals that fight with other animals.

T F Rainfall must be at least 80 inches a year in a Rainforest.

T F Three major forest biomes are the coniferous forest, oak forest and

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