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| Biomes: A distinct group lifeforms and the environment in which they are found. |
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| Tundra: A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions. |
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What are the two main types of woodland are?
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| Boreal forest and temperate forest |
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| Name the 5 vertical layers of a forest |
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Canopy
Understory
Shrub layer
Herb layer, and
Forest floor |
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| Forests are the world’s ______ land biome. |
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| Forests are the world’s biggest land biome |
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What are some features that animals living in the forest might have?
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Climbing trees, good hearing, sensitive smell.
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Why are the forests disappearing?
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Climate change
Exhausting water source
Excessive human logging
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Blubber is a thick layer of fat
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What is blubber used for?
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Keep warm and store energy
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Name some of the birds that live in the tundra.
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| Whistling swans, snowy owl, douckies, |
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Tundra is the simplest biome or treeless plain because only a few species can survive there.
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Name 4 characteristics of the tundra.
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Treeless, freezing, not many animals, cold.
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| A relationship between two entities which is mutually beneficial for the participants of the relationship |
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| A system where a small animal is the food for a larger animal which, in turn, is the food for an even larger animal. |
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| A network of food chains or feeding relationships in an ecosystem. |
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| Trophic levels are the feeding position in a food chain. A Trophic level of an organism is its position in a food chain. |
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| An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem. |
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| A distinct group lifeforms and the environment in which they are found such as a grassland or desert. |
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| What a tundra looks like? |
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Symbiotic relationship
Bee and flower |
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Symbiotic relationship
Birds and deer |
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