1.2 Terrestrial Biomes Quiz Study Guide APES

The largest area of old-growth forest in the United States is located in which state?

Alaska

What world regions contain the greatest area of rainforest?

Brazil

Which biome is characterized by long dry seasons and is dominated by grasses, shrubs, and grazing animals?

Grassland/savanna

What country has the largest area of boreal forests?

Russia

The thick forest of this biome tends to be well adapted to short growing seasons. Which biome is it?

Taiga

Which biome has the highest net primary productivity, in part because of consistently warm temperatures and abundant sunlight?

Tropical Rainforest

Which biome is characterized by the highest diversity of tree species?

Tropical forests

Which biome has an underlying subsoil that is permafrost, which prevents both water draining through and deep rooted plants from growing? Additionally, there is very little precipitation per year.

Tundra

What country has the largest area of temperate deciduous forest?

USA

In Mediterranean climate regions like portions of California, a wetter-than-normal winter often leads to greater severity of fires the following summer. This seeming paradox occurs because increased rain leads to greater...?

accumulation of chaparral biomass.

Traveling southward from the Arctic regions of Canada to the tropics of Panama, one passes through several biomes - tundra, coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, and tropical rain forest. This pattern of change in vegetation is primarily the result of the great grasslands of the world following what pattern?

an increase in both mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation

Which biome contains plants that are adapted to prevent water loss due to the low average rainfall and high temperatures year-round?

chaparral

What are the characteristics of tropical rain forest soils?

nutrient-poor soil

Which biome is most likely to be characterized by dry scrub with frequent fires?

tropical desert