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Match the Biome with Its Description

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Match the biome with its description.

Premises:
tropical grassland
shortgrass prairie
vegetation is mostly mosses, lichens, and sedges
found on the northwestern coast of North America
characterized by permafrost
contains the world's largest assemblage of hooved mammals
classified as either alpine or arctic
the boreal forest
found in Europe and the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States
vegetation can be cactus, yucca, or sagebrush
vegetation is mostly conifers, such as spruce, fir and larch
characterized by vegetation arranged in emergent and understory layers
characterized by hardwood trees that lose their leaves in winter
vegetation is mostly evergreen shrubs, such as scrub oak
dense coastal fog augments the precipitation
very dry, with extremes of heat and cold
has the greatest species richness
bison previously were the main type of grazing animal
annual precipitation is 200-450 cm
the world's largest biome
tallgrass prairie
found in the area around the Mediterranean Sea
also known as the maquis or matorral
Responses:
temperate deciduous forest
savanna
tropical rain forest
taiga
desert
temperate grassland
temperate rain forest
tundra
chaparral

Correct Answer:

tropical grassland
shortgrass prairie
vegetation is mostly mosses, lichens, and sedges
found on the northwestern coast of North America
characterized by permafrost
contains the world's largest assemblage of hooved mammals
classified as either alpine or arctic
the boreal forest
found in Europe and the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States
vegetation can be cactus, yucca, or sagebrush
vegetation is mostly conifers, such as spruce, fir and larch
characterized by vegetation arranged in emergent and understory layers
characterized by hardwood trees that lose their leaves in winter
vegetation is mostly evergreen shrubs, such as scrub oak
dense coastal fog augments the precipitation
very dry, with extremes of heat and cold
has the greatest species richness
bison previously were the main type of grazing animal
annual precipitation is 200-450 cm
the world's largest biome
tallgrass prairie
found in the area around the Mediterranean Sea
also known as the maquis or matorral
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