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Biomes Revision Assessment Worksheet

Explore how climate, plants and animals shape biomes. Read the case study, then answer the questions. For multiple-choice questions, choose the best answer.

Australian biome field guide

A biome is a large region with a particular climate and characteristic plants and animals. Australia includes many environments. The tropical rainforest of the north-east is warm and wet, with dense plant growth. The arid interior receives little rain; plants and animals there must cope with scarce water and hot conditions. Some Australian regions have grass as common vegetation, with trees scattered or scarce. Climate helps determine which organisms can survive in each place.

Read the clues

1.Which feature is most likely to distinguish a tropical rainforest from an arid biome?

Rainforest plants have plentiful water; arid-land plants cope with water scarcity.
Rainforests have permanently frozen soil.
Arid biomes receive rain throughout every day.
Rainforests have no plant life.

2.Which biome is most likely to have grasses as the main plant cover, with few trees?

Tropical rainforest
Temperate grassland
Tundra
Coral reef

3.Match each biome to its likely characteristic.

Tropical rainforest
Arid interior
Temperate grassland

Grasses are common and trees are scarce
Warm, wet conditions and dense plant growth
Very little rain; organisms cope with water scarcity

4.True or false: Climate is one factor that helps determine which plants and animals can live in a biome.

TrueFalse

Use your ecology thinking

5.Complete the sentence: A large region with a particular climate and characteristic plants and animals is called a .

6.An animal has features that help it save water and stay active during cooler parts of the day. Which Australian biome might it live in? Explain your choice using a climate clue.

7.A long period of unusually low rainfall affects a rainforest. Describe one possible change for plants or animals living there.

8.A class is comparing two places. Place A is hot and receives very little rain. Place B is warm and receives abundant rain for much of the year. Which place is more likely to support dense rainforest growth? Give one reason.

9.Explain two ways biomes support life on Earth. Include an example of a resource or habitat they provide.

10.Choose one Australian biome from the field guide. Describe its climate, name one plant or animal that could be suited to it, and explain how one feature helps that organism survive there.