ECOLOGY
BIOMES
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Question
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A new species is discovered in a moderately warm climate. Its diet is primarily small vegetarian. Large carnivorous birds are its main predators. The creature has sharp claws to dig tunnels to escape from carnivores. In which biome will this new species thrive?
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savanna
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desert
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rainforest
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taiga
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Desert Biomes They cover between 26–35% of the land surface of the Earth. The climate of deserts is dominated by low precipitation, generally below 250 mm yr-1 (Figure 7). However, there is a lot of variability in desert types, with hot deserts, cold deserts, high elevation deserts, and rain shadow deserts.
Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct option is ‘Deciduous forest and arctic tundra’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rainforests receive the most rain of all of the biomes in a year! A typical year sees 2, 000 to 10, 000 millimeters (79 to 394 inches) of rain per year.
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