AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIOMES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the biome that has moderate precipitation, occasional wild fires, and mostly grasses as its vegetation.
A
Tropical Rain Forest
B
Tundra
C
Grassland
D
Desert
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They have grasses as the dominant vegetation. In this, the shrubs are large in size and trees are not present. As compared to the savanna the amount of rainfall is less in temperate grassland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The two main biomes that have moderate precipitation include the Taiga (Boreal Forest) and the Grasslands.

Detailed explanation-3: -moderate. existing in the tropics, the latitudes between the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the south. cold, treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic climates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Grassland biomes are known as prairies in North America. They are called pampas in South America. Steppes are grassland biomes in colder regions across Asia and the Northern parts of Russia. In Africa, Australia and the southern most parts of South America they are called savannas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Grassland distributions today are closely linked to human activities, herbivores, and fire, but many have been converted to urban areas, forests, or agriculture fields. Roughly 80% of fires globally occur in grasslands each year, making fire a critical process in grassland dynamics.

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