AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The arctic tundra biome is the northernmost biome.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arctic tundra is a very cold, windy, and treeless biome that’s snow-covered for much of the year. It’s found in the northern hemisphere, encircling the north pole and extending south across parts of Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia, to the coniferous forests of the taiga.

Detailed explanation-3: –Moving from the equator towards the pole, the biomes found are tropical rainforest, temperate grasslands or the cold deserts, taiga, and tundra.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are five major types of biomes: aquatic, grassland, forest, desert, and tundra, though some of these biomes can be further divided into more specific categories, such as freshwater, marine, savanna, tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, and taiga. Aquatic biomes include both freshwater and marine biomes.