AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIOMES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Select the correct biome:Largest land biome
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Deciduous Forest
C
Taiga
D
Grassland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Taiga is the largest land biome. It is also known as the Northern Coniferous or Boreal Forest and is only found in the Northern Hemisphere below the Tundra Biome. In the Taiga, the winters are very long and very cold.

Detailed explanation-2: -The boreal forest (or “taiga”) is the world’s largest land biome. The boreal ecozone principally spans 8 countries: Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -taiga, also called boreal forest, biome (major life zone) of vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar forested regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The taiga is located near the top of the world, just below the tundra biome. The winters in the taiga are very cold with only snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and humid. A lot of coniferous trees grow in the taiga.

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