AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Due to the earth’s tilt, the taiga biome faces away from the sun during winter. This means radiation barely reaches the ground to heat it up. Winters come with exceedingly cold conditions and lasts for six months. Summer experiences rainy, hot and short season in this biome.

Detailed explanation-2: -The taiga is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Temperate grasslands have cold winters and warm summers with some rain. The grasses die back to their roots annually and the soil and the sod protect the roots and the new buds from the cold of winter or dry conditions. A few trees may be found in this biome along the streams, but not many due to the lack of rainfall.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tundra is the coldest of the biomes. It also receives low amounts of precipitation, making the tundra similar to a desert. Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Taiga climate is milder than tundra climate and moist enough to promote appreciable vegetation growth but too cold for good and prolific tree growth. Sharply seasonal patterns mark this climate type. Winters are extremely cold and long, whereas summers are moderately hot and short.