AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIOMES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the hottest and driest biome?
A
Desert
B
Tropical Rainforest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Description. Desert biomes are the driest of all the biomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Atacama Desert forms part of the arid Pacific fringe of South America. Dry subsidence created by the South Pacific high-pressure cell makes the desert one of the driest regions in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The biome with the hottest temperatures is the desert. The desert is a biome with little precipitation. Few plants are able to grow there and those that do have special adaptations to survive the arid conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hot and dry desert. The four major North American deserts of this type are the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. Others outside the U.S. include the Southern Asian realm, Neotropical (South and Central America), Ethiopian (Africa) and Australian.

Detailed explanation-5: -Deserts are extremely dry environments that are home to well-adapted plants and animals. The main types of deserts include hot and dry deserts, semi-arid deserts, coastal deserts, and cold deserts.

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