AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are eight major terrestrial biomes: tropical rainforests, savannas, subtropical deserts, chaparral, temperate grasslands, temperate forests, boreal forests, and Arctic tundra.

Detailed explanation-2: -Terrestrial biomes are forests, grassland, desert, and tundra.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Terrestrial biomes include tundras, temperate forests and grasslands, chaparral, temperate and tropical deserts, and tropical forests and grasslands.

Detailed explanation-5: -There is general agreement among ecologists that our complex natural world can, based on temperature and rainfall, be classified into six major biomes: desert, tundra, grassland, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, and tropical forest (Odum, 1989).