Biome Jeopardy for Second Graders

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Biome Jeopardy for Second Graders

• By Nicole Fahey

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Rainforest
Desert
Aquatic
Grasslands
Tundra
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Rainforest 100

• Where are rainforests located?

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Rainforest 200

• What is the uppermost layer of the rainforest
  called?

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Rainforest 300

• What is the name of the worlds largest
  rainforest located in South America?

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Rainforest 400

• Tropical rainforests are home to all of which
  type of animal?

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Rainforest 500

• Name two types of produce that first grew only in
  the rainforest

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Desert 100

• What do you call a dry environment that usually
  receives less than 25 cm of rainfall per year?

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Desert 200

• Does the temperature in a desert remain the same
  both day and night?

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Desert 300

• What animal lives in the desert and never has to
  drink water?

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Desert 400

• How do animals keep cool in the desert?

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Desert 500

• Why is it easy for cactus's to survive in the
  desert?

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Grasslands 100

• What are grasslands?

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Grasslands 200

• Why are their no forests in a grassland?

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Grasslands 300

• Where are the Great Plains located?

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Grasslands 400

• Some animals that live in grasslands build
  underground homes, what are some of these animals
  called?

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Grasslands 500

• What is a savanna and what types of animals would
  you find in there?

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Aquatic 100

• What are the freshwater ecosystems called?

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Aquatic 200

• What types of organisms live in lakes?

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Aquatic 300

• What is a coral reef? What is coral?

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Aquatic 400

• What types of animals live in a coral reef?

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Aquatic 500

• What is plankton?

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Tundra 100

• What is tundra?

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Tundra 200

• What is the climate like in the tundra biome?

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Tundra 300

• How long is the growing season in the tundra?

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Tundra 400

• Plants that grow during the short growing season
  provide food for which types of animals?

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Tundra 500

• What are two animal predators in the tundra? What
  animals are their prey?

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Rainforest 100

• Rainforests are located near the equator in warm,
  wet areas.

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Rainforest 200

• The Canopy

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Rainforest 300

• The Amazon Rainforest

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Rainforest 400

• Rainforests are home to all of the worlds apes,
  and most monkeys.

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Rainforest 500

• Your answer must include two of the following
• Cocoa beans
• Pineapple
• Rubber
• Spices(Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger)
• Sweet Potato
• Star fruit

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Desert 100

• A Desert

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Desert 200

• No, during the day temperatures can reach over
  100F. During the night temperatures are a lot
  lower.

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Desert 300

• The Kangaroo rat dos not need to drink water, it
  gets it from the seeds and fruits it eats.

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Desert 400

• Many animals burrow underground or hide under
  rocks to keep cool during the day.

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Desert 500

• Cactuss survive easily in the desert because
  their spiny leaves help to prevent water loss and
  their well- developed roots located near the
  grounds surface take in any water that falls
  quickly.

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Grasslands 100

• Grasslands are biomes in which the main types of
  plants are grasses.

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Grasslands 200

• There are no forests in grasslands because it is
  to dry to support trees, however it is fertile
  enough to support numerous types of grasses.

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Grasslands 300

• North America is home to the Great Plains, where
  bison once lived many years ago.

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Grasslands 400

• Prairie dogs, rabbits, and pocket gophers.

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Grasslands 500

• A Savanna is a grassland with a few scattered
  trees, located in Australia and Africa. Animals
  such as kangaroos, giraffes, and elephants live
  in these areas.

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Aquatic 100

• Lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers

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Aquatic 200

• Cattails, reeds, insects, frogs, crayfish, carp,
  minnows, algae, and various other fish.

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Aquatic 300

• A coral reef is a marine ecosystem found in
  tropical areas. Coral is a small animal that
  grows with others in groups to form reefs.

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Aquatic 400

• Shrimp, star fish, lobsters, fish, sea anemones,
  and sponges.

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Aquatic 500

• Plankton is a one-celled algae, tiny animal
  larvae that floats near the waters surface. They
  are the main food source of the open-ocean zone.

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Tundra 100

• Tundra is a cold, dry, treeless land biome around
  the Artic Ocean.

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Tundra 200

• The climate is below freezing almost all year
  around and has little precipitation that falls as
  either snow or ice. In the summer temperatures
  heat up and cause ice to melt and small ponds to
  form.

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Tundra 300

• Only 60 days long

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Tundra 400

• Artic hares, musk oxen, and caribou

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Tundra 500

• The artic wolf and polar bear are predators on
  the tundra. Their prey includes seals and
  walruses.

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References
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References

• Kane Publishing. (2002). ScienceSaurus A student
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• Greenway, T. (1994). Eyewitness books jungle.
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• (2006). Microsoft office online. Retrieved on
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