1) What is a biome? 2) What are the four basic requirements that have to be met in order for life to exist? 3) How does elevation affect the climate of a region? 4) Why do cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles have lower temperatures than would be expected at their latitude? 5) What are the two types of tundra and why do they both have below freezing temperatures throughout most of the year? 6) Fir, spruce and pine trees as a group are often referred to as? 7) Much of the animal life of the tropical rain forest if arboreal

1) What is a biome?

2) What are the four basic requirements that have to be met in order for life to exist?

3) How does elevation affect the climate of a region?

4) Why do cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles have lower temperatures than would be

expected at their latitude?

5) What are the two types of tundra and why do they both have below freezing temperatures

throughout most of the year?

6) Fir, spruce and pine trees as a group are often referred to as?

7) Much of the animal life of the tropical rain forest if arboreal. What does this mean and why is

it so?

8) Why have desert cacti evolved sharp and needle-like leaves?

9) Why is there little virgin grassland remaining in the United States today?

10) What is a savanna?