Educational worksheet about biomes of the world with definitions and vocabulary matching.

Let’s go step by step to match each description with the correct biome term from the word bank.

Word bank:
biome, desert, freshwater, marine, permafrost, savanna, steppe, taiga, tundra

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1. “a biome with extremely inhospitable conditions where vegetation is mostly shrubs, grass, moss and lichen”
→ This describes tundra — cold, harsh, low-growing plants.

2. “a temperate grassland where the grass is shorter compared to those in prairies”
→ That’s steppe — dry, short-grass grasslands (like in Central Asia).

3. “another name for a boreal forest”
→ Boreal forest = taiga — coniferous forests in subarctic regions.

4. “a biome around a body of water that has a salt content of less than 1% such as ponds, rivers, and lakes”
→ Low salt = freshwater biome.

5. “a biome that covers around 3/4 of the earth's surface”
→ Oceans cover ~71%, so this is marine.

6. “the frozen layer under the soil surface of tundra biomes”
→ That’s permafrost — permanently frozen ground.

7. “a biome that can be hot and dry, cold, semiarid, or coastal”
→ Deserts come in many types — hot (Sahara), cold (Gobi), coastal (Atacama) → desert

8. “another name for a tropical grassland”
→ Tropical grassland with scattered trees = savanna (like African Serengeti).

9. “a type of environment with a distinct climate and its own community of plants and animals”
→ General definition → biome

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Now let’s list them in order:

1. tundra
2. steppe
3. taiga
4. freshwater
5. marine
6. permafrost
7. desert
8. savanna
9. biome

Final Answer:
1. tundra
2. steppe
3. taiga
4. freshwater
5. marine
6. permafrost
7. desert
8. savanna
9. biome