12 Biome Activity Worksheet - Free PDF at worksheeto.com - Free Printable

Explanation:
This worksheet asks you to fill in a table about seven different biomes. For each biome, you need to write:
- Location: Where it’s found on Earth (e.g., continents, latitudes)
- Plants: Typical plants that grow there
- Animals: Typical animals that live there

Let’s go through each biome one by one, using basic science knowledge (as of 2026):

1. Tundra
- Location: Arctic regions (northern Canada, Alaska, Siberia), and high mountains (alpine tundra)
- Plants: Mosses, lichens, low shrubs, grasses (no trees—too cold/windy)
- Animals: Caribou (reindeer), Arctic fox, polar bear, lemmings, snowy owl

2. Steppe
- Location: Central Asia (e.g., Kazakhstan, Mongolia), parts of Eastern Europe and North America (shortgrass prairie)
- Plants: Grasses, few shrubs, no trees (semi-arid)
- Animals: Pronghorn, saiga antelope, wolves, ground squirrels, eagles

3. Savanna
- Location: Africa (e.g., Serengeti), South America (Cerrado), Australia, India
- Plants: Grasses with scattered trees (acacias, baobabs)
- Animals: Lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, meerkats

4. Desert
- Location: Sahara (Africa), Mojave (North America), Gobi (Asia), Atacama (South America), Australian Outback
- Plants: Cacti, succulents, drought-resistant shrubs (e.g., creosote bush)
- Animals: Camels, fennec fox, rattlesnakes, scorpions, kangaroo rats

5. Tropical Rainforest
- Location: Near equator—Amazon (South America), Congo Basin (Africa), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia)
- Plants: Tall broadleaf trees, vines, orchids, ferns (very dense, multi-layered)
- Animals: Jaguars, toucans, monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs, insects like butterflies

6. Taiga (also called Boreal Forest)
- Location: Canada, Russia (Siberia), Scandinavia—just south of tundra
- Plants: Coniferous trees (spruce, fir, pine), mosses, lichens
- Animals: Moose, wolves, bears (black & grizzly), lynx, snowshoe hare, owls

7. Ice Sheet and Polar Desert
- Location: Antarctica (ice sheet), Greenland (ice sheet), and polar deserts like interior Antarctica & northern Canada/Greenland (dry, cold deserts)
- Plants: Almost none—only algae, lichens, mosses in rare melt zones
- Animals: Penguins (Antarctica), seals, polar bears (Arctic), Arctic terns, krill (in ocean nearby)

Now, we’ll summarize the correct entries for the table clearly and concisely.

Final Answer:
| Biome | Location | Plants | Animals |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tundra | Arctic regions (Alaska, Canada, Siberia); high mountains | Mosses, lichens, low shrubs, grasses | Caribou, Arctic fox, polar bear, lemmings, snowy owl |
| Steppe | Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Mongolia); Eastern Europe; N. America prairies | Grasses, few shrubs | Saiga antelope, pronghorn, wolves, ground squirrels, eagles |
| Savanna | Africa (Serengeti), South America (Cerrado), Australia, India | Grasses + scattered trees (acacia, baobab) | Lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, meerkats |
| Desert | Sahara, Mojave, Gobi, Atacama, Australian Outback | Cacti, succulents, creosote bush | Camels, fennec fox, rattlesnakes, scorpions, kangaroo rats |
| Tropical Rainforest | Amazon, Congo Basin, Southeast Asia | Tall trees, vines, orchids, ferns | Jaguars, toucans, monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs, butterflies |
| Taiga | Canada, Russia (Siberia), Scandinavia | Spruce, fir, pine (conifers), mosses, lichens | Moose, wolves, bears, lynx, snowshoe hare, owls |
| Ice Sheet and Polar Desert| Antarctica, Greenland, polar desert areas (N. Canada, Arctic islands) | Almost none; algae, lichens, mosses (rare) | Penguins, seals, polar bears, Arctic terns, krill (nearby ocean) |