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The Great Graph Match (advanced version)
Directions
Review the biomes.
Now examine the set of temperature and precipitation graphs given below for each city. Be careful reading the scales on the graphs.
Using the pull-down menus, select the correct biome whose characteristics would match the data represented in the graphs.
Check to see if you are correct by clicking on the "check 'em" button at the bottom of this page. If you do not have all of them correct, try again.
Tokyo, Japan
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
Lahti, Finland
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
Manaus, Brazil
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
Nome, Alaska
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
Cairo, Egypt
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
Christchurch, New Zealand
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
Austin, Texas
Which Biome is this?
Rainforest
Desert
Grassland
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
Tundra
Shrubland
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