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Unit 2-1 Study Guide

1. What is a biome?

2. Complete the following table by using the terms – High, Average, Low, and 4-Seasons

Biome Temperature Precipitation Biodiversity

Tropical Rain Forest

Temperate Forest

Taiga

Savanna

Grassland

Desert

Tundra

3. What are the three things that make up a region’s climate?

a.
b.
c.

4. In which biome do we live in?

5. What region is found between 0-30 degrees latitude?

6. What region is found between 30-60 degrees latitude?

7. What region is found above 60 degrees latitude?

8. Describe the relationship between latitude and altitude. What happens when both increase?
When both decrease?

9. What is a cell?

10. What is a tissue?

11. What is a organ?

12. What is an organ system composed of?

13. What is a stem cell? Why can they be so important to medicine in the present as well as the
future?

14. Complete the following table

Body System Organ within System Function

(Write something you will remember!)
Circulatory

Digestive
Endocrine
Reproductive

Integumentary
Respiratory

Excretory

Musculoskeletal
Nervous