Exploring Biomes
A Grade 3 science worksheet to introduce students to different types of biomes, their characteristics, and the animals that live there.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
What are Biomes?
Biomes are large natural areas on Earth with similar climates, plants, and animals. Think of them like giant neighborhoods for nature! Each biome has special conditions that make certain plants and animals feel right at home.
1. What is a biome?
A small garden
A big city
A large natural area with similar climate, plants, and animals
A type of animal
2. Which of these is NOT a factor that helps define a biome?
Climate
Plants
Animals
The color of the sky
Fill in the blank with the correct word.
3. A desert biome is very and has very little rain.
4. Animals like bears and deer live in the biome.
5. The ocean is an example of an biome.
Decide if each statement is True or False.
6. All biomes have the same type of weather.
True
False
7. A rainforest biome gets a lot of rain.
True
False
8. Name two animals that might live in a desert biome.
9. What kind of plants would you expect to see in a grassland biome?
Look at the map below showing different biomes around the world.
