Climatograms

Master climatograms! Learn how temperature & precipitation shape Earth's biomes with this engaging science worksheet.

1. What is a climatogram? A chart used to graphically display both annual temperature and precipitation for a region A pie graph showing the range of snowfall for a particular area A letter to a friend describing the weather where you live A bar graph displaying temperature variation for the rainforest 2. Which biome has the greatest amount of annual rainfall? Grassland Tropical Rainforest Desert Taiga 3. Which biome has the lowest amount of rainfall? Desert and Tundra Taiga and Desert Taiga and Temperate Forest Temperate Forest only 4. Which biome reaches the highest, hottest temperature? Tundra Desert Taiga Temperate Forest 5. Which biome reaches the lowest, coldest temperature? Desert Temperate Forest Taiga Tundra 6. Which biome has the least variable temperature? Desert Taiga Tropical Rainforest Grassland 7. What is the hottest month in the Taiga? July January September May 8. Predict which biome would have the greatest biodiversity. Desert Temperate Forest Tundra Tropical Rainforest 9. Predict which biome would have the lowest biodiversity. Temperate Forest Taiga Tundra Desert 10. Predict which biome has many animal species that are nocturnal (active during the night time). Desert because it's so hot during the day Tropical Rainforest because it's always raining Tundra because it's so cold during the day Grasslands because the temperature is steady all year 11. Predict which biome has animals that need to migrate in the winter. Areas with warmer summers, but cold winters, such as temperate forest. Areas with very high temperatures in the summer, such as the desert. Areas with steady temperatures year round, such as tropical rainforest. 12. Predict which biome has a large number of herbivores. Taiga Deserts Tundra Grasslands 13. Predict which biome has plants that do not require a lot of water. Grasslands Deserts Tropical Rainforest Temperate Forest 14. Use the following data to complete the climatogram (use different colors for precipitation and temperature). 15. Compare the climatogram you graphed in question 14 to the other graphs below. Which biome do you think it represents? Tropical Rainforest Grassland Desert Tundra