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What Do You KnoW?

DISCUSS Look at the photo and read the caption. Discuss the questions.
1. Describe a forest that is near where you live. What kinds of animals live there?
2. What types of trees are in your city or town? Are they green all year round?
FInD the errorS This paragraph contains two errors with connectors. Find the errors
and correct them. Explain your corrections to a partner.

CLASSIFICATION PARAGRAPH

Forest Biomes

1 A biome is a large area that has a similar climate and similar plants and animals.

2 Biomes can be categorized in different ways including, for example, deserts, coral reefs,
grasslands, and forests. Within a biome category, there may also be smaller groups
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or divisions. The forest biome is such an example. Within the forest biome, there
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are different types of forests and different kinds of trees. However, a deciduous forest
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contains trees that lose their leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring. A
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maple tree is an example of a deciduous tree. In contrast, a coniferous forest contains
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trees that have needle-like leaves. These coniferous trees are green all year round, or
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they are sometimes called evergreen trees. A pine tree is an example of a coniferous
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tree. A forest that has both deciduous and coniferous trees is called a mixed forest.
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