1 .		More than half of Earth's original rain forest is now gone.   True  False
2 .		The tropical savanna is a transitional biome that occurs between the tropical forests and semiarid tropical steppes and deserts.   True  False
3 .		The Mediterranean shrubland consists of mixed forests in areas of warm to hot summers and cool to cold winters.   True  False
4 .		The Pacific Northwest, southern China, southern Japan, New Zealand, and parts of Chile are well-known localities of temperate rainforests.   True  False
5 .		Boreal forests contain mainly deciduous trees.   True  False
6 .		The process of unwanted expansion of the desert biome is called desertification.   True  False
7 .		Alpine tundra occurs only at high latitudes.   True  False
8 .		An ecotone is a transition zone that is uniform in width between adjoining ecosystems.    True  False
9 .		A biome is a large, stable terrestrial ecosystem with specific plant and animal communities.   True  False
10 .		A biome is usually named for the person who discovered it.   True  False