Biomes are regions of the world with similar climate (weather, temperature) animals and plants. There are terrestrial biomes (land) and aquatic biomes, both freshwater and marine.
An overwhelming number of American children between the ages of 2 and 17 are playing video games, a new study released today by the NPD Group has found. According to the research firm, 91 percent of kids between 2 and 17, or about 64 million people, are playing video games, up 9 percentage points compared to 2009.
Now a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 97 percent of kids played video games regularly. The survey group was composed of 1,102 young people between 12 and 17, and also polled their parents on topics. Boys do hold a slim lead in video game play percentage. While 94 percent of girls now play video games, 99 percent of boys do. Video games may be the great uniter, as race, ethnicity, income, and, for the most part, gender showed little variation. In fact, 7 percent of kids said they didn't even have a computer in their house, but they owned a game console.