Biomes
  • 1. The two features that determine the climate of an area are
A) temperature and precipitation
B) weather and precipitation
C) temperature and weather
D) weather
  • 2. This biome is the driest of all the biomes
A) Temperate Deciduous forest
B) Desert
C) Tundra
  • 3. This is the biome in which we live in
A) Coniferous forest
B) Temperate deciduous forest
C) Tropical rainforest
D) Grassland
  • 4. Climate is a pattern that is seen over a
A) short period of time
B) long period of time
C) never known
D) what is happening outside
  • 5. Climate and weather are the same thing
A) true
B) false
  • 6. This biome is the wettest biome of all the biomes
A) Tundra
B) Savannah
C) Grassland
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 7. This biome is very cold all year long
A) Temperate Deciduous Forest
B) Savannah
C) Tundra
D) Coniferous Forest
  • 8. This biome is the most diverse biome containing the greatest variety of plants and animals
A) Coniferous Forest
B) Tundra
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Savannah
  • 9. This biome can be found in central Africa where elephants, zebra, lions, and cheetahs live
A) Tropical Rainforest
B) Coniferous Forest
C) Grassland
D) Savannah
  • 10. This biome is known as the Taiga and can be found in Canada
A) Tundra
B) Grassland
C) Temperate Deciduous Forest
D) Coniferous forest
  • 11. Scorpions, cactus, lizards, snakes, and woodpeckers all live in this biome
A) Savannah
B) Desert
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Grassland
  • 12. This biome's climate is warm summers, cold winters, and moderate precipitation
A) Desert
B) Tundra
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 13. This biome can be found in Antarctica and contains animals like seals, polar bears, and whales
A) Temperate Deciduous Forest
B) Coniferous Forest
C) Tundra
D) Savannah
  • 14. Lakes,rivers,streams, ponds, and creeks are all apart of the _____________ biome
A) Marine
B) Freshwater
C) Saltwater
  • 15. Sharks, dolphins, plankton, crabs, star fish and sea turtles are all apart of the ______________ biome
A) Marine
B) Freshwater
  • 16. Frogs, catfish, beavers, snakes, and toads are all found in this biome
A) Saltwater
B) Freshwater
C) Marine
  • 17. Pick one biome you are familiar with. Discuss the climate, location, animal life and plant life. Be sure to give at least 3 examples of animals and plant. 10pts
  • 18. The word deciduous means
A) to change seasons
B) to fall off
C) to decide
D) to change color
  • 19. Why do deciduous trees lose their leaves?
A) to feed animals
B) to make the soil better
C) to save water during the winter or during the dry season
D) to get more sunlight
  • 20. Where are conifer seeds produced?
A) in needles
B) in trunks
C) in cones
D) in waxy leaves
  • 21. What covers the needles of conifers?
A) sap
B) waxy coating
C) bark
D) weeds
  • 22. Why do few large plants grow beneath conifers?
A) Little light reaches the ground
B) Animals eat them
C) It is too cold
D) The ground is too bare
  • 23. What does biodiversity mean?
A) Many kinds of plants and animals
B) rich soil
C) great climate differences
D) a lot of rain
  • 24. What is the rain-forest canopy
A) ground
B) vines
C) tree trunks
D) treetops
  • 25. What are the main plants in temperate grasslands?
A) crops
B) grasses
C) conifers
D) shrubs
  • 26. Why are there few trees in temperate grasslands?
A) deep roots
B) fires
C) too much rain
D) rolling hills
  • 27. How do plants adapt to the desert climate?
A) they do not have flowers
B) they have roots above the ground
C) they grow only at night
D) They grow far apart so they don't have to compete with each other for water
  • 28. What is permafrost?
A) soil that has thawed
B) muddy soil
C) a plant in the tundra
D) soil that is always frozen
  • 29. How does the alpine tundra differ from the polar tundra?
A) it gets no sunlight
B) it does not have permafrost
C) it has many trees
D) it is on mountain tops
  • 30. Which adaptation would NOT help an arctic plant survive in the tundra?
A) large wide, fleshy leaves
B) pine needles
C) thick insulating tree bark
  • 31. Which of the following is a key abiotic factor in rivers
A) amount of salt
B) number of fish
C) how animals adapt
D) speed of water
  • 32. Which of the following ocean animals need warm water to live?
A) whales
B) animals in coral reefs
C) animals on the ocean floor
D) barnacles
  • 33. How does a swamp differ from a marsh?
A) It has very wet soil
B) It has many birds
C) It has salt water
D) It has trees
  • 34. Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
A) deep zone
B) thermocline
C) Intertidal zone
D) littoral zone
  • 35. Which of the following is NOT an intertidal area?
A) rocky shore
B) coral reef
C) mudflat
D) sandy beach
  • 36. What makes it possible for many animals to live in the polar ice ecosystem?
A) floating algae
B) coral reefs
C) large numbers of plankton
D) cold air
  • 37. Which lake zone is closet to the land's edge?
A) littoral zone
B) tributary
C) open-water zone
D) deep-water zone
  • 38. Which biome has the greatest biological diversity?
A) coniferous forest
B) alpine tundra
C) tropical rain forest
D) temperate grassland
  • 39. Which biome would have trees with cones
A) temperate grassland
B) coniferous forest
C) tropical rain forest
D) alpine tundra
  • 40. Which biome is found on the mountain top?
A) alpine tundra
B) coniferous forest
C) tropical rainforest
D) temperate grassland
  • 41. Which is the ocean floor?
A) oceanic zone
B) neritic zone
C) benthic zone
D) intertidal zone
  • 42. Which zone is where the ocean meets the land?
A) benthic zone
B) intertidal zone
C) neritic zone
D) oceanic zone
  • 43. This area has warm water and sunlight
A) ocean floor oceanic zone
B) neritic zone
C) benthic zone
D) intertidal zone
  • 44. This is the zone where the sea floor drops sharply
A) intertidal zone
B) oceanic zone
C) benthic zone
D) neritic zone
  • 45. An important ecosystem for flood control is a
A) wetland
B) desert
C) river
D) ocean
  • 46. A wetland with no trees is a
A) forest
B) savanna
C) swamp
D) marsh
  • 47. Components of a desert ecosystem include
A) animals that are active mostly at night
B) a hot dry climate
C) all of these
D) plants that grow far apart
  • 48. The forest biome that receives the most rainfall is the
A) coniferous forest
B) tropical rain forest
C) desert
D) temperate deciduous forest
  • 49. Which of these is an abiotic factor in a desert?
A) a lizard
B) a cactus
C) the soil
D) coyote
  • 50. Water temperature
A) increases as water gets deeper
B) has no effect on the animals in a marine ecosystem
C) affects the types of organisms that can live in a marine ecosystem
  • 51. All of these are abiotic factors in a marine ecosystem except:
A) water depth
B) water temperature
C) the amount of sunlight that passes into the water
D) sharks and whales
  • 52. One major abiotic factor in freshwater ecosystems is the
A) source of the water
B) speed of the water
C) none of these
D) width of the stream or river
  • 53. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called
A) tall trees
B) evergreen trees
C) coniferous trees
D) deciduous trees
  • 54. In which major ocean zones are plants and animals exposed to air for part of the day?
A) benthic zone
B) neritic zone
C) intertidal zone
D) oceanic zone
  • 55. An abiotic factor that affects marine ecosystems is
A) the depth of the water
B) the amount of sunlight that passes through the water
C) All of these
D) the temperature of the water
  • 56. This is a marine ecosystem that includes mudflats, sandy beaches and rocky shores
A) the Sargasso Sea
B) polar ice
C) coral reef
D) an intertidal area
  • 57. An ecosystem consists of
A) only the abiotic environment such as rainfall and soil
B) many populations of a number of species
C) all the places on Earth where life exists
D) a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
  • 58. Plants that can NOT tolerate water with a constantly changing salt content are NOT likely to be found in
A) an estuary
B) the neritic zone
C) a pond
D) a freshwater stream
  • 59. Trout thrive in the oxygen-rich waters of cool, fast-moving streams. Which of the following events might reduce the population of trout in a mountain stream?
A) Ash and silt from a forest fire cover the surface of the stream
B) The flow of a tributary stream slows slightly
C) There is unusually heavy snowfall in the winter
D) The movement of a boulder forms a new waterfall
  • 60. What important abiotic factor is used to characterize a biome?
A) climate
B) plants and animals
C) number of ecosystems
D) soil
  • 61. Why are savannas well-suited to supporting large herbivores?
A) They are dry and hot
B) They are cold and dry
C) They are areas where grasses are the main plants
  • 62. Marshes and Swaps are two types of wetlands. What is the main factor that swamps have that marshes don't have?
A) plants
B) birds
C) trees
D) moist soil
  • 63. An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is called
A) a neritic area
B) an intertidal area
C) a coral reef
D) an estuary
  • 64. Sam is making a terrarium for a praying mantis he wants to study. Praying mantises are carnivores. Sam has placed the following in his terrarium: soil, twigs, a rock, a small dish of water, and the praying mantis. What is missing from Sam's terrarium?
A) a mouse for the praying mantis to eat, and grains for the mouse to eat
B) plants for the praying mantis to eat
C) other insects for the praying mantis to eat, and plants for the other insects to eat
D) other insects for the praying mantis to eat
  • 65. What percent of the Earth is covered with oceans?
A) 75%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 40%
  • 66. Which biome can be found on all continents except Antarctica
A) grasslands
B) Tundra
C) deserts
D) Taiga
  • 67. The Nile River is a freshwater ecosystem
A) False
B) True
  • 68. The Everglades in Florida is a wetland ecosystem
A) False
B) True
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