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