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Biomes
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  • 1. The two features that determine the climate of an area are
A) weather
B) temperature and weather
C) temperature and precipitation
D) weather and precipitation
  • 2. This biome is the driest of all the biomes
A) Temperate Deciduous forest
B) Tundra
C) Desert
  • 3. This is the biome in which we live in
A) Coniferous forest
B) Tropical rainforest
C) Grassland
D) Temperate deciduous forest
  • 4. Climate is a pattern that is seen over a
A) long period of time
B) short period of time
C) what is happening outside
D) never known
  • 5. Climate and weather are the same thing
A) false
B) true
  • 6. This biome is the wettest biome of all the biomes
A) Tundra
B) Grassland
C) Savannah
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 7. This biome is very cold all year long
A) Tundra
B) Temperate Deciduous Forest
C) Savannah
D) Coniferous Forest
  • 8. This biome is the most diverse biome containing the greatest variety of plants and animals
A) Coniferous Forest
B) Savannah
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Tundra
  • 9. This biome can be found in central Africa where elephants, zebra, lions, and cheetahs live
A) Coniferous Forest
B) Savannah
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Grassland
  • 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) Grassland
B) Desert
C) Savannah
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 12. This biome's climate is warm summers, cold winters, and moderate precipitation
A) Tundra
B) Tropical Rainforest
C) Temperate Deciduous Forest
D) Desert
  • 13. This biome can be found in Antarctica and contains animals like seals, polar bears, and whales
A) Coniferous Forest
B) Temperate Deciduous 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) Freshwater
B) Saltwater
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 decide
B) to fall off
C) to change seasons
D) to change color
  • 19. Why do deciduous trees lose their leaves?
A) to save water during the winter or during the dry season
B) to feed animals
C) to make the soil better
D) to get more sunlight
  • 20. Where are conifer seeds produced?
A) in waxy leaves
B) in cones
C) in needles
D) in trunks
  • 21. What covers the needles of conifers?
A) weeds
B) bark
C) sap
D) waxy coating
  • 22. Why do few large plants grow beneath conifers?
A) It is too cold
B) Little light reaches the ground
C) The ground is too bare
D) Animals eat them
  • 23. What does biodiversity mean?
A) great climate differences
B) a lot of rain
C) rich soil
D) Many kinds of plants and animals
  • 24. What is the rain-forest canopy
A) treetops
B) ground
C) tree trunks
D) vines
  • 25. What are the main plants in temperate grasslands?
A) shrubs
B) conifers
C) grasses
D) crops
  • 26. Why are there few trees in temperate grasslands?
A) fires
B) deep roots
C) rolling hills
D) too much rain
  • 27. How do plants adapt to the desert climate?
A) They grow far apart so they don't have to compete with each other for water
B) they do not have flowers
C) they have roots above the ground
D) they grow only at night
  • 28. What is permafrost?
A) a plant in the tundra
B) muddy soil
C) soil that has thawed
D) soil that is always frozen
  • 29. How does the alpine tundra differ from the polar tundra?
A) it does not have permafrost
B) it is on mountain tops
C) it has many trees
D) it gets no sunlight
  • 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) speed of water
C) how animals adapt
D) number of fish
  • 32. Which of the following ocean animals need warm water to live?
A) barnacles
B) animals in coral reefs
C) animals on the ocean floor
D) whales
  • 33. How does a swamp differ from a marsh?
A) It has trees
B) It has many birds
C) It has very wet soil
D) It has salt water
  • 34. Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
A) Intertidal zone
B) thermocline
C) deep zone
D) littoral zone
  • 35. Which of the following is NOT an intertidal area?
A) coral reef
B) rocky shore
C) sandy beach
D) mudflat
  • 36. What makes it possible for many animals to live in the polar ice ecosystem?
A) coral reefs
B) cold air
C) floating algae
D) large numbers of plankton
  • 37. Which lake zone is closet to the land's edge?
A) littoral zone
B) tributary
C) deep-water zone
D) open-water zone
  • 38. Which biome has the greatest biological diversity?
A) coniferous forest
B) tropical rain forest
C) temperate grassland
D) alpine tundra
  • 39. Which biome would have trees with cones
A) alpine tundra
B) coniferous forest
C) temperate grassland
D) tropical rain forest
  • 40. Which biome is found on the mountain top?
A) alpine tundra
B) temperate grassland
C) coniferous forest
D) tropical rainforest
  • 41. Which is the ocean floor?
A) benthic zone
B) neritic zone
C) oceanic zone
D) intertidal 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) intertidal zone
B) neritic zone
C) benthic zone
D) ocean floor oceanic zone
  • 44. This is the zone where the sea floor drops sharply
A) neritic zone
B) oceanic zone
C) benthic zone
D) intertidal zone
  • 45. An important ecosystem for flood control is a
A) river
B) ocean
C) desert
D) wetland
  • 46. A wetland with no trees is a
A) savanna
B) marsh
C) swamp
D) forest
  • 47. Components of a desert ecosystem include
A) plants that grow far apart
B) animals that are active mostly at night
C) a hot dry climate
D) all of these
  • 48. The forest biome that receives the most rainfall is the
A) temperate deciduous forest
B) tropical rain forest
C) coniferous forest
D) desert
  • 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) affects the types of organisms that can live in a marine ecosystem
B) has no effect on the animals in a marine ecosystem
C) increases as water gets deeper
  • 51. All of these are abiotic factors in a marine ecosystem except:
A) water temperature
B) water depth
C) sharks and whales
D) the amount of sunlight that passes into the water
  • 52. One major abiotic factor in freshwater ecosystems is the
A) source of the water
B) none of these
C) speed of the water
D) width of the stream or river
  • 53. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called
A) coniferous trees
B) tall trees
C) deciduous trees
D) evergreen trees
  • 54. In which major ocean zones are plants and animals exposed to air for part of the day?
A) intertidal zone
B) neritic zone
C) benthic zone
D) oceanic zone
  • 55. An abiotic factor that affects marine ecosystems is
A) the depth of the water
B) All of these
C) the amount of sunlight that passes through the water
D) the temperature of the water
  • 56. This is a marine ecosystem that includes mudflats, sandy beaches and rocky shores
A) an intertidal area
B) coral reef
C) polar ice
D) the Sargasso Sea
  • 57. An ecosystem consists of
A) only the abiotic environment such as rainfall and soil
B) many populations of a number of species
C) a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
D) all the places on Earth where life exists
  • 58. Plants that can NOT tolerate water with a constantly changing salt content are NOT likely to be found in
A) the neritic zone
B) a pond
C) a freshwater stream
D) an estuary
  • 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) plants and animals
B) soil
C) climate
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) plants
B) trees
C) birds
D) moist soil
  • 63. An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is called
A) an estuary
B) an intertidal area
C) a neritic area
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) 40%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 25%
  • 66. Which biome can be found on all continents except Antarctica
A) Taiga
B) deserts
C) Tundra
D) grasslands
  • 67. The Nile River is a freshwater ecosystem
A) True
B) False
  • 68. The Everglades in Florida is a wetland ecosystem
A) False
B) True
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