Types of Ecosystems
  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Seven
B) Eleven
C) Three
D) Two
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Freshwater
B) Marine
C) Ocean
D) Land
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Tundras
B) Land
C) Ocean
D) Forests
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Three
D) Nine
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Tundra and Taiga
C) Deciduous and Evergreen
D) Polar and Desert
  • 6. Tropical Evergreen Forests receive how much rain each year?
A) An average amount
B) A large amount
C) None at all
D) Very little
  • 7. When we discussed the vegetation in Tropical Ecosystems we know the vegetation will be
A) Sparse
B) Some
C) Dense
D) Devoid
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Temperate Evergreen
B) Tropical deciduous
C) Tropical Evergreen
D) Temperate deciduous
  • 9. What temperatures should we expect in Tropical Ecosystems?
A) Definite Summer and Definite Winter
B) Hot during the day and cold at nights
C) Cold six months out of the year
D) Warm or Hot all year long
  • 10. In the Taiga, what animals will you see?
A) Lions, tigers, and bears
B) There are no animals
C) insets and migratory birds
D) Bears, birds, and buffalo
  • 11. What is another word for plants?
A) Flora
B) Cephalopods
C) Fauna
D) Profundals
  • 12. What is another word for animals, insects, and other living creatures?
A) Fauna
B) Flora
C) Profundals
D) Vegetation
  • 13. Which Forest Ecosystem has Non-Vascular Plants in them as a majority?
A) Temperate Deciduous
B) Tropical Evergreen
C) Tropical Deciduous
D) Temperate Evergreen
  • 14. Desert Ecosystems receive how much rain a year?
A) Very little
B) An average amount
C) A large amount
D) None at all
  • 15. Deserts occupy approximately how much of all the land on Earth?
A) all of the land
B) 1/2
C) 1/5
D) 3/4
  • 16. The main vegetation also known as succulents are also called
A) road runners
B) scorpions
C) desert roses
D) cacti
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Stems and Leaves
B) Stems and Roots
C) Leaves and Flowers
D) Roots and Flowers
  • 18. Animals you will see in a desert?
A) Snakes, alligators, skunks, and frogs
B) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
C) Camels, birds, insects, and reptiles
D) Bugs bunny, daffy duck, foghorn leghorn, and a chicken hawk
  • 19. How many Grasslands did we discuss?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Nineteen
D) Five
  • 20. Vegetation found in Grasslands include
A) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
B) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
C) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
D) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
B) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
C) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
D) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Cold and Hot
B) Dry and wet
C) Tropical and Temperate
D) Arctic and Tropical
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 26. Prairies are completely devoid of Trees?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 27. Prairie vegetation can be categorized as
A) Mixed and Short Trees Only
B) Tall, Mixed, and Short Trees
C) Tall Grasses Only
D) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
  • 28. What type of elevation are we talking about in Mountain Ecosystems
A) High and Low
B) Shallow and Deep
C) Mountains only have a base and no apex
D) Mountains only have high elevations there is no base of the mountain
  • 29. Why are the environments harsh in the Mountain Ecosystem?
A) The constant snow and abominable snowman
B) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
C) The warm weather and constant snow
D) The lack of rain and heat
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) They don't have any protection
B) An Electric Heater
C) Thick Skin
D) Thick Fur
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Dense thickets and cacti
B) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
C) Coniferous Forests
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Minerals and Vitamins
B) Salts and Minerals
C) Salts only
D) Sugar and Candy
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) High
B) Low
C) They never dissolve
D) Medium
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) Freshwater Tributaries
B) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
C) Most polluted
D) Largest of all the Ecosystems
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Are another name for small lakes
B) Feed the smaller bodies of water
C) Are where the fish go the breed
D) Feed the larger bodies of water
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Flora and Fauna
B) Cool air and water
C) Super heated air and water
D) Volcanic Lava
  • 38. Coral Reefs are NOT part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 39. What is the Inter-tidal part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) The relatively shallow part of the ocean
B) The estuaries
C) The area between the high and low tides
D) The Salt Marshes
  • 40. Algae, dinoflagellates, corals, and cephalopods are found in what system?
A) Hydro-Thermal Vents
B) Tundras
C) Freshwater
D) Marine
  • 41. How many divisions are in the Freshwater Ecosystems?
A) Fifteen
B) One
C) Three
D) Five
  • 42. The Marine Ecosystem covers about how much of the Earth's surface?
A) 1/2
B) All of the Earth
C) 3/4
D) 1/5
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/4
B) 1/5
C) 3/4
D) 1/2
  • 44. How much of the Earth's surface is covered by Freshwater?
A) 10%
B) Less than 1%
C) 50%
D) 90%
  • 45. What kind of water is found in the Lentic system?
A) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
B) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
C) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
D) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
  • 46. What kind of water is found in the Lotic system?
A) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
B) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
C) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
D) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
  • 47. Wetlands are described as what?
A) places of fast-moving water
B) places of slow moving water
C) places where the soil is saturated for at least some time
D) places where there is very dry areas
  • 48. Faster moving turbulent waters are best for what?
A) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
B) making kool-aide in a canoe
C) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
D) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Rare
B) Extinct
C) Common
D) Endangered
  • 50. Wetlands are protected now because we have destroyed so many to build houses and develop "good land"
A) They are not protected
B) False
C) True
D) They are extinct
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