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