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Contribuido por: Mitchell
(Autor original: Sanchez)
  • 1. The two features that determine the climate of an area are
A) weather
B) temperature and precipitation
C) temperature and weather
D) weather and precipitation
  • 2. This biome is the driest of all the biomes
A) Tundra
B) Temperate Deciduous forest
C) Desert
  • 3. This is the biome in which we live in
A) Tropical rainforest
B) Coniferous forest
C) Grassland
D) Temperate deciduous forest
  • 4. Climate is a pattern that is seen over a
A) never known
B) long period of time
C) short period of time
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) Tundra
B) Savannah
C) Coniferous Forest
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 8. This biome is the most diverse biome containing the greatest variety of plants and animals
A) Tundra
B) Coniferous Forest
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Savannah
  • 9. This biome can be found in central Africa where elephants, zebra, lions, and cheetahs live
A) Grassland
B) Savannah
C) Coniferous Forest
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 10. This biome is known as the Taiga and can be found in Canada
A) Coniferous forest
B) Tundra
C) Temperate Deciduous Forest
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) Tropical Rainforest
B) Desert
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) Coniferous Forest
D) Tundra
  • 14. Lakes,rivers,streams, ponds, and creeks are all apart of the _____________ biome
A) Saltwater
B) Marine
C) Freshwater
  • 15. Sharks, dolphins, plankton, crabs, star fish and sea turtles are all apart of the ______________ biome
A) Freshwater
B) Marine
  • 16. Frogs, catfish, beavers, snakes, and toads are all found in this biome
A) Marine
B) Freshwater
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 fall off
B) to change color
C) to decide
D) to change seasons
  • 19. Why do deciduous trees lose their leaves?
A) to get more sunlight
B) to feed animals
C) to make the soil better
D) to save water during the winter or during the dry season
  • 20. Where are conifer seeds produced?
A) in needles
B) in waxy leaves
C) in cones
D) in trunks
  • 21. What covers the needles of conifers?
A) bark
B) weeds
C) sap
D) waxy coating
  • 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) a lot of rain
B) great climate differences
C) rich soil
D) Many kinds of plants and animals
  • 24. What is the rain-forest canopy
A) tree trunks
B) ground
C) vines
D) treetops
  • 25. What are the main plants in temperate grasslands?
A) grasses
B) crops
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 have roots above the ground
B) They grow far apart so they don't have to compete with each other for water
C) they do not have flowers
D) they grow only at night
  • 28. What is permafrost?
A) muddy soil
B) soil that is always frozen
C) a plant in the tundra
D) soil that has thawed
  • 29. How does the alpine tundra differ from the polar tundra?
A) it has many trees
B) it is on mountain tops
C) it gets no sunlight
D) it does not have permafrost
  • 30. Which adaptation would NOT help an arctic plant survive in the tundra?
A) pine needles
B) thick insulating tree bark
C) large wide, fleshy leaves
  • 31. Which of the following is a key abiotic factor in rivers
A) speed of water
B) number of fish
C) how animals adapt
D) amount of salt
  • 32. Which of the following ocean animals need warm water to live?
A) animals in coral reefs
B) barnacles
C) whales
D) animals on the ocean floor
  • 33. How does a swamp differ from a marsh?
A) It has many birds
B) It has trees
C) It has very wet soil
D) It has salt water
  • 34. Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
A) littoral zone
B) thermocline
C) Intertidal zone
D) deep 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) large numbers of plankton
C) cold air
D) coral reefs
  • 37. Which lake zone is closet to the land's edge?
A) open-water zone
B) tributary
C) deep-water zone
D) littoral zone
  • 38. Which biome has the greatest biological diversity?
A) coniferous forest
B) temperate grassland
C) alpine tundra
D) tropical rain forest
  • 39. Which biome would have trees with cones
A) alpine tundra
B) coniferous forest
C) tropical rain forest
D) temperate grassland
  • 40. Which biome is found on the mountain top?
A) temperate grassland
B) alpine tundra
C) coniferous forest
D) tropical rainforest
  • 41. Which is the ocean floor?
A) intertidal zone
B) neritic zone
C) benthic zone
D) oceanic zone
  • 42. Which zone is where the ocean meets the land?
A) neritic zone
B) benthic zone
C) intertidal zone
D) oceanic 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) intertidal zone
B) benthic zone
C) oceanic zone
D) neritic zone
  • 45. An important ecosystem for flood control is a
A) ocean
B) desert
C) river
D) wetland
  • 46. A wetland with no trees is a
A) swamp
B) forest
C) marsh
D) savanna
  • 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) desert
C) temperate deciduous forest
D) tropical rain forest
  • 49. Which of these is an abiotic factor in a desert?
A) the soil
B) a lizard
C) a cactus
D) coyote
  • 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) sharks and whales
B) the amount of sunlight that passes into the water
C) water temperature
D) water depth
  • 52. One major abiotic factor in freshwater ecosystems is the
A) source of the water
B) speed of the water
C) width of the stream or river
D) none of these
  • 53. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called
A) deciduous trees
B) coniferous trees
C) tall 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) oceanic zone
C) neritic zone
D) benthic zone
  • 55. An abiotic factor that affects marine ecosystems is
A) the temperature of the water
B) the amount of sunlight that passes through 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) polar ice
B) an intertidal area
C) the Sargasso Sea
D) coral reef
  • 57. An ecosystem consists of
A) a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
B) many populations of a number of species
C) only the abiotic environment such as rainfall and soil
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) a pond
B) an estuary
C) a freshwater stream
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 flow of a tributary stream slows slightly
B) There is unusually heavy snowfall in the winter
C) The movement of a boulder forms a new waterfall
D) Ash and silt from a forest fire cover the surface of the stream
  • 60. What important abiotic factor is used to characterize a biome?
A) plants and animals
B) number of ecosystems
C) climate
D) soil
  • 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) 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) other insects for the praying mantis to eat
B) other insects for the praying mantis to eat, and plants for the other insects to eat
C) plants 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) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 40%
  • 66. Which biome can be found on all continents except Antarctica
A) Tundra
B) grasslands
C) deserts
D) Taiga
  • 67. The Nile River is a freshwater ecosystem
A) True
B) False
  • 68. The Everglades in Florida is a wetland ecosystem
A) True
B) False
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