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Biomes
Contribué par: Mitchell
(Auteur original: Sanchez)
  • 1. The two features that determine the climate of an area are
A) weather and precipitation
B) weather
C) temperature and precipitation
D) temperature and weather
  • 2. This biome is the driest of all the biomes
A) Temperate Deciduous forest
B) Desert
C) Tundra
  • 3. This is the biome in which we live in
A) Grassland
B) Tropical rainforest
C) Temperate deciduous forest
D) Coniferous forest
  • 4. Climate is a pattern that is seen over a
A) short period of time
B) long period of time
C) never known
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) Temperate Deciduous Forest
B) Tundra
C) Coniferous Forest
D) Savannah
  • 8. This biome is the most diverse biome containing the greatest variety of plants and animals
A) Tropical Rainforest
B) Tundra
C) Savannah
D) Coniferous Forest
  • 9. This biome can be found in central Africa where elephants, zebra, lions, and cheetahs live
A) Coniferous Forest
B) Grassland
C) Savannah
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 10. This biome is known as the Taiga and can be found in Canada
A) Tundra
B) Temperate Deciduous Forest
C) Coniferous forest
D) Grassland
  • 11. Scorpions, cactus, lizards, snakes, and woodpeckers all live in this biome
A) Desert
B) Savannah
C) Grassland
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 12. This biome's climate is warm summers, cold winters, and moderate precipitation
A) Tundra
B) Temperate Deciduous Forest
C) Desert
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 13. This biome can be found in Antarctica and contains animals like seals, polar bears, and whales
A) Tundra
B) Coniferous Forest
C) Savannah
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 14. Lakes,rivers,streams, ponds, and creeks are all apart of the _____________ biome
A) Freshwater
B) Marine
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 change seasons
B) to change color
C) to decide
D) to fall off
  • 19. Why do deciduous trees lose their leaves?
A) to make the soil better
B) to feed animals
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 cones
D) in waxy leaves
  • 21. What covers the needles of conifers?
A) sap
B) bark
C) waxy coating
D) weeds
  • 22. Why do few large plants grow beneath conifers?
A) It is too cold
B) Animals eat them
C) Little light reaches the ground
D) The ground is too bare
  • 23. What does biodiversity mean?
A) rich soil
B) great climate differences
C) a lot of rain
D) Many kinds of plants and animals
  • 24. What is the rain-forest canopy
A) vines
B) treetops
C) tree trunks
D) ground
  • 25. What are the main plants in temperate grasslands?
A) grasses
B) shrubs
C) conifers
D) crops
  • 26. Why are there few trees in temperate grasslands?
A) rolling hills
B) deep roots
C) fires
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 grow only at night
D) they have roots above the ground
  • 28. What is permafrost?
A) muddy soil
B) soil that is always frozen
C) soil that has thawed
D) a plant in the tundra
  • 29. How does the alpine tundra differ from the polar tundra?
A) it gets no sunlight
B) it has many trees
C) it is on mountain tops
D) it does not have permafrost
  • 30. Which adaptation would NOT help an arctic plant survive in the tundra?
A) thick insulating tree bark
B) large wide, fleshy leaves
C) pine needles
  • 31. Which of the following is a key abiotic factor in rivers
A) speed of water
B) how animals adapt
C) number of fish
D) amount of salt
  • 32. Which of the following ocean animals need warm water to live?
A) barnacles
B) animals on the ocean floor
C) whales
D) animals in coral reefs
  • 33. How does a swamp differ from a marsh?
A) It has salt water
B) It has trees
C) It has very wet soil
D) It has many birds
  • 34. Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
A) Intertidal zone
B) littoral zone
C) deep zone
D) thermocline
  • 35. Which of the following is NOT an intertidal area?
A) mudflat
B) coral reef
C) rocky shore
D) sandy beach
  • 36. What makes it possible for many animals to live in the polar ice ecosystem?
A) floating algae
B) coral reefs
C) cold air
D) large numbers of plankton
  • 37. Which lake zone is closet to the land's edge?
A) deep-water zone
B) tributary
C) littoral zone
D) open-water zone
  • 38. Which biome has the greatest biological diversity?
A) temperate grassland
B) alpine tundra
C) tropical rain forest
D) coniferous forest
  • 39. Which biome would have trees with cones
A) tropical rain forest
B) coniferous forest
C) temperate grassland
D) alpine tundra
  • 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) intertidal zone
D) oceanic zone
  • 42. Which zone is where the ocean meets the land?
A) benthic zone
B) neritic zone
C) intertidal zone
D) oceanic zone
  • 43. This area has warm water and sunlight
A) neritic zone
B) benthic zone
C) ocean floor oceanic zone
D) intertidal zone
  • 44. This is the zone where the sea floor drops sharply
A) oceanic zone
B) intertidal zone
C) benthic zone
D) neritic zone
  • 45. An important ecosystem for flood control is a
A) river
B) wetland
C) ocean
D) desert
  • 46. A wetland with no trees is a
A) savanna
B) marsh
C) swamp
D) forest
  • 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) coyote
B) a cactus
C) the soil
D) a lizard
  • 50. Water temperature
A) affects the types of organisms that can live in a marine ecosystem
B) increases as water gets deeper
C) has no effect on the animals in a marine ecosystem
  • 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 depth
D) water temperature
  • 52. One major abiotic factor in freshwater ecosystems is the
A) width of the stream or river
B) none of these
C) source of the water
D) speed of the water
  • 53. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called
A) tall trees
B) deciduous trees
C) coniferous trees
D) evergreen trees
  • 54. In which major ocean zones are plants and animals exposed to air for part of the day?
A) neritic zone
B) intertidal zone
C) oceanic zone
D) benthic zone
  • 55. An abiotic factor that affects marine ecosystems is
A) the amount of sunlight that passes through the water
B) All of these
C) the temperature of the water
D) the depth of the water
  • 56. This is a marine ecosystem that includes mudflats, sandy beaches and rocky shores
A) polar ice
B) coral reef
C) the Sargasso Sea
D) an intertidal area
  • 57. An ecosystem consists of
A) only the abiotic environment such as rainfall and soil
B) many populations of a number of species
C) all the places on Earth where life exists
D) a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
  • 58. Plants that can NOT tolerate water with a constantly changing salt content are NOT likely to be found in
A) a pond
B) a freshwater stream
C) the neritic zone
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) There is unusually heavy snowfall in the winter
B) The flow of a tributary stream slows slightly
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) soil
B) number of ecosystems
C) climate
D) plants and animals
  • 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) moist soil
B) trees
C) plants
D) birds
  • 63. An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is called
A) an intertidal area
B) an estuary
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) a mouse for the praying mantis to eat, and grains for the mouse to eat
C) other insects for the praying mantis to eat
D) plants for the praying mantis to eat
  • 65. What percent of the Earth is covered with oceans?
A) 25%
B) 40%
C) 75%
D) 50%
  • 66. Which biome can be found on all continents except Antarctica
A) grasslands
B) Taiga
C) Tundra
D) deserts
  • 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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