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Biomes
Con il contributo di: Mitchell
(Autore originale: Sanchez)
  • 1. The two features that determine the climate of an area are
A) temperature and weather
B) weather
C) weather and precipitation
D) temperature 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) Tropical rainforest
B) Temperate deciduous forest
C) Grassland
D) Coniferous forest
  • 4. Climate is a pattern that is seen over a
A) what is happening outside
B) long period of time
C) never known
D) short period of time
  • 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) Grassland
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Savannah
  • 7. This biome is very cold all year long
A) Coniferous Forest
B) Tundra
C) Savannah
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 8. This biome is the most diverse biome containing the greatest variety of plants and animals
A) Tundra
B) Savannah
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Coniferous Forest
  • 9. This biome can be found in central Africa where elephants, zebra, lions, and cheetahs live
A) Tropical Rainforest
B) Grassland
C) Coniferous Forest
D) Savannah
  • 10. This biome is known as the Taiga and can be found in Canada
A) Tundra
B) Coniferous forest
C) Grassland
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 11. Scorpions, cactus, lizards, snakes, and woodpeckers all live in this biome
A) Savannah
B) Desert
C) Grassland
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 12. This biome's climate is warm summers, cold winters, and moderate precipitation
A) Temperate Deciduous Forest
B) Desert
C) Tundra
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 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) Savannah
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) Marine
B) Freshwater
  • 16. Frogs, catfish, beavers, snakes, and toads are all found in this biome
A) Saltwater
B) Marine
C) Freshwater
  • 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 decide
C) to change color
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 trunks
C) in cones
D) in waxy leaves
  • 21. What covers the needles of conifers?
A) waxy coating
B) sap
C) weeds
D) bark
  • 22. Why do few large plants grow beneath conifers?
A) Animals eat them
B) It is too cold
C) Little light reaches the ground
D) The ground is too bare
  • 23. What does biodiversity mean?
A) a lot of rain
B) Many kinds of plants and animals
C) rich soil
D) great climate differences
  • 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) crops
B) shrubs
C) grasses
D) conifers
  • 26. Why are there few trees in temperate grasslands?
A) rolling hills
B) fires
C) too much rain
D) deep roots
  • 27. How do plants adapt to the desert climate?
A) they grow only at night
B) They grow far apart so they don't have to compete with each other for water
C) they have roots above the ground
D) they do not have flowers
  • 28. What is permafrost?
A) a plant in the tundra
B) soil that has thawed
C) muddy soil
D) soil that is always frozen
  • 29. How does the alpine tundra differ from the polar tundra?
A) it gets no sunlight
B) it has many trees
C) it does not have permafrost
D) it is on mountain tops
  • 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) number of fish
C) amount of salt
D) how animals adapt
  • 32. Which of the following ocean animals need warm water to live?
A) animals in coral reefs
B) animals on the ocean floor
C) barnacles
D) whales
  • 33. How does a swamp differ from a marsh?
A) It has salt water
B) It has very wet soil
C) It has many birds
D) It has trees
  • 34. Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
A) deep zone
B) littoral zone
C) thermocline
D) Intertidal zone
  • 35. Which of the following is NOT an intertidal area?
A) mudflat
B) rocky shore
C) coral reef
D) sandy beach
  • 36. What makes it possible for many animals to live in the polar ice ecosystem?
A) coral reefs
B) floating algae
C) cold air
D) large numbers of plankton
  • 37. Which lake zone is closet to the land's edge?
A) open-water zone
B) littoral zone
C) deep-water zone
D) tributary
  • 38. Which biome has the greatest biological diversity?
A) temperate grassland
B) coniferous forest
C) alpine tundra
D) tropical rain forest
  • 39. Which biome would have trees with cones
A) temperate grassland
B) tropical rain forest
C) alpine tundra
D) coniferous forest
  • 40. Which biome is found on the mountain top?
A) temperate grassland
B) coniferous forest
C) tropical rainforest
D) alpine tundra
  • 41. Which is the ocean floor?
A) intertidal zone
B) oceanic zone
C) neritic zone
D) benthic 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) ocean floor oceanic zone
D) benthic zone
  • 44. This is the zone where the sea floor drops sharply
A) oceanic zone
B) intertidal zone
C) neritic zone
D) benthic zone
  • 45. An important ecosystem for flood control is a
A) river
B) desert
C) wetland
D) ocean
  • 46. A wetland with no trees is a
A) marsh
B) savanna
C) swamp
D) forest
  • 47. Components of a desert ecosystem include
A) a hot dry climate
B) animals that are active mostly at night
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) tropical rain forest
C) desert
D) temperate deciduous forest
  • 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) increases as water gets deeper
B) affects the types of organisms that can live in a marine ecosystem
C) has no effect on the animals in a marine ecosystem
  • 51. All of these are abiotic factors in a marine ecosystem except:
A) the amount of sunlight that passes into the water
B) water depth
C) sharks and whales
D) water temperature
  • 52. One major abiotic factor in freshwater ecosystems is the
A) width of the stream or river
B) source of the water
C) speed of the water
D) none of these
  • 53. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called
A) tall trees
B) coniferous 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) 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) the Sargasso Sea
B) polar ice
C) an intertidal area
D) coral reef
  • 57. An ecosystem consists of
A) all the places on Earth where life exists
B) many populations of a number of species
C) a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
D) only the abiotic environment such as rainfall and soil
  • 58. Plants that can NOT tolerate water with a constantly changing salt content are NOT likely to be found in
A) an estuary
B) a freshwater stream
C) a pond
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) Ash and silt from a forest fire cover the surface of the stream
B) The movement of a boulder forms a new waterfall
C) There is unusually heavy snowfall in the winter
D) The flow of a tributary stream slows slightly
  • 60. What important abiotic factor is used to characterize a biome?
A) number of ecosystems
B) plants and animals
C) soil
D) climate
  • 61. Why are savannas well-suited to supporting large herbivores?
A) They are cold and dry
B) They are areas where grasses are the main plants
C) They are dry and hot
  • 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) plants
C) trees
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 coral reef
D) a neritic area
  • 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) a mouse for the praying mantis to eat, and grains for the mouse to eat
C) other insects for the praying mantis to eat, and plants for the other insects to eat
D) plants for the praying mantis to eat
  • 65. What percent of the Earth is covered with oceans?
A) 40%
B) 75%
C) 50%
D) 25%
  • 66. Which biome can be found on all continents except Antarctica
A) Tundra
B) Taiga
C) grasslands
D) deserts
  • 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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