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) Marine
B) Ocean
C) Land
D) Freshwater
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Tundras
B) Forests
C) Land
D) Ocean
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Nine
D) Five
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Tundra and Taiga
B) Tropical and Temperate
C) Polar and Desert
D) Deciduous and Evergreen
  • 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) Devoid
B) Sparse
C) Some
D) Dense
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Tropical Evergreen
B) Tropical deciduous
C) Temperate Evergreen
D) Temperate deciduous
  • 9. What temperatures should we expect in Tropical Ecosystems?
A) Definite Summer and Definite Winter
B) Cold six months out of the year
C) Warm or Hot all year long
D) Hot during the day and cold at nights
  • 10. In the Taiga, what animals will you see?
A) insets and migratory birds
B) Lions, tigers, and bears
C) Bears, birds, and buffalo
D) There are no animals
  • 11. What is another word for plants?
A) Cephalopods
B) Fauna
C) Flora
D) Profundals
  • 12. What is another word for animals, insects, and other living creatures?
A) Profundals
B) Flora
C) Vegetation
D) Fauna
  • 13. Which Forest Ecosystem has Non-Vascular Plants in them as a majority?
A) Tropical Evergreen
B) Temperate Evergreen
C) Tropical Deciduous
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) 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) desert roses
B) scorpions
C) cacti
D) road runners
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Roots and Flowers
B) Stems and Roots
C) Stems and Leaves
D) Leaves and Flowers
  • 18. Animals you will see in a desert?
A) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
B) Camels, birds, insects, and reptiles
C) Snakes, alligators, skunks, and frogs
D) Bugs bunny, daffy duck, foghorn leghorn, and a chicken hawk
  • 19. How many Grasslands did we discuss?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Nineteen
D) Three
  • 20. Vegetation found in Grasslands include
A) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
B) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
C) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
D) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
B) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
C) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
D) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Cold and Hot
C) Dry and wet
D) Arctic and Tropical
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) Neither
B) False
C) True
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) Neither
B) True
C) False
  • 26. Prairies are completely devoid of Trees?
A) True
B) Neither
C) False
  • 27. Prairie vegetation can be categorized as
A) Mixed and Short Trees Only
B) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
C) Tall, Mixed, and Short Trees
D) Tall Grasses Only
  • 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 lack of rain and heat
B) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
C) The warm weather and constant snow
D) The constant snow and abominable snowman
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) They don't have any protection
B) Thick Fur
C) Thick Skin
D) An Electric Heater
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Coniferous Forests
B) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
C) Dense thickets and cacti
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Salts and Minerals
B) Sugar and Candy
C) Minerals and Vitamins
D) Salts only
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) Medium
B) High
C) Low
D) They never dissolve
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
B) Freshwater Tributaries
C) Most polluted
D) Largest of all the Ecosystems
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Feed the smaller bodies of water
B) Are where the fish go the breed
C) Are another name for small lakes
D) Feed the larger bodies of water
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Volcanic Lava
B) Cool air and water
C) Super heated air and water
D) Flora and Fauna
  • 38. Coral Reefs are NOT part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) False
B) True
C) Neither
  • 39. What is the Inter-tidal part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) The Salt Marshes
B) The area between the high and low tides
C) The relatively shallow part of the ocean
D) The estuaries
  • 40. Algae, dinoflagellates, corals, and cephalopods are found in what system?
A) Freshwater
B) Hydro-Thermal Vents
C) Marine
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) 3/4
B) 1/5
C) 1/2
D) All of the Earth
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/4
B) 3/4
C) 1/5
D) 1/2
  • 44. How much of the Earth's surface is covered by Freshwater?
A) 10%
B) Less than 1%
C) 90%
D) 50%
  • 45. What kind of water is found in the Lentic system?
A) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
B) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
C) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
D) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
  • 46. What kind of water is found in the Lotic system?
A) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
B) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
C) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
D) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
  • 47. Wetlands are described as what?
A) places where the soil is saturated for at least some time
B) places of slow moving water
C) places of fast-moving water
D) places where there is very dry areas
  • 48. Faster moving turbulent waters are best for what?
A) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
B) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
C) making kool-aide in a canoe
D) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Common
B) Extinct
C) Endangered
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 not protected
C) False
D) They are extinct
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