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