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