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