Types of Ecosystems
  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Eleven
B) Seven
C) Three
D) Two
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Marine
B) Freshwater
C) Ocean
D) Land
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Tundras
B) Forests
C) Land
D) Ocean
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Two
B) Nine
C) Three
D) Five
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Polar and Desert
B) Deciduous and Evergreen
C) Tundra and Taiga
D) Tropical and Temperate
  • 6. Tropical Evergreen Forests receive how much rain each year?
A) An average amount
B) None at all
C) Very little
D) A large amount
  • 7. When we discussed the vegetation in Tropical Ecosystems we know the vegetation will be
A) Dense
B) Devoid
C) Some
D) Sparse
  • 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) Cold six months out of the year
B) Hot during the day and cold at nights
C) Warm or Hot all year long
D) Definite Summer and Definite Winter
  • 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) Flora
C) Profundals
D) Fauna
  • 12. What is another word for animals, insects, and other living creatures?
A) Vegetation
B) Fauna
C) Profundals
D) Flora
  • 13. Which Forest Ecosystem has Non-Vascular Plants in them as a majority?
A) Temperate Deciduous
B) Temperate Evergreen
C) Tropical Deciduous
D) Tropical Evergreen
  • 14. Desert Ecosystems receive how much rain a year?
A) An average amount
B) Very little
C) None at all
D) A large amount
  • 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) desert roses
B) scorpions
C) cacti
D) road runners
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Leaves and Flowers
B) Roots and Flowers
C) Stems and Leaves
D) Stems and Roots
  • 18. Animals you will see in a desert?
A) Camels, birds, insects, and reptiles
B) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
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) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Nineteen
  • 20. Vegetation found in Grasslands include
A) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
B) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
C) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
D) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
B) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
C) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
D) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Dry and wet
B) Arctic and Tropical
C) Cold and Hot
D) Tropical and Temperate
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) False
B) True
C) Neither
  • 26. Prairies are completely devoid of Trees?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 27. Prairie vegetation can be categorized as
A) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
B) Tall Grasses Only
C) Mixed and Short Trees Only
D) Tall, Mixed, and Short Trees
  • 28. What type of elevation are we talking about in Mountain Ecosystems
A) Shallow and Deep
B) Mountains only have a base and no apex
C) High and Low
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 constant snow and abominable snowman
B) The lack of rain and heat
C) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
D) The warm weather and constant snow
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) An Electric Heater
B) Thick Fur
C) They don't have any protection
D) Thick Skin
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Dense thickets and cacti
B) Coniferous Forests
C) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Five
D) Three
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Minerals and Vitamins
B) Sugar and Candy
C) Salts only
D) Salts and Minerals
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) They never dissolve
B) High
C) Medium
D) Low
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) Largest of all the Ecosystems
B) Most polluted
C) Freshwater Tributaries
D) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Are where the fish go the breed
B) Feed the larger bodies of water
C) Feed the smaller bodies of water
D) Are another name for small lakes
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Cool air and water
B) Super heated air and water
C) Flora and Fauna
D) Volcanic Lava
  • 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 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) Marine
B) Freshwater
C) Tundras
D) Hydro-Thermal Vents
  • 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) 3/4
B) All of the Earth
C) 1/5
D) 1/2
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/2
B) 1/5
C) 1/4
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) 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
  • 46. What kind of water is found in the Lotic system?
A) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
B) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
C) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
D) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
  • 47. Wetlands are described as what?
A) places of fast-moving water
B) places of slow moving water
C) places where there is very dry areas
D) places where the soil is saturated for at least some time
  • 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) Extinct
B) Common
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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