Types of Ecosystems
  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Two
B) Eleven
C) Seven
D) Three
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Marine
B) Freshwater
C) Land
D) Ocean
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Ocean
B) Forests
C) Land
D) Tundras
  • 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) Polar and Desert
C) Deciduous and Evergreen
D) Tropical and Temperate
  • 6. Tropical Evergreen Forests receive how much rain each year?
A) A large amount
B) None at all
C) An average amount
D) Very little
  • 7. When we discussed the vegetation in Tropical Ecosystems we know the vegetation will be
A) Dense
B) Devoid
C) Sparse
D) Some
  • 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) 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) Lions, tigers, and bears
B) insets and migratory birds
C) Bears, birds, and buffalo
D) There are no animals
  • 11. What is another word for plants?
A) Fauna
B) Flora
C) Profundals
D) Cephalopods
  • 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) Tropical Deciduous
B) Temperate Deciduous
C) Temperate Evergreen
D) Tropical Evergreen
  • 14. Desert Ecosystems receive how much rain a year?
A) Very little
B) None at all
C) An average amount
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) cacti
B) scorpions
C) desert roses
D) road runners
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Roots and Flowers
B) Leaves and Flowers
C) Stems and Roots
D) Stems and Leaves
  • 18. Animals you will see in a desert?
A) Snakes, alligators, skunks, and frogs
B) Camels, birds, insects, and reptiles
C) Bugs bunny, daffy duck, foghorn leghorn, and a chicken hawk
D) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
  • 19. How many Grasslands did we discuss?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Three
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) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
B) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
C) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
D) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
  • 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) Neither
B) True
C) False
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) Neither
B) False
C) True
  • 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) Tall Grasses Only
C) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
D) Mixed and Short Trees 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) 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 warm weather and constant snow
C) The lack of rain and heat
D) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) An Electric Heater
B) They don't have any protection
C) Thick Fur
D) Thick Skin
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Dense thickets and cacti
B) Deciduous Forests
C) Coniferous Forests
D) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Two
D) Five
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Salts and Minerals
B) Salts only
C) Minerals and Vitamins
D) Sugar and Candy
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) High
B) Medium
C) They never dissolve
D) Low
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
B) Most polluted
C) Freshwater Tributaries
D) Largest of all the Ecosystems
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Feed the larger bodies of water
B) Are another name for small lakes
C) Are where the fish go the breed
D) Feed the smaller bodies of water
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Super heated air and water
B) Flora and Fauna
C) Cool air and water
D) Volcanic Lava
  • 38. Coral Reefs are NOT part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 39. What is the Inter-tidal part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) The estuaries
B) The Salt Marshes
C) The area between the high and low tides
D) The relatively shallow part of the ocean
  • 40. Algae, dinoflagellates, corals, and cephalopods are found in what system?
A) Tundras
B) Hydro-Thermal Vents
C) Freshwater
D) Marine
  • 41. How many divisions are in the Freshwater Ecosystems?
A) One
B) Fifteen
C) Three
D) Five
  • 42. The Marine Ecosystem covers about how much of the Earth's surface?
A) All of the Earth
B) 1/5
C) 3/4
D) 1/2
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/5
B) 3/4
C) 1/4
D) 1/2
  • 44. How much of the Earth's surface is covered by Freshwater?
A) 50%
B) 10%
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) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
C) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
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) 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 of fast-moving water
B) places where there is very dry areas
C) places of slow moving water
D) places where the soil is saturated for at least some time
  • 48. Faster moving turbulent waters are best for what?
A) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
B) making kool-aide in a canoe
C) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
D) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Common
B) Rare
C) Extinct
D) Endangered
  • 50. Wetlands are protected now because we have destroyed so many to build houses and develop "good land"
A) They are not protected
B) They are extinct
C) True
D) False
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