ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
Types of Ecosystems
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Eleven
B) Three
C) Two
D) Seven
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Ocean
B) Freshwater
C) Marine
D) Land
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Ocean
B) Land
C) Tundras
D) Forests
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Nine
D) Five
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Tundra and Taiga
C) Polar and Desert
D) Deciduous and Evergreen
  • 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) Sparse
C) Some
D) Devoid
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Temperate Evergreen
B) Tropical deciduous
C) Temperate deciduous
D) Tropical Evergreen
  • 9. What temperatures should we expect in Tropical Ecosystems?
A) Cold six months out of the year
B) Warm or Hot all year long
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) There are no animals
B) Lions, tigers, and bears
C) insets and migratory birds
D) Bears, birds, and buffalo
  • 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) Flora
B) Vegetation
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) Very little
D) An average amount
  • 15. Deserts occupy approximately how much of all the land on Earth?
A) 1/2
B) all of the land
C) 3/4
D) 1/5
  • 16. The main vegetation also known as succulents are also called
A) desert roses
B) scorpions
C) road runners
D) cacti
  • 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) Snakes, alligators, skunks, and frogs
C) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
D) Bugs bunny, daffy duck, foghorn leghorn, and a chicken hawk
  • 19. How many Grasslands did we discuss?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Nineteen
D) Two
  • 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) 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) Dry and wet
B) Tropical and Temperate
C) Arctic and Tropical
D) Cold and Hot
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) False
B) True
C) Neither
  • 26. Prairies are completely devoid of Trees?
A) Neither
B) True
C) False
  • 27. Prairie vegetation can be categorized as
A) Tall Grasses Only
B) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
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) Mountains only have high elevations there is no base of the mountain
B) Shallow and Deep
C) High and Low
D) Mountains only have a base and no apex
  • 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) They don't have any protection
C) Thick Skin
D) Thick Fur
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Dense thickets and cacti
B) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
C) Coniferous Forests
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Salts only
B) Salts and Minerals
C) Sugar and Candy
D) Minerals and Vitamins
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) High
B) They never dissolve
C) Low
D) Medium
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) Freshwater Tributaries
B) Largest of all the Ecosystems
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) Feed the larger bodies of water
C) Are another name for small lakes
D) Feed the smaller bodies of water
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Super heated air and water
B) Cool air and water
C) Volcanic Lava
D) Flora and Fauna
  • 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 Salt Marshes
B) The estuaries
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) Tundras
B) Marine
C) Hydro-Thermal Vents
D) Freshwater
  • 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) 3/4
C) 1/2
D) 1/5
  • 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) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
B) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
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) 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 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) 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) Rare
B) Extinct
C) Common
D) Endangered
  • 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
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — the site for test creation and grading in math and other subjects.