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Types of Ecosystems
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Eleven
B) Two
C) Three
D) Seven
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Freshwater
B) Land
C) Ocean
D) Marine
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Tundras
B) Forests
C) Land
D) Ocean
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Nine
D) Five
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Deciduous and Evergreen
C) Tundra and Taiga
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) Devoid
B) Some
C) Sparse
D) Dense
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Tropical deciduous
B) Temperate Evergreen
C) Tropical Evergreen
D) Temperate deciduous
  • 9. What temperatures should we expect in Tropical Ecosystems?
A) Warm or Hot all year long
B) Definite Summer and Definite Winter
C) Hot during the day and cold at nights
D) Cold six months out of the year
  • 10. In the Taiga, what animals will you see?
A) There are no animals
B) Bears, birds, and buffalo
C) Lions, tigers, and bears
D) insets and migratory birds
  • 11. What is another word for plants?
A) Cephalopods
B) Profundals
C) Flora
D) Fauna
  • 12. What is another word for animals, insects, and other living creatures?
A) Flora
B) Profundals
C) Vegetation
D) Fauna
  • 13. Which Forest Ecosystem has Non-Vascular Plants in them as a majority?
A) Temperate Evergreen
B) Temperate Deciduous
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) 3/4
B) 1/2
C) 1/5
D) all of the land
  • 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) Roots and Flowers
B) Stems and Leaves
C) Stems and Roots
D) Leaves and Flowers
  • 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) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
B) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
C) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
D) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
B) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
C) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
D) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Dry and wet
B) Cold and Hot
C) Tropical and Temperate
D) Arctic and Tropical
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) False
B) True
C) Neither
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) False
B) True
C) Neither
  • 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 grasses
B) Tall, Mixed, and Short Trees
C) Mixed and Short Trees Only
D) Tall Grasses Only
  • 28. What type of elevation are we talking about in Mountain Ecosystems
A) Shallow and Deep
B) Mountains only have high elevations there is no base of the mountain
C) Mountains only have a base and no apex
D) High and Low
  • 29. Why are the environments harsh in the Mountain Ecosystem?
A) The warm weather and constant snow
B) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
C) The lack of rain and heat
D) The constant snow and abominable snowman
  • 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) Coniferous Forests
B) Dense thickets and cacti
C) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 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 only
B) Minerals and Vitamins
C) Sugar and Candy
D) Salts and Minerals
  • 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) Most polluted
B) Largest of all the Ecosystems
C) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
D) Freshwater Tributaries
  • 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) Flora and Fauna
B) Super heated air and water
C) Volcanic Lava
D) Cool air and water
  • 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 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) Freshwater
B) Hydro-Thermal Vents
C) Marine
D) Tundras
  • 41. How many divisions are in the Freshwater Ecosystems?
A) Five
B) One
C) Fifteen
D) Three
  • 42. The Marine Ecosystem covers about how much of the Earth's surface?
A) 1/5
B) 1/2
C) 3/4
D) All of the Earth
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 3/4
B) 1/2
C) 1/4
D) 1/5
  • 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) 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) 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
  • 47. Wetlands are described as what?
A) places of slow 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 fast-moving water
  • 48. Faster moving turbulent waters are best for what?
A) making kool-aide in a canoe
B) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
C) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
D) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Extinct
B) Endangered
C) Common
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) They are extinct
C) False
D) True
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