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Types of Ecosystems
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  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Seven
B) Two
C) Eleven
D) Three
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Land
B) Marine
C) Freshwater
D) Ocean
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Tundras
B) Ocean
C) Forests
D) Land
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Nine
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Tundra and Taiga
B) Polar and Desert
C) Tropical and Temperate
D) Deciduous and Evergreen
  • 6. Tropical Evergreen Forests receive how much rain each year?
A) None at all
B) A large amount
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) Dense
D) Sparse
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Tropical Evergreen
B) Temperate Evergreen
C) Temperate deciduous
D) Tropical deciduous
  • 9. What temperatures should we expect in Tropical Ecosystems?
A) Warm or Hot all year long
B) Hot during the day and cold at nights
C) Cold six months out of the year
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) Profundals
B) Fauna
C) Cephalopods
D) Flora
  • 12. What is another word for animals, insects, and other living creatures?
A) Profundals
B) Vegetation
C) Fauna
D) Flora
  • 13. Which Forest Ecosystem has Non-Vascular Plants in them as a majority?
A) Temperate Deciduous
B) Tropical Deciduous
C) Temperate Evergreen
D) Tropical Evergreen
  • 14. Desert Ecosystems receive how much rain a year?
A) An average amount
B) None at all
C) A large amount
D) Very little
  • 15. Deserts occupy approximately how much of all the land on Earth?
A) 3/4
B) 1/5
C) all of the land
D) 1/2
  • 16. The main vegetation also known as succulents are also called
A) scorpions
B) desert roses
C) cacti
D) road runners
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Stems and Leaves
B) Stems and Roots
C) Roots and Flowers
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) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
B) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
C) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
D) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
B) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
C) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
D) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Cold and Hot
C) Arctic and Tropical
D) Dry and wet
  • 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) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 26. Prairies are completely devoid of Trees?
A) True
B) Neither
C) False
  • 27. Prairie vegetation can be categorized as
A) Tall, Mixed, and Short Trees
B) Mixed and Short Trees Only
C) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
D) Tall Grasses Only
  • 28. What type of elevation are we talking about in Mountain Ecosystems
A) Shallow and Deep
B) High and Low
C) Mountains only have a base and no apex
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 warm weather and constant snow
B) The constant snow and abominable snowman
C) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
D) The lack of rain and heat
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) Thick Skin
B) Thick Fur
C) They don't have any protection
D) An Electric Heater
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
B) Coniferous Forests
C) Dense thickets and cacti
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Sugar and Candy
B) Minerals and Vitamins
C) Salts only
D) Salts and Minerals
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) Medium
B) High
C) Low
D) They never dissolve
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) Largest of all the Ecosystems
B) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
C) Freshwater Tributaries
D) Most polluted
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Are another name for small lakes
B) Are where the fish go the breed
C) Feed the larger bodies of water
D) Feed the smaller bodies of water
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Flora and Fauna
B) Cool air and water
C) Volcanic Lava
D) Super heated air and water
  • 38. Coral Reefs are NOT part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) Neither
B) True
C) False
  • 39. What is the Inter-tidal part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) The Salt Marshes
B) The relatively shallow part of the ocean
C) The area between the high and low tides
D) The estuaries
  • 40. Algae, dinoflagellates, corals, and cephalopods are found in what system?
A) Hydro-Thermal Vents
B) Tundras
C) Marine
D) Freshwater
  • 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) 1/2
B) 1/5
C) All of the Earth
D) 3/4
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/4
B) 1/5
C) 3/4
D) 1/2
  • 44. How much of the Earth's surface is covered by Freshwater?
A) 50%
B) 90%
C) Less than 1%
D) 10%
  • 45. What kind of water is found in the Lentic system?
A) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
B) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
C) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
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) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
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 the soil is saturated for at least some time
C) places where there is very dry areas
D) places of fast-moving water
  • 48. Faster moving turbulent waters are best for what?
A) making kool-aide in a canoe
B) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
C) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
D) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Rare
B) Endangered
C) Extinct
D) Common
  • 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 extinct
D) They are not protected
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