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Types of Ecosystems - Quiz
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  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Two
B) Seven
C) Eleven
D) Three
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Marine
B) Freshwater
C) Ocean
D) Land
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Land
B) Ocean
C) Tundras
D) Forests
  • 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) Deciduous and Evergreen
B) Tundra and Taiga
C) Tropical and Temperate
D) Polar and Desert
  • 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) Devoid
B) Sparse
C) Some
D) Dense
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Tropical deciduous
B) Tropical Evergreen
C) Temperate Evergreen
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) Definite Summer and Definite Winter
D) Warm or Hot all year long
  • 10. In the Taiga, what animals will you see?
A) There are no animals
B) Lions, tigers, and bears
C) Bears, birds, and buffalo
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) Profundals
B) Flora
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) A large amount
B) An average amount
C) None at all
D) Very little
  • 15. Deserts occupy approximately how much of all the land on Earth?
A) 1/5
B) all of the land
C) 3/4
D) 1/2
  • 16. The main vegetation also known as succulents are also called
A) scorpions
B) desert roses
C) road runners
D) cacti
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Leaves and Flowers
B) Stems and Roots
C) Roots and Flowers
D) Stems and Leaves
  • 18. Animals you will see in a desert?
A) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
B) Camels, birds, insects, and reptiles
C) Bugs bunny, daffy duck, foghorn leghorn, and a chicken hawk
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) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
B) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
C) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
D) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
B) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
C) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
D) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Arctic and Tropical
B) Tropical and Temperate
C) Dry and wet
D) Cold and Hot
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) Neither
B) False
C) True
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) False
B) Neither
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) High and Low
B) Mountains only have a base and no apex
C) Shallow and Deep
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 Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
B) The constant snow and abominable snowman
C) The warm weather and constant snow
D) The lack of rain and heat
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) They don't have any protection
B) Thick Skin
C) Thick Fur
D) An Electric Heater
  • 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) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Salts only
B) Sugar and Candy
C) Salts and Minerals
D) Minerals and Vitamins
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) Medium
B) High
C) They never dissolve
D) Low
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
B) Largest of all the Ecosystems
C) Most polluted
D) Freshwater Tributaries
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Feed the smaller bodies of water
B) Are where the fish go the breed
C) Feed the larger bodies of water
D) Are another name for small lakes
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Flora and Fauna
B) Volcanic Lava
C) Cool air and water
D) Super heated air and water
  • 38. Coral Reefs are NOT part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) True
B) Neither
C) False
  • 39. What is the Inter-tidal part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) The estuaries
B) The relatively shallow part of the ocean
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) Hydro-Thermal Vents
B) Tundras
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) 3/4
C) 1/5
D) 1/2
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/4
B) 1/2
C) 3/4
D) 1/5
  • 44. How much of the Earth's surface is covered by Freshwater?
A) 50%
B) Less than 1%
C) 10%
D) 90%
  • 45. What kind of water is found in the Lentic system?
A) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
B) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
C) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
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) 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
  • 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) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
B) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
C) making kool-aide in a canoe
D) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Common
B) Endangered
C) Rare
D) Extinct
  • 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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