Biomes
  • 1. The two features that determine the climate of an area are
A) weather
B) weather and precipitation
C) temperature and precipitation
D) temperature and weather
  • 2. This biome is the driest of all the biomes
A) Tundra
B) Temperate Deciduous forest
C) Desert
  • 3. This is the biome in which we live in
A) Temperate deciduous forest
B) Tropical rainforest
C) Coniferous forest
D) Grassland
  • 4. Climate is a pattern that is seen over a
A) short period of time
B) long period of time
C) never known
D) what is happening outside
  • 5. Climate and weather are the same thing
A) true
B) false
  • 6. This biome is the wettest biome of all the biomes
A) Tropical Rainforest
B) Grassland
C) Savannah
D) Tundra
  • 7. This biome is very cold all year long
A) Savannah
B) Coniferous Forest
C) Tundra
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 8. This biome is the most diverse biome containing the greatest variety of plants and animals
A) Savannah
B) Tundra
C) Coniferous Forest
D) Tropical Rainforest
  • 9. This biome can be found in central Africa where elephants, zebra, lions, and cheetahs live
A) Savannah
B) Grassland
C) Tropical Rainforest
D) Coniferous Forest
  • 10. This biome is known as the Taiga and can be found in Canada
A) Temperate Deciduous Forest
B) Tundra
C) Coniferous forest
D) Grassland
  • 11. Scorpions, cactus, lizards, snakes, and woodpeckers all live in this biome
A) Savannah
B) Tropical Rainforest
C) Desert
D) Grassland
  • 12. This biome's climate is warm summers, cold winters, and moderate precipitation
A) Tropical Rainforest
B) Tundra
C) Temperate Deciduous Forest
D) Desert
  • 13. This biome can be found in Antarctica and contains animals like seals, polar bears, and whales
A) Tundra
B) Coniferous Forest
C) Savannah
D) Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 14. Lakes,rivers,streams, ponds, and creeks are all apart of the _____________ biome
A) Saltwater
B) Marine
C) Freshwater
  • 15. Sharks, dolphins, plankton, crabs, star fish and sea turtles are all apart of the ______________ biome
A) Freshwater
B) Marine
  • 16. Frogs, catfish, beavers, snakes, and toads are all found in this biome
A) Saltwater
B) Freshwater
C) Marine
  • 17. Pick one biome you are familiar with. Discuss the climate, location, animal life and plant life. Be sure to give at least 3 examples of animals and plant. 10pts
  • 18. The word deciduous means
A) to decide
B) to change seasons
C) to change color
D) to fall off
  • 19. Why do deciduous trees lose their leaves?
A) to make the soil better
B) to feed animals
C) to save water during the winter or during the dry season
D) to get more sunlight
  • 20. Where are conifer seeds produced?
A) in trunks
B) in waxy leaves
C) in needles
D) in cones
  • 21. What covers the needles of conifers?
A) waxy coating
B) weeds
C) bark
D) sap
  • 22. Why do few large plants grow beneath conifers?
A) Animals eat them
B) Little light reaches the ground
C) It is too cold
D) The ground is too bare
  • 23. What does biodiversity mean?
A) rich soil
B) great climate differences
C) a lot of rain
D) Many kinds of plants and animals
  • 24. What is the rain-forest canopy
A) ground
B) tree trunks
C) treetops
D) vines
  • 25. What are the main plants in temperate grasslands?
A) shrubs
B) conifers
C) crops
D) grasses
  • 26. Why are there few trees in temperate grasslands?
A) fires
B) rolling hills
C) too much rain
D) deep roots
  • 27. How do plants adapt to the desert climate?
A) They grow far apart so they don't have to compete with each other for water
B) they do not have flowers
C) they have roots above the ground
D) they grow only at night
  • 28. What is permafrost?
A) muddy soil
B) soil that has thawed
C) soil that is always frozen
D) a plant in the tundra
  • 29. How does the alpine tundra differ from the polar tundra?
A) it is on mountain tops
B) it gets no sunlight
C) it does not have permafrost
D) it has many trees
  • 30. Which adaptation would NOT help an arctic plant survive in the tundra?
A) thick insulating tree bark
B) pine needles
C) large wide, fleshy leaves
  • 31. Which of the following is a key abiotic factor in rivers
A) speed of water
B) amount of salt
C) number of fish
D) how animals adapt
  • 32. Which of the following ocean animals need warm water to live?
A) animals in coral reefs
B) whales
C) animals on the ocean floor
D) barnacles
  • 33. How does a swamp differ from a marsh?
A) It has trees
B) It has very wet soil
C) It has salt water
D) It has many birds
  • 34. Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
A) littoral zone
B) Intertidal zone
C) thermocline
D) deep zone
  • 35. Which of the following is NOT an intertidal area?
A) rocky shore
B) coral reef
C) sandy beach
D) mudflat
  • 36. What makes it possible for many animals to live in the polar ice ecosystem?
A) coral reefs
B) cold air
C) large numbers of plankton
D) floating algae
  • 37. Which lake zone is closet to the land's edge?
A) tributary
B) deep-water zone
C) open-water zone
D) littoral zone
  • 38. Which biome has the greatest biological diversity?
A) alpine tundra
B) tropical rain forest
C) temperate grassland
D) coniferous forest
  • 39. Which biome would have trees with cones
A) coniferous forest
B) tropical rain forest
C) alpine tundra
D) temperate grassland
  • 40. Which biome is found on the mountain top?
A) tropical rainforest
B) temperate grassland
C) coniferous forest
D) alpine tundra
  • 41. Which is the ocean floor?
A) oceanic zone
B) neritic zone
C) benthic zone
D) intertidal zone
  • 42. Which zone is where the ocean meets the land?
A) neritic zone
B) benthic zone
C) oceanic zone
D) intertidal zone
  • 43. This area has warm water and sunlight
A) intertidal zone
B) ocean floor oceanic zone
C) benthic zone
D) neritic zone
  • 44. This is the zone where the sea floor drops sharply
A) neritic zone
B) intertidal zone
C) oceanic zone
D) benthic zone
  • 45. An important ecosystem for flood control is a
A) river
B) wetland
C) ocean
D) desert
  • 46. A wetland with no trees is a
A) marsh
B) forest
C) swamp
D) savanna
  • 47. Components of a desert ecosystem include
A) animals that are active mostly at night
B) a hot dry climate
C) plants that grow far apart
D) all of these
  • 48. The forest biome that receives the most rainfall is the
A) desert
B) temperate deciduous forest
C) tropical rain forest
D) coniferous forest
  • 49. Which of these is an abiotic factor in a desert?
A) the soil
B) coyote
C) a cactus
D) a lizard
  • 50. Water temperature
A) increases as water gets deeper
B) has no effect on the animals in a marine ecosystem
C) affects the types of organisms that can live in a marine ecosystem
  • 51. All of these are abiotic factors in a marine ecosystem except:
A) sharks and whales
B) the amount of sunlight that passes into the water
C) water temperature
D) water depth
  • 52. One major abiotic factor in freshwater ecosystems is the
A) source of the water
B) speed of the water
C) none of these
D) width of the stream or river
  • 53. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called
A) deciduous trees
B) tall trees
C) coniferous trees
D) evergreen trees
  • 54. In which major ocean zones are plants and animals exposed to air for part of the day?
A) benthic zone
B) intertidal zone
C) oceanic zone
D) neritic zone
  • 55. An abiotic factor that affects marine ecosystems is
A) the amount of sunlight that passes through the water
B) the depth of the water
C) All of these
D) the temperature of the water
  • 56. This is a marine ecosystem that includes mudflats, sandy beaches and rocky shores
A) coral reef
B) the Sargasso Sea
C) an intertidal area
D) polar ice
  • 57. An ecosystem consists of
A) a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
B) only the abiotic environment such as rainfall and soil
C) all the places on Earth where life exists
D) many populations of a number of species
  • 58. Plants that can NOT tolerate water with a constantly changing salt content are NOT likely to be found in
A) an estuary
B) a freshwater stream
C) the neritic zone
D) a pond
  • 59. Trout thrive in the oxygen-rich waters of cool, fast-moving streams. Which of the following events might reduce the population of trout in a mountain stream?
A) Ash and silt from a forest fire cover the surface of the stream
B) The movement of a boulder forms a new waterfall
C) The flow of a tributary stream slows slightly
D) There is unusually heavy snowfall in the winter
  • 60. What important abiotic factor is used to characterize a biome?
A) plants and animals
B) soil
C) climate
D) number of ecosystems
  • 61. Why are savannas well-suited to supporting large herbivores?
A) They are cold and dry
B) They are areas where grasses are the main plants
C) They are dry and hot
  • 62. Marshes and Swaps are two types of wetlands. What is the main factor that swamps have that marshes don't have?
A) birds
B) trees
C) plants
D) moist soil
  • 63. An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is called
A) a neritic area
B) an estuary
C) an intertidal area
D) a coral reef
  • 64. Sam is making a terrarium for a praying mantis he wants to study. Praying mantises are carnivores. Sam has placed the following in his terrarium: soil, twigs, a rock, a small dish of water, and the praying mantis. What is missing from Sam's terrarium?
A) other insects for the praying mantis to eat
B) plants for the praying mantis to eat
C) a mouse for the praying mantis to eat, and grains for the mouse to eat
D) other insects for the praying mantis to eat, and plants for the other insects to eat
  • 65. What percent of the Earth is covered with oceans?
A) 50%
B) 25%
C) 40%
D) 75%
  • 66. Which biome can be found on all continents except Antarctica
A) Taiga
B) grasslands
C) deserts
D) Tundra
  • 67. The Nile River is a freshwater ecosystem
A) False
B) True
  • 68. The Everglades in Florida is a wetland ecosystem
A) True
B) False
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