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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Grasslands are known for which type of soil
nutrient - rich
poor
dry
clay
- 2. Multiple Choice
If you were to build or model a biome what would be the 2 factors you would look at to determine the climate?
temperature and precipitation
erosion and rainfall
plants and animals
salinity and PH
- 3. Multiple Choice
The environment of a marsh would include...
swamp and hills
rivers and streams
estuaries
Trees are scarce and would tend to be an open environment and flat
- 4. Multiple Choice
The mangrove estuary environment allows small fish and crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimps, prawns, krill, woodlice, and barnacles) to live there. Pick a quality that would help
It has lower than normal oxygen levels.
It has a higher salt content than the ocean.
It provides them shelter and protection from predators for small animals.
It has a fast moving waves and current running through it.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the forest floor of the Tropical RainForest pick a form of life that would survive well in this environment.
Mammals that need the dark , moist soil of the forest floor in which to lay their eggs.
Plants that use moonlight to make food and energy for growth.
Insects that require no water because rainfall is blocked by the canopy.
Fungi that enjoy the dark forest floor to help to get rid of animal and plant waste.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement is true about the Tropical Rainforests?
low rainfall
support of the greatest diversity of living organisms
soil is rich
Plants grow really well on the forest floor
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why should you not build a home in the Chaparral?
It is always rainy there.
Water sources are hard to find there.
It is prone to fires.
All the spiders there are venomous.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which one describes a freshwater biome?
High salt levels and considered oceans and coral reefs.
Low salt levels and considered lakes or rivers.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which one is considered a saltwater biome?
High salt levels and considered oceans and coral reefs.
Low salt levels and considered lakes and rivers.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Deforestation is the cutting down and destroying of forests, which biome is affected by this method?
Grassland
Desert
Chaparral
Taiga
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which services supports important services to the ecosystem on Coastal Marshes.
Reduces effects of exotic species.
Provides a site to dump radioactive waste.
Nurseries for many species of fish.
Used to increase flooding.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which resource helped the trees to grow and develop and why some trees cannot grow?
The amount of sunlight the trees need for photosynthesis.
The amount of predators in an area.
The average temperature in an area.
How much rainfall an area gets.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The method of deforestation has affected our biosphere in which way?
It has increased the habitats of organisms in the biosphere.
It has decreased the amount of oxygen in the atmoshere.
It has increased the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere.
It has decreased the number and habitats and oxygen in the biosphere and atmosphere.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which scenario could posssibly cause extinction of a species.
Pollution
Loss of Habitat
Humans hunting and loss of food source
All of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
You have 2 birds that live in the same tree 1 bird eats ants and termites and the 2nd bird eats catepillars. How can they coexist with one another?
They nest and reproduce differently.
Because they both eat different things.
Only one bird finds shelter in the tree.
They both sing in harmony.
- 16. Multiple Choice
You have 2 bald eagles one from the north flies south and the one in the south stays...why?
He wants to visit his cousin in florida.
The eagles up north have more feathers than the ones in the south.
There are more nests in the south.
The one in the north goes south for food and warmth and that is why the one in the south stays.
- 17. Multiple Choice
An oak tree was struck by disease and m any of the leaves dropped off, based on the graph which population would increase based off the graph?
Songbird Population
Squirrel Population
Oak Tree Population
Wildflower Population
- 18. Multiple Choice
Based off the list of biomes which biome has the greatest variety of plants and animals?
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Tropical RainForest
Open Ocean
Desert
- 19. Multiple Choice
You can tell which biome it is by the climate and ....
continent
weather
the soil type
the latitude
- 20. Multiple Choice
What are the characteristics of a Freshwater Biome?
lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams with no salt
Reef fish and coral
oceans and estuaries
SpongeBob in Hawaiian shorts
- 21. Multiple Choice
What does the Tropical Rainforest provide to the small and animals and birds in the tree canopy?
Shelter, rich in fruits and seeds, and a place called home.
Plenty of sunshine.
Prey for the Lions.
cool temperatures
- 22. Multiple Choice
Unlike the desert, Grasslands have more plants this is because of
There is more sunshine
There is more rainbows
There is more rainfall
There is more nitrogen
- 23. Multiple Choice
Pick which wetland has freshwater, grasses, reeds, and a few trees.
Inland Marshes
Coastal Marshes
Swamps
Lakes
- 24. Multiple Choice
Permafrost can be found in which biome?
Taiga
Grassland
Tundra
Savanna
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which group of living organisms live in the desert?
Sloth, monkey jaguar, and tree frog
Lizard, snake, frog, and scorpion
zebra, lion. giraffe, and hyena
bear, moose, wolf, and bobcat
- 26. Multiple Choice
Pick which characteristic does not help classify an ecosystem?
wildlife
soil type
dominant tree species
elevation level
- 27. Multiple Choice
Choose the group of living organisms that can be found in the Savanna Biome in South Africa.
Snakes, lizards, turtles, and roadrunner
Buffalo, cheetah, wildebeest, and gazelles
owl, deer, bear, and raccoon
polar bear, snowy owl. artic fox, and reindeer
- 28. Multiple Choice
What does the Tundra and Desert have in common?
Mountains
Polar ice caps
least amount of precipitation
Extreme heat
- 29. Multiple Choice
How does altitude affect precipitation?
Precipitation decreases as the altitude increases because cool air increases.
Precipitation increases as the altitude increases because cool air holds more water vapor.
Precipitation increases as the altitude increases because cool air increases.
Precipitation decreases as the altitude increases because cool air holds more water vapor.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Plant life in a marsh are low growing. How is this possible?
The algae in the water feeds the plants
The water at the top of the soil
Freshwater
Lack of human interference
- 31. Multiple Choice
The desert region lightning strikes are common in causing fires. The trees have grown large in a certain area of the grasses. The lack of lightning strikes cause an affect on the grasses how?
Not having lightning strikes hurts the grass causing the trees to take in all the water.
Not having lightning strikes helps the trees to grow and spread grass seeds.
Not having lightning strikes allows trees to grow and protect grasses from the sun.
Not having lightning strikes allows trees to grow and increases the nitrogen.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Deforestation causes there to be less leaf litter to form on ground in return this causes...
More insects, fungi and bacteria on the forest floor.
Only more fungi and bacteria on the forest floor.
Only fewer fungi and bacteria on the forest floor.
Fewer insects, fungi and bacteria on the forest floor.
- 33. Multiple Choice
Due to the Greenland Ice sheet melting, the bedrock below the ice has risen. This change has led to...
An increase in stability of the terrestrial ecosystem and ice melting has combined to form new landscape.
A decrease in stability in the marine ecosystem and ice melting has decreased the salinity in water.
A decrease in stability in the marine ecosystem and organisms have adapted to cold weather that allows them to tolerate warmer weather.
An increase in stability of the terrestrial ecosystem and the bedrock below has colonized new plants and animals.
- 34. Multiple Choice
The Golden Toad of Puerto Rico went extinct because...
Floods have driven new predators into their habitats.
Global warming has decreased temperatures making it too cold for them to live there.
Landslides have destroyed their habitats.
Global warming has increased temperatures making it too hot for them to live there.
- 35. Multiple Choice
Definition of Global warming...
photosynthesis
Ozone Depletion
carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface.
Too many people warming the Earth
- 36. Multiple Choice
Permafrost is any ground that remains completely frozen—32°F (0°C) or colder, in which Biome would you find Permafrost?
Taiga
Deciduous Forest
Tundra
Desert
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which statement would has the correct characteristics of a Savanna?
low shrubs, lichens, moss, artic fox, caribou, and polar bears
Coniferous, pines, oak, maple, elm trees, moose, lynx, bears, wolverines, foxes, and squirrels.
Grasses, shrubs, small trees, gazelles, zebras, elephants, and buffalo.
Ferns, fungi, exotic orchids, ficus, toucans, jaguars, and lemurs.
- 38. Multiple Choice
What are the main causes of extinction?
carbon dioxide and hydrogen in the air
predator moves away and finds new prey
air pollution, loss of home, food source gone, and hunting activities
migrating to new environment
- 39. Multiple Choice
Definition of deforestation..
re-planting trees after they have been cut down
the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
mining activities
bad farming methods
- 40. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is considered a freshwater biome?
pond
wetland
river
all of the above
- 41. Multiple Choice
Which aquatic biome is characterized by where rivers meet oceans?
marine
freshwater
coral reef
estuary
- 42. Multiple Choice
Ocean or marine environments have high salt levels.
True
False
- 43. Multiple Choice
Freshwater has low salt levels.
True
False
- 44. Multiple Choice
The Tropical Rainforest has a dark forest floor due to the amount of light that reaches the ground, which type of plant survives on the floor?
exotic orchids
berries
fungi
vines
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