Land Biomes - Assessment

1.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What are the two most significant abiotic factors that influence what type of biome is found in a geographic area? (Select Two)

Average precipitation.

Humidity level.

Average temperature.

Wind speed.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where on this map would you expect to find a tundra?

A

B

C

D

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If winds are coming in from the west, the rainshadow effect would produce a greater amount of precipitation for which area?

A

B

C

D

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where would you expect to find a boreal forest, or taiga?

A

B

C

D

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ecosystem would have the shortest growing season, permafrost, and few if any trees

A

B

C

D

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ecosystem would you expect to find the greatest amount of biomass and biodiversity?

Tropical rainforest

Temperate desert

Boreal forest

Polar grassland

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which statement describes the relationship between latitude and temperature?

As latitude increases, temperature increases

As latitude increases, temperature decreases

There is no relationship between latitude and temperature

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following statements is true regarding primary succession?

The soil is already present, so pioneer species grow very quickly.

Happens after a disturbance to an ecosystem, such as a forest fire or flood.

A climax community can be reached relatively quickly, in 150-200 years.

This type of succession starts on new land, so it takes much longer to occur

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of ecosystem would you be most likely to find at a latitude of 5°N?

A tropical rainforest

A temperate grassland

A polar desert

A boreal forest or taiga

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which type of forest would you expect to see trees turning changing color from green to red, orange, and yellow during the fall?

Deciduous Forest

Tropical Rain Forest

Boreal Forest

This happens in all these forests.

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which layer(s) would you expect to see a greater population of decomposers?

A

B

C

D

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which layer(s) would you expect to see most of the large mammals, like monkeys?

A

B

C

D

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which layer would have shorter plants with wider leaves (like ferms) to gather the 5-10% of sunlight that hasn’t already been captured?

A

B

C

D

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which is the emergent layer?

A

B

C

D

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of ecosystem would you be most likely to find at a latitude of 70°N?

A subtropical desert.

A tropical rainforest.

A boreal forest or taiga

A temperate grassland

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The map of the United States shows the location of the two rain forest ecosystems. Which statement accurately identifies each?

The northwest has temperate rain forest, the southeast has tropical rain forest

The northwest has tropical rain forest, the southeast has temperate rain forest

Both rain forests are tropical

Both rain forests are temperate

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which statement describes the relationship between altitude and temperature?

As altitude increases, temperature increases.

As altitude increases, temperature decreases.

There is no relationship between latitude and altitude

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why are there so few trees in prairies, or temperate grasslands?

There is not as much precipitation as in the forest biomes

The shifts in temperature from winter to summer are greater than in forest biomes

Prairies are subject to periodic fires. Trees cannot regenerate from fires like grasses can

All of the above

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the explanation for the presence of a rainforest in the Northwest, so far away from the equator?

The forest is on the windward side of the Olympic and Rocky mountains

The forest is in the leeward side of the Olympic and Rocky mountains

The forest has coastal effects of being near the Pacific Ocean

Both A and C are correct

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the advantage of trees having needle-shaped leaves?

The leaves are more likely to be eaten by herbivores

The leaves lose water at a greater rate

Needle-shaped leaves do not need to be dropped every winter like broad leaves.

Needle-shaped leaves have a greater surface or photosynthesis than broad, flat leaves

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of forests has a majority of trees with leaves that look like this?

Tropical rain forests

Boreal forests. (Taiga)

Deciduous forests

All of these

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall (and other precipitation)?

tundra

desert

temperate deciduous forest

tropical rain forest

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?

tundra

desert

grassland

tropical rainforest

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as

glaciation

permafrost

crystallization

soilfrost

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

Soil and Freshwater

Producers and Consumers

Native Plants and Animals

Precipitation and Temperature

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ecosystem above experiences a distinct dry season and wet season

Daly Waters

Iquitos

Tindouf

None of these

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Based on the climate graph shown, what type of biome is Iquitos

Tropical grassland

Tropical rainforest

Deciduous forest

Tundra

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Based on the climate data above, what type of biome is Tindouf

Temperate Forest

Tropical Rain Forest

Subtropical Desert

Temperate Grassland

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ecosystem is the most likely to be on or very close to the Equator

Daly Waters

Iquitos

Tindouf

None of these is close to the equator

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ecosystem will experience a freezing winter, with precipitation in the form of snow or ice

Daly Waters

Iquitos

Tindouf

None of these

31.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

1. The Gobi desert is an example of a ____________ desert, because it falls on the ____________ side of the Himalayan mountains.

Coastal, Leeward

Rain shadow, Leeward

Subtropical, Windward

Temperate, Windward

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Given the temperature data shown, which of these ecosystems is definitely in the northern hemisphere

Daly Waters

Iquitos

Tindouf

These are all in the southern hemisphere

Explore this activity with a free account