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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
Where on this map would you expect to find a tundra?
A
B
C
D
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
Where would you expect to find a boreal forest, or taiga?
A
B
C
D
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which ecosystem would have the shortest growing season, permafrost, and few if any trees
A
B
C
D
- 6. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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
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
Which layer(s) would you expect to see a greater population of decomposers?
A
B
C
D
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which layer(s) would you expect to see most of the large mammals, like monkeys?
A
B
C
D
- 13. Multiple Choice
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
Which is the emergent layer?
A
B
C
D
- 15. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?
tundra
desert
grassland
tropical rainforest
- 24. Multiple ChoiceOne 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 asglaciationpermafrostcrystallizationsoilfrost
- 25. Multiple Choice
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
Which ecosystem above experiences a distinct dry season and wet season
Daly Waters
Iquitos
Tindouf
None of these
- 27. Multiple Choice
Based on the climate graph shown, what type of biome is Iquitos
Tropical grassland
Tropical rainforest
Deciduous forest
Tundra
- 28. Multiple Choice
Based on the climate data above, what type of biome is Tindouf
Temperate Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Subtropical Desert
Temperate Grassland
- 29. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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
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