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- 1. Multiple Choice
One characteristic feature of the tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as
Hoarfrost
Glaciation
Permafrost
Crystallization
- 2. Multiple Choice
The kangaroo rat is able to get all of the water it needs through its food and therefore, never needs to drink liquid. This animal has adapted to survive in which biome?
Forest
Tundra
Desert
Grassland
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
Tundra
Desert
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Tropical Rainforest
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.Taiga/Boreal/Coniferous ForestsTemperate Seasonal (Decidious) ForestsDesertsTropical Rain Forests
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?
Desert
Grassland
Tropical rainforest
Temperate forest
- 6. Multiple Choice
The rain forest soil is
poor and rocky
frozen soil
thick and nutrient rich
thin and nutrient poor
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?TundraRainforestDesertConiferous forest
- 8. Multiple Choice
Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?
Desert
Temperate forest
Grassland
Tropical Rainfroest
- 9. Multiple Choice
The an aphotic aquatic ecosystem that is very deep and cold with tremendous pressure is :
Mangroves
Coral reefs
Abyss
Estuaries
- 10. Multiple Choice
__________ primary productivity = the organic materials that remain after photosynthetic organisms in the ecosystem have used some of these compounds for their cellular energy needs (cellular respiration).
Gross
Total
Net
Secondary
- 11. Multiple Choice
The total quantity of all living matter in an area is called:
Troposphere
Net Primary Productivity
Biomass
Ecosystem
- 12. Multiple Choice
Ecological efficiency from one trophic level to the next is generally:
1%
10%
75%
90%
- 13. Multiple Choice
Lenthic water systems are inland and would include:
Streams
Rivers
Estuaries
A lake
- 14. Multiple Choice
The breeding ground aquatic ecosystem are:
Wetlands
River
Lakes
Streams
- 15. Multiple Choice
The difference between marshes and swamp biomes:
marshes have trees
swamps are dominated by grasses
marshes are dominated by grasses
swamps will have reeds
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