Impacts on Ecosystem Study Guide

Impacts on Ecosystem Study Guide

By Alecia Stancil

Multiple Choice

What are the 2 types of aquatic biomes?

• rivers and streams

• lakes and oceans

• marine and fresh water

• marine and oceanic

Multiple Choice

The kind of wetland formed where saltwater and fresh water meet is called

• brujeria

• estuary

• swamp

• marsh

Multiple Choice

Which body of water is NOT part of the Freshwater Biome?

• Rivers & Streams

• Lakes & Ponds

• Wetlands

• Oceans

Multiple Choice

With increasing global temperatures, more and more coral reefs have been dying off.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which biome has the largest number of species of plants and animals (highest biodiversity)?

• tundra

• desert

• tropical rainforest

• pine forest

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?

• Desert

• Grasslands

• Temperate Forest

• Taiga

Multiple Choice

Plants following the sun exhibit (show)

• Phototropism

• Geotropism

• Hydrotropism

• Thigmotropism

Multiple Choice

The plant is following the light.

• Phototropism

• Thigmotropism

• Hydrotropism

• Geotropism

Multiple Choice

This example for 

• Internal stimuli 

• Light stimuli

• Tough stimuli

• Temperature stimuli 

Multiple Choice

The word Tropism mean_________

• growth in response to stimuli
• to create something new
• Chemical energy
• Taproot system

Multiple Choice

What does it mean if a plant has a POSITIVE phototropism?

• That the plant grows toward light.
• That the plant grows away from light.
• That the plant grows toward gravity.
• That the plant grows away from gravity. 

Multiple Choice

A plant drops its leaves and appears to be dead.

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Dormancy

Multiple Choice

Apple trees, maple trees, and some animals do this in response to changing seasons.

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Dormancy

Multiple Choice

Many plants go dormant in the winter when there are less daylight hours. What does it mean to go dormant?

• to wilt

• to go inactive

• to grow towards the light

• to change color of leaves

Multiple Choice

Which of the following issues is the cause of the other environmental impacts caused by humans?

• pollution
• human population growth
• climate change
• habitat destruction 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results when levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere increase due to the burning of fossil fuels?

• ecological succession

• acid rain

• ozone depletion

• global warming

Multiple Select

What are three types of ways organisms are affected by pollution?

• air

• land

• recycling

• water

• shelter

Multiple Choice

Over time all animals (and plants) develop adaptations that help them ____________________.

• develop new adaptations

• thrive and survive

• change the way they interact with their environment

• change their behaviors

Multiple Choice

Living things have two kinds of adaptations: __________________. Choose the best answer.

• behavioral and physical

• physical makeup and structural

• behavioral and structural

• thrive and survive

Poll

Overall how confident are you in passing the test on Thursday!