Biomes Lesson

Multiple Choice

Butterfly gets nectar from the flower and transfers pollen to other flowers to allow flowers to reproduce.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• increase in predators
• disease
• increase in available food
• drought

Multiple Choice

A bird makes a nest in a tree.  The bird gets a house, but the tree is unharmed.

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Multiple Choice

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

• Grasses and ants

• Ants and grasshoppers

• Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths

• Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks

Multiple Choice

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?

• sun
• temperature
• soil
• grass

Multiple Choice

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment

• abiotic

• biotic

Multiple Choice

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

Multiple Choice

Is a rain an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

Multiple Choice

Which description best matches desert biome ?

• Near the equator, warm temperatures, and abundant rainfall.

• Dry environments that generally receive less than 10 in. of rainfall each year.

• A cold, dry, mostly treeless biome that encircles the Arctic Ocean

Multiple Choice

What are two abiotic factors that influence deserts?

• Wind and sun

• Rain and snow

• Snow and sun

Multiple Choice

Why is being nocturnal such a common survival strategy in the desert?

• It is cooler at night than it is during the day.

• It is hotter at night than it is during the day.

• All the animals in a desert can only see in the dark.

Multiple Choice

Why do some plants in the desert have spines or thorns?

• To make it difficult for the animals to eat.

• Makes them look pretty.

• To hurt a person.

• to get rid of extra water

Multiple Choice

What kind of climate does a tropical rainforest have?

• warm and wet and humid

• cold and dry

• warm and dry

• cold and wet

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes the rainforest?

• populated by squirrels, bears and pine trees
• relatively few trees
• generally close to the equator
• short, mild, dry summers

Multiple Choice

Why do some plants in the rainforest adapt to grow upwards, like a vine?

• to strangle other trees

• to provide a place for monkeys to swing on

• to help it grow towards the light

• for just hanging out

Multiple Choice

Which is a difference between rainforest plants and desert plants?

• rainforest plants have spines and desert plants have large leaves

• desert plants have no roots and rainforest plants have roots

• rainforest plants have large, wide leaves and desert plants have small or no leaves

• desert plants have a lot of leaves, and rainforest plants have just a few leaves

Multiple Choice

The temperature in the deciduous forest biome is 

• has cool seasons and warm seasons   
• cold 
• always warm 
• snowy 

Multiple Choice

What seasons happens in a temperate deciduous forest?

• blizzards

• spring and summer

• spring, summer, fall, winter

• blazing hot

Multiple Choice

What type of rainfall happens in a temperate deciduous forest?

• steady amounts of rainfall, most of the year

• very little rainfall

• only rains during the winter

• no rainfall

Multiple Choice

What is the MAIN threat imposed on Deciduous Forests?

• road construction
• mining
• People cutting down trees
• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Freshwater can be found in ________________.

• lakes

• ponds

• streams

• underground

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What kind of animal can be found in a river?

Multiple Choice

a flat area of land in which grasses are the primary plant.

• drought

• continent

• grassland

• evolve

Multiple Choice

True or False: Grasslands get a lot of precipitation year-round.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Savanna plants are generally ________.

• tall

• small

• slow-growing

• non existent

Multiple Choice

There are no trees ini either temperate grasslands or savannahs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Found at higher latitudes with a cold and dry climate.

Coniferous trees are found here, and snow is the primary form of precipitation.

• desert

• tiaga

• savanna

• deciduous forest

Multiple Choice

What type of trees grow in the taiga biome?

• Broadleaf

• Coniferous

• The kind whose leaves fall off in the fall

Multiple Choice

Coniferous regions are heavily populated and diverse

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the largest source of salt water?

• Rivers
• Lakes
• Oceans
• Streams

Multiple Choice

Which two bodies of water are saltwater?

• Oceans & Lakes
• Oceans & Seas
• Ponds & Streams
• All of the above

Multiple Choice

An aquatic ecosystem includes any

• fish and frogs living there
• water environment and the community of organisms living there
• water but no animals or plants

Multiple Choice

The layer of dirt that prevents melted snow from soaking into the ground is called...

• environment
• clumps
• permafrost

Multiple Choice

Most arctic plants grow ______ to the ground.

• close
• far
• next
• deep

Multiple Select

There are two main seasons in the Arctic Tundra

• spring and fall

• winter and spring

• winter and summer

• fall and summer

Multiple Choice

Most of the precipitation that falls in the tundra is:

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• wind

Multiple Choice

Which biome has the worst soil because so much vegetation grows there that are the nutrients are in the trees and plants?

• tundra

• desert

• tropical rain forest

• grassland

Multiple Choice

Which statement explains why few plants grow on a tropical rainforest floor?

• Heavy rains fall throughout the year.

• Temperature in a tropical rainforest stays warm.

• Many different kinds of animals live on a rainforest floor.

• Not enough sunlight reaches the forest floor making it too hard to grow.

Multiple Choice

A species of mouse spends the day sleeping in its burrow to avoid the high daytime temperatures.  It is using what little water it needs from the seeds it collects.  To which environment is this mouse best adapted?

• Rainforest

• Marine

• Desert

• Tundra

Multiple Choice

Temperature, water, sunlight, and soil quality are all examples of this?

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• Both of these

• None of these

Multiple Choice

Which of the following habitats probably has the greatest number of plant and animal species?

• the African savannah
• a rainforest in Brazil
• a temperate forest in China
• a temperate grassland in Kansas

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