Biomes & Abiotic/Biotic Factors Review

Multiple Choice

What is a biome?

• A region characterized by the land and water that are in the area

• a region characterized by its specific weather and plants

• All the plants and animals in a habitat

• a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

Open Ended

What are the differences between an ecosystem and a biome?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes a biome?

• A large community on Earth with similar climates and organisms

• A small group of animals living together

• A single type of plant found in a region

• A weather pattern that lasts for a few days

Multiple Choice

The table below lists abiotic and biotic factors of a particular biome.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms can be found in the freshwater biome?

• Whale

• Water Lily

• Sea Turtle

• Kelp

Open Ended

How is a polar bear adapted to survive in its biome?

Multiple Choice

Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree?

• deciduous
• evergreen
• conifer
• bonsai

Multiple Choice

Which Biome has permafrost?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Taiga
• Tundra

Multiple Choice

Which two biomes have the least precipitation?

• tropical rain forest and temperate grasslan
• savanna and tropical dry forest
• tundra and desert
• boreal forest and temperate woodland

Open Ended

Choose a biome. Create a list of 4 biotic and abiotic factors from this biome.

Multiple Choice

Which land biome is the coldest in temperature without any trees?

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

Multiple Select

Select all the biomes that are dominated by trees as the main plant life.

• Rainforest

• Deciduous Forest

• Grassland

• Taiga

Open Ended

Compare the plant and animal life found in marine and freshwater biomes.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about biomes is correct?

• Biomes are small communities with identical organisms.

• Biomes never change over time.

• Plants and animals are adapted for specific biomes.

• Humans have no impact on biomes.

Multiple Choice

Which biome is characterized by extremely low rainfall and contains plants like cactus and animals like coyote?

• Desert

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Rainforest

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the marine biome?

• It covers nearly three-fourths of Earth

• It has a salt concentration less than 1%

• Its average temperature is 60° Fahrenheit

• It is made up of ponds and rivers

Multiple Choice

Which of the following biomes is known for having frozen soil called permafrost?

• Desert

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Grassland

Open Ended

Explain how the plant life in grasslands differs from that in deciduous forests, and discuss how these differences affect the types of animals found in each biome.

Open Ended

Compare the plant and animal life found in the Taiga and Tundra biomes. What adaptations might these organisms have to survive in their environments?