5th grade: Ecosystems

Despite having plenty of sun and rain, the tropical rainforest has very poor _____.

• biodiversity
• soil
• animal life
• air quality

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

• deciduous
• evergreen
• conifer
• bonsai

In which biome can you find permafrost?

• taiga
• tundra
• desert
• chaparral

Which biome do we live in?

• temperate grassland
• temperate rainforest
• temperate deciduous forest
• chaparral

Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes?

• desert
• mountain
• taiga
• tundra

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Which biome receives between 0 and 25 centimeters of precipitation each year, has a temperature range from -27 to 5 degrees Celsius, has frozen soil, and is home to hares, caribou, and wolves?

• desert
• mountain
• savannah
• tundra

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This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen.  The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy.  The soil is very rich.  Moose and elk live here.  This biome is classified as a

• taiga
• tundra
• deciduous forest
• temperate forest

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

• tundra
• desert
• rain forest
• pine forest

What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem?

• Biotic Factors
• Abiotic Factors
• Community
• Population

Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are...

• Nonliving 
• Living
• Populations
• Vegetation

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