Spring Science Final 2018

Biodiversity leads to-

• succession
• sustainability
• disasters
• biomes

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

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

Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?

• tropical rainforest
• temperate deciduous forest
• tundra
• coniferous forest

Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?

• ecozones
• biotopes
• biomes
• biodomes

Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?

• Grasslands
• Tundra
• Rainforest
• Temperate Forest

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

• Taiga
• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest

Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?

• Taiga
• Temperate Forest
• Tundra
• Grasslands