Environmental Science Midterm Study Guide

A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a

• population
• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• community

The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

• Food and Water
• Water and Sunlight
• Temperature and Oxygen
• Water and Temperature 

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We live in this biome....which incidentally is the only biome with 4 seasons

• tundra
• temperate deciduous forest
• grasslands
• desert

In which biome is Georgia located?

• tropical rainforest
• temperate rainforest
• temperate deciduous forest
• alpine forest

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

Which type of forest would you expect to see trees turning changing color from green to red, orange, and yellow during the fall

• Deciduous Forest

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Boreal Forest

• This happens in all these forests

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Grasslands
• Taiga

When do animals give birth in the savanna?

• During the dry season

• During the rainy season

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Which of the following is the Driest place on earth?

• Savannah

• Temperate Grassland

• Desert

Plants called __________ such as cactuses have thick, fleshy stems and leaves that conserve water

• Succotash

• Succulent