Ecology Take Two

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

Energy flows through an ecosystem and is transferred as ____________, but chemical elements are ____________.

• light, heat

• heat, lost

• light, gained

• heat, recycled

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

Which biome gets the most amount of rain every year?

• decidious forest

• tropical rain forest

• desert

• tundra

Which biome has the greatest amount of biodiversity? (the most different kinds of organisms)

• tundra

• grassland

• desert

• tropical rain forest

Which biome has trees that lose their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring?

• deciduous forest

• coniferous forest (taiga)

• tropical rain forest

• desert

Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

• non-living
• plants
• living thing
• soil

Which biome is represented by the rainfall amounts in letter C?

• desert
• prairie
• deciduous forest
• tropical rain 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