Summer School Biology - CH 35 - Section III Quiz

How would you describe the climate in the temperate zone?

• hot and moist

• long cold winters

• warm to hot summers and cool to cold winters

• warm and sunny year round

An area that is cold and treeless, and where most of the soil is frozen is called _______.

• taiga

• tundra

• Antarctica

• chaparral

A large group of similar ecosystems that contain certain types of organisms is called a(n) ________________.

• community

• biome

• biozone

• environment

What category of biome is characterized by a dry, hot climate, little rain, and sparse plant life?

• grassland

• chaparral

• desert

• temperate forest

What type of biome is characterized by diverse plant and animal life, and warm, wet weather?

• tropical rain forest

• taiga

• tundra

• temperate forest

Which of the following is not classified as a land biome?

• rainforest

• chaparral

• taiga

• estuary

Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?

• tundra
• desert
• grassland
• tropical rainforest

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation
• permafrost
• crystallization
• soilfrost

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 has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Grasslands
• Taiga