Quiz about Biomes

Question 1

Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

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living thing

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non-living

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plants

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soil

Question 2

Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?

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sunlight

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Panda

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Turtle

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Butterfly

Question 3

The area of the map shaded in green represents which of the following terrestrial biome

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Tundra

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Coniferous Forrest

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Deciduous Forrest

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Desert

Question 4

Which two biomes have the least precipitation?

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tundra and desert

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tropical rain forest and temperate grasslan

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savanna and tropical dry forest

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boreal forest and temperate woodland

Question 5

This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

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Tropical Rain Forests

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Deserts

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Savannas

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Chaparral

Question 6

What is this biome?

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Deciduous Forest

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Tropical Rainforest

Question 7

Which major biome is home to cacti, brittle bushes, small reptiles, and coyotes?

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Desert

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Taiga

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Tundra

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Grassland

Question 8

In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?

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temperate grassland

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desert

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tropical rainforest

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tundra

Question 9

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

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biomes

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ecozones

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biotopes

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biodomes

Question 10

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

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Climate

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Land

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Water

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Latitude

Question 11

What is the largest biome on Earth?

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Ocean

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Deciduous forest

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Taiga

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Desert

Question 12

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

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permafrost

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glaciation

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crystallization

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soilfrost

Question 13

Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?

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desert

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taiga

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tundra

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grassland

Question 14

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

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grassland

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taiga

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tundra

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deciduous forest

Question 15

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

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taiga

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tundra

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deciduous forest

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temperate forest

Question 16

Which of the following is the best definition for estuary?

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Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.

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Narrow band of coastline that exists between high and low tide.

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Flowing fresh water containing rapids.

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Freshwater aquatic areas that are saturated by water for at least part of the year.

Question 17

Which biome is pictured below?

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coral reef

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ocean

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freshwater

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wetland

Question 18

Which biome is pictured below?

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ocean

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freshwater

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wetland

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coral reef

Biomes

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