Biomes and Biodiversity

Which statement is true?

• There are a few number of animals that live in the rain forest, and they belong to a small number of species.

• The population of animals in the rainforest is large and diverse.

• Many animals live in the rainforest, but there are just a few species that can survive there.

• There are many species living in the rainforest, but their populations are usually very small.

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What might happen to the earth’s atmosphere if the rainforest disappeared?

• We’d have less oxygen and more carbon dioxide.

• We’d have more oxygen and less carbon dioxide.

• We’d have more oxygen and more carbon dioxide.

• We’d have less oxygen and less carbon dioxide.

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The tropics can be found…

• Throughout the pacific ocean.

• On every continent.

• Only in the southernmost regions of the earth.

• Near the equator.

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What is biodiversity?

• The plants that makeup an ecosystem

• The animals the makeup an ecosystem

• The differences between plants and animals in an ecosystem

• Both a and b

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Which of the following contributes most to promoting sustainability in an ecosystem?

• Lack of decomposers

• A balanced water table

• Variety of organisms

• A narrow temperature range

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Which of the following is considered a BIOTIC factor?

• Rocks

• Sun

• Water

• Tree

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Which of the following biomes is considered the most biodiverse?

• The ocean

• The tundra

• The rainforest

• The grasslands

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Fauna are ____________ and Flora are ____________

• Plants, Animals

• Animals, Plants

• Biotic Factors, Abiotic Factors

• Abiotic Factors, Biotic Factors

Under which biome would an Alpine and the Arctic fall under?

• Tundra

• Aquatic

• Desert

• Grasslands

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What is an Abiotic Factor?

• Living things that shape an ecosystem

• The fauna and flora that make up and ecosystem

• Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

• The microhabitats within an ecosystem.

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