Biodiversity/Biomes/Evolution Review

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Tundra

The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter. (We live in one!)

• Taiga

• Boreal Forest

• Temperate Seasonal (Decidious) Forests

• Tropical Rain Forests

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

• Tundra

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Taiga

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

• Desert

• Tropical rainforest

• Grassland

• Temperate forest

Which biome has warm temperatures, high precipitation, and little seasonal variation due to its location near the equator?

• Subtropical desert

• Woodland/shrubland

• Boreal forest

• Tropical rainforest

Which of the following are examples of wetlands?

• swamps

• marshes

• bogs

• all of these are correct

• none of these are correct

What is the ability of an ecosystem to recover after it has undergone a disturbance?

• stability

• disturbance

• resistance

• resilience

Which is a measure of how much a disturbance can affect the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem?

• Diversity

• Resistance

• Intensity

• Resilience

What are the two major components of the biodiversity index?

• species richness

• genetic diversity

• species evenness

• ecosystem diversity

Which of the following is an example of a keystone species?

• Beavers

• Elephants

• Sea otters

• Zebra