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An ________ is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.

What are the major parts of an ecosystem?

• An ecosystem includes soil, atmosphere, heat and light from the sun, water and living organisms.

• An ecosystem includes soil, atmosphere, light from the sun, water and living organisms.

• An ecosystem includes soil, atmosphere, heat and light from the sun, water, and living and non living organisms.

• An ecosystem includes soil, atmosphere, light from the sun, water, and living and non living organisms.

1.    Biomes are mostly characterized by certain types of:

• dominant plant life and temperature.

• climate and dominant plant life.

• climate and light.

• light and temperature.

Which of the following is NOT a type of biome on Earth?

• Iceberg

• Deserts

• Forests

• Grasslands

Although some ecosystems can be geographically very far apart, they can be grouped into the same biome because they share:

• similar climates, including seasonal patterns of temperature and precipitation.

• communities of plants and animals with similar adaptations to the ecosystem’s abiotic

  conditions.

• similar patterns of distribution relative to latitude and altitude

• all of the above.

Which of the following correctly describes the normal biome and climate of Bogotá?

• Tropical rainforest; high temperatures and abundant precipitation with little seasonal variation.

• Desert; hot days, cold nights, and very little precipitation at any time of the year.

• Shrubland; warm, dry summers and cool winters with some precipitation.

• Boreal forest; mild summers and cold winters with abundant precipitation throughout the year

Tropical rain forests are not good for clearing to grow crops or animals, primarily because they are low in soil nutrients. In that case, the best biome for the cultivation of farm crops would be:

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Desert

• temperate grasslands

What are meteorological variables?

• You can measure time

• You can measure the weather

Which of the following is NOT an aquatic ecosystem?

• wetland

• Marsh

• River

• Tundra