Biomes/Ecosystems

Large herbivores and some omnivores such as elephants, giraffes, and zebras are able to live well in the _____biome due to the wide open spaces and lots of available foods.

• desert grasslands

• savannah grasslands

• deserts

• tundra grasslands

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All deserts are hot.

• True

• False

All deserts are sandy.

• True

• False

All deserts get 10 or less inches of rain per year.

• True

• False

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Which statement is true about camel's humps?

• They are large bags of water

• They are fat stored up to keep camels insulated from the heat

• They are extra muscles for all the walking they have to do.

• They are just the way the skeleton is shaped.

A plant has a very thick, waxy coating, and has needles instead of leaves. It has adapted to live in the___________

• tropical rain forest

• grasslands

• desert

• oceans

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What is an NOT an advantage of being nocturnal in the desert?

• Animals can escape the extreme day time conditions

• Animals can get water from condensation that happens overnight

• Animals have black fur that protects them from the sun's rays.

• Animals are harder for predators to see at night.

The yucca plant provides food and a place for the yucca moth to lay its eggs. The yucca moth pollinates the yucca plant. This is an example of_____

• photosynthesis

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

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The tundra is the coldest biome because...

• it is closest to the equator, and gets the least amount of the sun's direct rays.

• it is closest to the equator, and gets the most amount of the sun's direct rays.

• it is farthest from the equator, and gets the least amount of the sun's direct rays.

• it is farthest from the equator, and gets the most amount of the sun's direct rays.

In this biome, plants go through their life cycles very fast, due to the short growing season.

• tropical rain forest

• tundra

• estuaries

• deciduous forest

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