Chapter 5 Test- Biomes

What are the two most significant abiotic factors that influence what type of biome is found in a geographic area?

• Wind speed.

• Humidity level.

• Average temperature.

• Average precipitation.

• Water height

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Latitude measures the distance _____ and _____ of the equator

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What type of ecosystem would you be most likely to find at a latitude of 5°N?

• A tropical rainforest.

• A temperate grassland.

• A polar desert.

• A boreal forest or taiga

Based on the climate graph shown, what type of biome is Iquitos?

• Tropical grassland

• Tropical rainforest

• Deciduous forest

• Tundra

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The Gobi desert is an example of a rain shadow desert, because it falls on the ____________ side of the Himalayan mountains.

• Leeward

• Rain shadow

• Subtropical

• Windward

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Boreal forests (Taiga) mostly contain trees with leaves that resemble the nearby image. What is the advantage of having these needled-shaped leaf structures?

• The leaves are more likely to be eaten by herbivores.

• The leaves lose water at a greater rate.

• Needle-shaped leaves do not need to be dropped every winter like broad leaves.

• Needle-shaped leaves have a greater surface or photosynthesis than broad, flat leaves.

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Biome ______ would have the shortest growing season, permafrost, no trees present and is knows as the___________.

• C, taiga

• AC, temperate (deciduous forest)

• A, tundra

• B, tundra

• AB, grasslands

_____ ________ happens when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time.

• primary succession

• secondary succesion

• climax succession

Which type of terrestrial ecological succession would not include the involvement of lichens, since nutrient rich soil is already present?

• aquatic

• secondary

• tertiary

• primary

Choose the best term that matches the provided description of aquatic biome/ecosystem characteristic: i).Tends to be higher in cold waters near the source of a river and added from active flows over obstacles, as well as from some life forms

• Salinity

• Temperature

• Dissolved oxygen

• Sunlight

• Nutrients