Chapter 18: Exploring the Biosphere Practice Test

A limited area in which living and nonliving things interact.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Deciduous

  Forest

• Niche

A living organism considered as part of its ecosystem.

• Biotic

  Factor

• Abiotic

  Factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A nonliving part of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic

  Factor

• Biotic

  Factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The study of interactions in an ecosystem.

• Climate

• Ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The parts of a biosphere that share similar climates and kinds of living things.

• Biome

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Climate

The long term pattern of weather in an ecosystem.

• Tundra

• Savanna

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A biome with long, cold winters and short, warm summers, and coniferous trees as the climax vegitation.

• Deciduous

  Forest

• Coniferous

  Forest

• Tropical

  Rainforest

• Grassland

A biome with four seasons, mild temperatures, around 100cm of yearly rainfall, and deciduous trees as the climax vegetation.

• Coniferous

  Forest

• Savanna

• Deciduous

  Forest

• Chaparral

A biome with little rainfall, cold temperatures, frozen soil beneath the surface, and low growing shrubs, grasses, and lichens as the climax vegetation.

• Desert

• Chaparral

• Tundra

• Niche

A biome with hot temperatures throughout the year, moderate rainfall, and mix of grasses and trees as the climax vegetation.

• Tropical

  Rainforest

• Grassland

• Chaparral

• Savanna