Unit 8 review

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and types of organisms is called

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Community

• Hemisphere

Which biome consists of lakes, rivers, and streams and only includes 3% of the Earth’s water?

• Marine open ocean

• Marine coastal

• Tundra

• Freshwater

A biome is......

• Like a snowglobe that you shake and can see different types of animals.
• A large region of earth with a certain type of climate
• An area of earth only found in the United States.
• A community of living things.

Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

• non-living things

• always plants

• living things

• soil

Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?

• Panda
• Turtle
• Butterfly
• sunlight

What is the interaction when butterflies and bees are pollinating flowers?

• biotic-biotic
• biotic-abiotic
• abiotic-abiotic

60 degrees latitude receives sunlight that is

• more direct & intense than 0 degrees
• less direct & intense than 0 degrees
• the same as 30 degrees in intensity
• more direct & intense than 30 degrees

The area roughly between 23 degrees North & 23 degrees South is known as the 

• tropical zone
• temperate zone
• polar zone

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area:

• Tropical Zone

• Climate

• El Niño

• La Niña

Seasonal changes in daylight hours and climatic conditions are caused by

• lunar phases

• ocean currents

• the 23.5 degrees tilt of Earth's axis

• the annual change of distance from sun to Earth