The Biosphere

The formation of mountains affects the climate and vegetation of the surrounding areas to the greatest extent by influencing

• precipitation

• soil type

• wind

• temperature

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In general, which list places the terms in order of increasing size?

• ecosystem, biome, biosphere, community

• ecosystem, community, biome, biosphere

• biome, ecosystem, community, biosphere

• community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

The biome with the greatest range of daily temperature extremes is the

• desert.

• grasslands.

• tropical rainforest.

• boreal forest.

Which biome is characterized by plants whose leaves drop off in the wintertime?

• coniferous forest

• tundra

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

Topsoils are usually poor nutrient reservoirs in

• tropical rainforests.

• temperate deciduous forests.

• savannahs.

• grasslands.

Which of the following biomes is fire maintained?

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

• chaparral

• tundra

The main reason polar regions are cooler than the equator is that ________.

• there is more ice at the poles

• sunlight strikes the poles at a lower angle

• the poles are permanently tilted away from the Sun

• the polar atmosphere is thinner and contains fewer greenhouse gases

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In temperate lakes, the surface water is replenished with nutrients during turnovers that occur in the ________.

• summer and winter

• spring and fall

• spring and summer

• fall and winter

This biome experiences a very short growing season of only a few weeks each summer.

• tundra

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rainforest

• desert

Seasonal changes in day length and temperature occur because of

• the Moon's lunar cycle

• uneven heating of the earth's atmosphere

• Earth orbiting closer to the sun every three months

• Earth’s axis tilting about 23 degrees

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