Biosphere Quiz

1. What does "bio" mean?

• plants
• life
• water

2. The ____________________ includes all living things on Earth, as well as the land, sea and air

• hydrosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere

3. _______________ are regions of the planet with similar types of life and climates.

• Biomes
• Habitats

4. ___________________ are categories used to classify living things, such as animals, plants and fungi.

• Ecosystems
• Kingdoms

5. Animals, plants, bacteria, and ______________ are known as kingdoms.

• fungi
• trees
• fish

6. Ocean produce roughly 50% of all Earth's oxygen.

• True
• False

7. An example of a human impact on the biosphere is . . .

• littering
• air pollution
• water pollution
• All the above

8. The tropical rainforest is a type of biome.

• True
• False

9. Deserts contain less than ____% of the Earth's plants and animals.

• 25
• 10
• 2

10. Events in one sphere impact all the other spheres.

• True
• False