Biomes and Ecosystems

What are the three zones in the marine biome?

• intertidal, open ocean, marine

• intertidal, near shore, open ocean

• intertidal, open ocean, freshwater

• open ocean, near shore, tidal

How is the desert different from the rainforest biome?

• there are more animals and plants in the desert

• medicines have been discovered from plants in the desert

• species found in the rainforest have to adapt to living with little water

• none of the above

How does energy flow from the sun through an ecosystem?

• producer-consumer-decomposer

• sun-producer-consumer

• sun-producer-consumer-decomposer

• sun-producer-decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ______ shows overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• population

• food web

Answer explanation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ______ shows how energy flows from one organism to another.

• food chain
• energy pyramid

• population

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How do humans get energy from the sun?

• playing outside

• taking vitamins

• eating a producer or consumer

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What special adaptations do species in the intertidal zone have to have?

• they need to be able to survive in water and on land

• something that helps prevent them from being washed out to sea/up on land

• neither

• both

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Every food chain starts with the ______ and ends with a _______.

• producer/decomposer

• sun/decomposer

• consumer/decomposer

• sun/consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an ecosystem?

• where living and nonliving things interact

• where living things interact

• an organism's job

• where an organism is born

This biome has long, severe winters and short, cool summers.

• tundra

• temperate forest

• taiga

• tropical rain forest