Exploring Ecosystems Vocabulary Quiz Part 3

What is the term for free-swimming aquatic animals that can move independently of water currents?

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Permafrost

• Taiga

Which term refers to a community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment?

• Species

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the term for a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year?

• Permafrost

• Salt Marsh

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

Which term describes small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or freshwater?

• Nekton

• Plankton

• Species

• Savanna

What is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water?

• Salt Marsh

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

Which term refers to a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees?

• Taiga

• Savanna

• Salt Marsh

• Plankton

What is the term for a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding?

• Species

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which biome is characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches?

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Savanna

• Salt Marsh

What is the term for a forest characterized by trees that shed their leaves each year?

• Taiga

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Permafrost

• Savanna

Which of the following is not a type of ecosystem?

• Salt Marsh

• Permafrost

• Savanna

• Taiga