Quiz about Biomes1

Question 1

Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?

Accepted Answer

tropical rainforest

Answer

tundra

Answer

desert

Answer

grassland

Question 2

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

Accepted Answer

tropical rainforest

Answer

tundra

Answer

desert

Answer

pine forest

Question 3

Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?

Accepted Answer

desert

Answer

taiga

Answer

tundra

Answer

grassland

Question 4

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

Accepted Answer

Climate

Answer

Land

Answer

Water

Answer

Longitude

Question 5

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

Accepted Answer

Grasslands

Answer

Taiga

Answer

Temperate Forest

Answer

Rainforest

Question 6

In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve water to survive?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Answer

Rainforest

Answer

Taiga

Answer

Temperate Forest

Question 7

The ability to conserve water is an important adaptation in which biome?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Answer

Coniferous Forest

Answer

Deciduous Forest

Answer

Tundra

Question 8

Which of the following is an adaption to survive in the desert?

Accepted Answer

nocturnal

Answer

needle leaves

Answer

dormancy

Answer

hibernation

Question 9

How much percentage on sunlight reaches the ground?

Accepted Answer

2%

Answer

11%

Answer

5%

Answer

2.5%

Question 10

Which statement is true?

Accepted Answer

The population of animals in the rain forest is large and diverse.

Answer

There are few animals that live in the rain forest, and they belong to a small number of species.

Answer

Many animals live in the rain forest, but there are just a few species that can survive there.

Question 11

What might happen to the earth's atmosphere if the rainforest disappeared?

Accepted Answer

We'd have less oxygen and more carbon dioxide

Answer

We'd have more oxygen and less carbon dioxide

Answer

We'd have more oxygen and more carbon dioxide

Answer

We'd have less oxygen and less carbon dioxide

Question 12

The tropics can be found:

Accepted Answer

Near the equator

Answer

Throughout the Pacific Ocean

Answer

On every continent

Question 13

Which of the following can be found in the rainforest canopy?

Accepted Answer

The tops of tall trees

Answer

Burrowing insects

Answer

Nutrient-rich soil

Answer

Shrubs and ferns

Question 14

What might you find on the rainforest floor?

Accepted Answer

Mushrooms

Answer

The majority of animal species in the rain forest

Answer

Food crops like wheat and corn

Question 15

The biggest threat to the rain forest comes from:

Accepted Answer

Human beings

Answer

Diseases that affect both animals and plants

Answer

Parasitic plants, bacteria and fungi

Answer

Large, predatory animals

Question 16

A large ecosystem is called a ______

Accepted Answer

Biome

Answer

Ecosystem

Answer

Habitat

Answer

Niche

Question 17

Which biome is the driest?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Answer

Tundra

Answer

Taiga

Answer

Rainforest

Question 18

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

Accepted Answer

Grasslands

Answer

Taiga

Answer

Temperate Forest

Answer

Rainforest

Question 19

Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?

Accepted Answer

Rainforest

Answer

Temperate Forest

Answer

Tundra

Answer

Grasslands

Question 20

Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?

Accepted Answer

Grasslands

Answer

Tundra

Answer

Rainforest

Answer

Temperate Forest

Question 21

Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Answer

Grasslands

Answer

Temperate Forest

Answer

Taiga

Question 22

Which biome is home to jaguars, anacondas, leopards, gorillas, and poisonous tree frogs?

Accepted Answer

Rainforest

Answer

Grasslands

Answer

Temperate Forest

Answer

Tundra

Question 23

The climate in a tropical rain forest can be described as

Accepted Answer

warm and wet

Answer

cold and wet

Answer

warm and dry

Answer

cold and dry

Question 24

Grasslands are located everywhere EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Antarctica

Answer

Georgia

Answer

U.S.

Question 25

What kind of weather is there in the grasslands?

Accepted Answer

sunny, windy

Answer

cold, icy

Question 26

Grazing

Accepted Answer

animals eat grass for most of the day

Answer

cows eat insects

Answer

Only cows graze on grass

Question 27

What are animals in the Grasslands?

Accepted Answer

Herbivores

Answer

Carnivores

Answer

Omnivores

Question 28

Which biome is described as hot or cold and dry?

Accepted Answer

desert

Answer

taiga

Answer

tundra

Question 29

In which biome are plants spread far apart, animals are most active at night, and there is a hot, dry climate?

Accepted Answer

desert

Answer

tundra

Answer

taiga

Question 30

In which biome are plants able to store water in their stems, leaves, and roots?

Accepted Answer

desert

Answer

taiga

Answer

tundra

Biomes1

30 questions

Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve water to survive?

The ability to conserve water is an important adaptation in which biome?

Which of the following is an adaption to survive in the desert?

How much percentage on sunlight reaches the ground?

Which statement is true?

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