Ecosystems and Biomes

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Grasslands
• Tundra

Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Tundra
• Grasslands

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One characteristic feature of the tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as 

• Winterfrost

• Glaciation
• Permafrost
• Crystallization 

The first organism to colonize any newly available area and begin ecological succession.

• Pioneer Species

• Population

• Climax Community

• Community

A pattern of change after existing ecosystem is destroyed, such as clearing for farming.

• Evolution

• Secondary Succession

• Primary Succession

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Primary succession takes ____________ time than secondary succession.

• More

• Less

• Same

A new island is formed after a volcano erupts. What is the order that things would grow?

• Trees, Grass, Moss

• Lichen, Grass, Shrubs, Trees

• Lichen, Shrubs, Moss, Trees

• Shrubs, Grass, Moss, Trees

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A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment. 

• population
• niche
• abitotic
• ecosystem

What are interconnected food chains called?

• consumers
• predators
• food web

What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?

• The number of herbivores would increase
• The number of plants would increase
• all organisms would adapt
• All living organisms would eventually die

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