Biome Ecology

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

• tundra
• desert
• tropical rainforest
• pine forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• desert
• taiga
• tundra
• grassland

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

• Food and Water
• Water and Sunlight
• Temperature and Oxygen
• Water and Temperature 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

• Land
• Water
• Climate
• Longitude

Which biome is the driest?

• Desert
• Tundra
• Taiga
• Rainforest

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

• Taiga
• Grasslands
• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest

Which of the following organisms DO NOT compete for the same food source?

• grasshoppers and rabbits

• hawks and blue jays

• owls and hawks

• caterpillars and rabbits

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What relationship best describes the relationship between the hare and the lynx?

• competition

• predator-prey

• parasitism

• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

How do producers (like plants) get their energy to survive and reproduce?

• competing for sunlight

• disguising themselves from consumers

• releasing more oxygen into the environment

• more biotic factors relying on them

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Cleaner shrimp get some of their nutrition from eating dead parasites in fish. Which type of relationship is between the shrimp and the fish?

• predator-prey

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2