Climate and Ecosystems

many trees in this type of forest biome shed their leaves and grow new ones each year

• coniferous

• fir

• deciduous

• tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles

• coniferous

• deciduous

• tropical

• maple

Answer explanation

Fun Fact: this type of forest is sometimes referred to by its Russian name: Taiga (tie-guh)

extremely cold and dry ecosystem

• desert

• tundra

• forest

• ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

leafy roof up to 50m tall

• emergent layer

• canopy

• bottom

• understory

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

frozen soil

• canopy

• permafrost

• ice

• glaciers

What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, grasses

• sunlight, water, air

• elephants, plants, trees

• elephants, clouds, grasses

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A collection of living organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another is a...

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem...

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• food chain

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following best describes a community?

• sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef

• decorator crabs on the seafloor

• loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic

• prairie grassland in Wyoming

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What level of ecological organization does the bird represent?

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem