Ecosystem and Biomes

What is an ecosystem?

• All the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic parts of the environment that affect the organisms

• A person who observes and studies the interactions between the biotic and abiotic parts of the environment

• The relationship among the biotic parts of the environment

• The relationship between all the abiotic elements of a pond

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Ecosystems with similar organisms living in them, located in the same climate form a...

• a biome

• a forest

• a region

• a living thing

Which biome has a climate that is extremely cold and dry?

• forest

• tundra

• grassland

• freshwater

Which land biome is mainly covered with grass?

• Desert

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Tundra

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

• Temperate Forest

• Rainforest

• Grasslands

• Taiga

Which of these biomes is a type of grassland?

• desert

• taiga

• rainforest

• savanna

Temperature, light, air, water, soil, and climate are all __________ parts of the environment.

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

• biome

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Biotic includes living and formerly living things. 

• True

• False

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The freshwater biome includes all of the following EXCEPT

• lakes

• ponds

• oceans

• streams

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The greatest variety of species of living organisms is found in a(an)

• rainforest 

• taiga

• desert

• freshwater

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