Environmental Science

Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?

• ecozones

• biotopes

• biomes

• biodomes

Which land biome do we live in?

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

• Taiga

Which land biome is the coldest in temperature without any trees?

• Taiga

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

The following animals are common to which land biome? (anaconda, gorilla, monkey, toucan bird, red-eyed tree frog, python, jaguar, three-toed sloth, anteater, macaw bird)

• Deciduous Forest

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Tundra

• Taiga

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The following animals are common to which land biome?

(polar bear, walrus, arctic fox, seal, penguin, snowy owl, caribou, arctic hare, musk oxen)

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Temperate Forest

• Coniferous Forest

The following animals are common to which land biome? (white-tailed deer, black bear, turkey, chipmunk, skunk, raccoon, groundhog, and squirrel)

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Deciduous Forest

• Coniferous Forest

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

• glaciation

• permafrost

• crystallization

• soilfrost

Has clumps of trees and seasonal rains

• temperate deciduous forest

• coniferous forest

• savanna

• temperate grassland

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.

• It will decrease.

• It will stay the same.

• It will fluctuate.

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Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

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