Biomes Pre-test

The table describes the characteristics of a certain biome. According to the characteristics, which biome is described?

• Desert

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Temperate Forest

• Tundra

Which of the following are all examples of abiotic parts of an environment?

• water, food, and a population

• water, soil, and temperature

• trees, hills, and rivers

• algae, fish, and bears

Which of the following answer choices correctly arranges the levels of environmental organization in order of smallest to largest?

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

• organism, population, community, biosphere, ecosystem

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere

• biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

What are the main kinds of plants in a Savanna grassland?

• Trees that lose their leaves in winter

• Few trees and grasses

• Cone-bearing trees

• Cacti, mosses, and shrubs

Based on the map of the Earth’s climate zones, where are the biomes with the largest number of plant and animal species?

• Tropical

• Arctic

• Temperate

• Desert

The Denali National Park in Alaska has mostly evergreen trees, like Spruce and Douglas Firs. The winters are long and cold, and the summers are short and very rainy. The soil is very rich in nutrients. Moose and elk live here. This biome would be classified as the _______.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Rainforest

• Desert

What kinds of organisms would be found at the bottom level of this diagram of the ocean?

• organisms that need lots of sunlight and warm water to live

• organisms that can live in cold water with little or no sunlight

• organisms that can live in freshwater only

• organisms that can live in dranitory conditions

What biome does the climate graph below represent?

• Savanna

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Desert

• Taiga

How do the characteristics of taigas compare to the characteristics of deciduous forests?

• The dominant trees found in a taiga lose their leaves in the winter whereas the dominant trees in the deciduous forest retain their leaves year-round

• The dominant trees found in a deciduous forest lose their leaves in the winter whereas the dominant trees in the taiga retain their leaves year-round

• The dominant trees found in a taiga lose their leaves in the winter whereas the dominant trees in the deciduous forest retain their leaves year-round

• The rainfall in a taiga is plentiful whereas the rainfall in a deciduous forest is year-round

What factors below are considered to determine a type of biome around the world?

• climate

• length of time the area has existed

• plants and animals

• location from equator