Chapter 5: Biomes & Ecosystems Test

What is the best description of what a biome is?

• The first species that colonize new or undisturbed land and make breakdown rock and make soil.
• The process of a body of water becoming nutrient-rich.
• The amount of salt dissolved in water.
• A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.

Things in the biome or ecosystem that are alive or were once living are called biotic factors, please select all that apply that are biotic factors.

• grass
• bones
• leaves
• mouse
• wind

Where would you find a mixture of fresh water and saltwater (brackish water)?

• pond
• lake
• coral reef
• estuary

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Use the diagram below to answer the following question: In the diagram below, where is the best place to find microscopic plankton that need the sun to do photosynthesis?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Which biome is pictures below and described as: A forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees.

• taiga
• temperate deciduous forest
• tropical rainforest
• intertidal zone

Use the diagram below to answer the following question: Based on the diagram below, which is true of the tropical rainforest biome?

• Precipitation increases as temperatures rise
• Rainfall is the greatest mid-year
• Temperatures rise at the end of the year
• Temperature vary less than rainfall amounts

What is a forest called that has had the same species of trees and is stable for 200 years?

• climax community
• pioneer species
• primary succession
• secondary succession

A wetland is best described as:

• an aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering soil most of the time.
• a biome that is cold, dry, and treeless.
• a biome that receives very little rain.
• a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees.

Where would you find species of plants and animals that are adapted to withstand strong wave action and dramatic changes in water level?

• estuaries
• wetlands
• intertidal zone
• abyssal zone

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What biome highlighted in blue in the image below is described as treeless? Type the name (one word) for your answer.