WorksheetsAbiotic Cycles/ Biomes
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Dandelions, horses, and other organisms that were brought by humans from one part of the world to anther are examples of
a)
Native Species
b)
Exotic Species
c)
Parasites
d)
Endangered Species
2.
Which Biome is extremely cold and dry?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
grassland
d)
rainforest
3.
Which biome receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year?
a)
Desert
b)
Tundra
c)
Grassland
d)
Savannah
4.
Which of the following is NOT an example of dispersal?
a)
a dog bringing home sticky plant burs on its fur
b)
an insect being carried down a river on a floating leaf
c)
the wind carrying dandelion seeds to other fields
d)
a squirrel living in a forest on a mountain
a squirrel living in a forest on a mountain
5.
The ocean prevents the Australian kangaroo from dispersing throughout the world. The ocean is an example of which limit to dispersal?
a)
Physical Barrier
b)
Oceans
c)
Competition
d)
Ocean Dispersal
6.
The study of where organisms live is called
a)
Dispersal
b)
Ecology
c)
Biogeography
d)
organismliveaphy
7.
A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is called a(n)
a)
Food Web
b)
Biome
c)
Pangea
d)
Estuary
8.
The very slow movement of the continents is called
a)
Pangea
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Continental Movement
d)
Distribution
9.
What area(s) are not part of any major biome?
a)
Tundra
b)
Desert
c)
Grassland
d)
Mountain Range
10.
A large variety of plants grows in tropical rain forests because?
a)
Warm, humid, rainy
b)
many insects live there
c)
Very good soil
d)
Forest floor is dark and thick
11.
Species that are carried to a new location by dispersal
a)
Biogeography
b)
Exotic Species
c)
Dispersal
d)
Continental Drift
12.
The movement of organisms from one place to another
a)
Biogeography
b)
Exotic Species
c)
Dispersal
d)
Continental Drift
13.
The very slow motion of the continents
a)
Biogeography
b)
Exotic Species
c)
Dispersal
d)
Continental Drift
14.
The study of where organisms live
a)
Biogeography
b)
Exotic Species
c)
Dispersal
d)
Continental Drift
15.
A group of land ecosystems with similar climates
a)
Biome
b)
Savannah
c)
Tundra
d)
Rainforest
16.
A tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year
a)
Coniferous Tree
b)
Deciduous Tree
c)
Pine Tree
d)
Oak Tree
17.
A tree that produces it seeds in cones and that has need-shaped leaves.
a)
Coniferous Tree
b)
Deciduous Tree
c)
Pine Tree
d)
Oak Tree
18.
Soil that is frozen all year
a)
Permafrost
b)
Frozen Dirt
c)
Snow
d)
Glacier
19.
An area populated by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 25cm to 75cm of rain each year
a)
Grassland
b)
Savannah
c)
Steppe
d)
Oxford
20.
A grassland close to the equator that receives as much as 120cm of rain each year
a)
Grassland
b)
Savannah
c)
Steppe
d)
Oxford
21.
A leaky roof formed by tall trees in a forest
a)
Broken Roof
b)
Canopy
c)
Understory
d)
Coniferous Tree
22.
A layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy
a)
Broken Roof
b)
Canopy
c)
Understory
d)
Coniferous Tree
23.
Which of these is NOT an example of precipitation?
a)
Rain
b)
Groundwater
c)
Snow
d)
Hail
24.
What do producers release as a result of photosynthesis?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Hydrogen
c)
CO2
d)
Nitrogen
25.
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
26.
Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
grassland
d)
tropical forest
27.
Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
rain forest
d)
pine forest
28.
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
a)
glaciation
b)
permafrost
c)
crystallization
d)
soilfrost
29.
Which type of trees is found in a temperate forest?
a)
deciduous
b)
evergreen
c)
ginko
d)
palm
30.
Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?
a)
desert
b)
taiga
c)
tundra
d)
grassland
31.
Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes?
a)
desert
b)
mountain
c)
taiga
d)
tundra
32.
Which biome receives between 0 and 25 centimeters of precipitation each year, has a temperature range from -27 to 5 degrees Celsius, has frozen soil, and is home to hares, caribou, and wolves?
a)
desert
b)
mountain
c)
savannah
d)
tundra
33.
Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are...
a)
Nonliving
b)
Living
c)
Populations
d)
Vegetation
34.
The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...
a)
Food and Water
b)
Water and Sunlight
c)
Temperature and Oxygen
d)
Water and Temperature
35.
The trees in this forest biome have needle like leaves that are hard to eat.
a)
Coniferous Forest
b)
Deciduous Forest
c)
Tropical Rain Forests
d)
Deserts
36.
The change of a liquid to a gas; the sun heats energy up and turns water into vapor (gas)
a)
evaporation
b)
vapor
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
37.
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated.
a)
precipitation
b)
concentration
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
38.
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface like hail, snow, sleet, rain;clouds get heavy and the air cannot hold it any longer.
a)
precipitation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
clouds
39.
Gas to Liquid; gas gets colder and changes back to liquid , forming clouds
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
40.
Which of the following is not a decomposer
a)
Vulture
b)
Fungus
c)
Worm
d)
Bacteria
41.
In the carbon cycle, what is the role of green plants?
a)
release carbon dioxide into the air
b)
decomposing matter
c)
absorbing carbon dioxide
d)
combustion
42.
What role do animals play in the carbon cycle?
a)
absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
b)
give off carbon dioxide
c)
combustion
d)
decomposing matter
43.
What role do decomposers play in the carbon cycle?
a)
absorb carbon dioxide
b)
release carbon dioxide into atmosphere
c)
release carbon into the soil
d)
combustion
44.
What role do animals play in the oxygen cycle?
a)
take in oxygen
b)
give off oxygen
c)
decomposing
45.
What role do plants play in the oxygen cycle?
a)
take in oxygen
b)
release oxygen
c)
decomposing
46.
What is the main gas in our atmosphere?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
47.
How do animals obtain carbon?
a)
decomposing
b)
combustion
c)
eating plants
d)
breathing it in
48.
True/False, Plants can use nitrogen directly from the atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
True/False- Bacteria in the soil convert nitrogen into nitrates that plants can use.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
True/False-Decomposers introduce nitrogen into the soil in the form of ammonia.
a)
True
b)
False
51.
What is the definition of Biotic factors?
a)
Dead things
b)
plants
c)
Living things or organisms
d)
soil
52.
What is the definition of Abiotic factors?
a)
Alive organisms or things
b)
Dead things or organisms
c)
panda
d)
insect
53.
What is a example of a abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
54.
What are the three groups of the biotic factors?
a)
Producer, Decomposer, and Consumer
b)
Decomposer, Consumer, and Rocks
c)
Consumer, Water, and Producer
d)
Weather, Consumer, and Decomposer
55.
What forms when water vapor on a surface freezes without first becoming a liquid?
a)
Frost
b)
Dew
c)
Rain
d)
Fog
56.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
57.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
58.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
59.
What is D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
60.
Where does the carbon cycle begin?
a)
Plants
b)
Dead organisms
c)
Sunlight
d)
In the air
61.
How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?
a)
Through transpiration
b)
Through photosynthesis
c)
Through factory emission
d)
Sunlight
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