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Biomes of the World

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.
a)
Coniferous Forests
b)
Deciduous Forests
c)
Deserts
d)
Tropical Rain Forests
2.
What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem?
a)
Biotic Factors
b)
Abiotic Factors
c)
Community
d)
Population
3.
Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are...
a)
Nonliving 
b)
Living
c)
Populations
d)
Vegetation
4.
This forest is split into "layers" where organisms live.
a)
Deciduous Forest
b)
Tropical Rain Forest
c)
Coniferous Forest
d)
None of these
5.
Many organisms in the polar ice or tundra biomes will do what to avoid the cold months with no food.
a)
Migrate
b)
Hibernate
c)
Find spots rich in food
d)
All of these
6.
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 
7.
A aquatic biome classified as marine would have...
a)
Fresh Water
b)
Salt Water
c)
Either Fresh Water or Salt Water
d)
Neither Fresh Water or Salt Water
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated.
a)
precipitation
b)
concentration
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
11.
Which of the following is not a decomposer
a)
Vulture
b)
Fungus
c)
Worm
d)
Bacteria
12.
An Estuary is where 
a)
fresh water meets ponds
b)
fresh water meets lakes
c)
fresh water meets streams
d)
fresh water meets salt water
13.
Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
14.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
15.
A "biome" is a group of plants and animals in the same region that have adapted together to the region's environment.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
17.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
18.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
19.
a)
savanna
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
taiga/coniferous forest
20.
a)
savanna
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
taiga/coniferous forest
21.
a)
savanna
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
taiga/coniferous forest
22.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
savanna
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
temperate grassland
d)
tundra
23.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
tundra
b)
savanna
c)
temperate grassland
d)
tropical rainforest
24.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
temperate grassland
b)
desert
c)
tropical rainforest
d)
savanna
25.
a)
river
b)
lake
c)
swamp
d)
marsh
26.
a)
lake
b)
marsh
c)
ocean
d)
river
27.
This is a biome that consists of trees that lose their leaves every year.
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
coniferous forest
d)
tundra
28.
This biome is also known as the "taiga".
a)
temperate deciduous forest
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
coniferous forest
d)
alpine tundra
29.
Where fresh water mixes with salt water.
a)
river
b)
lake
c)
ocean
d)
estuary
30.
This type of water has a very low salt content when compared to the ocean.
a)
fresh water
b)
marine
31.
Arid region that receives less than 10 inches of precipitation annually.
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
arctic tundra
d)
desert