WorksheetsBiomes-Trophic levels
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This forest is split into "layers" such as canopy, and understory where organisms live.
a)
Deciduous Forest
b)
Tropical Rain Forest
c)
Coniferous Forest
d)
None of these
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated.
a)
precipitation
b)
concentration
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
7.
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
8.
A wetland defined by having trees
a)
swamp
b)
marsh
9.
Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation, it has Caribou which eat the lichens, and permafrost "permanently frozen ground"?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tundra
d)
coniferous forest
10.
The greatest biodiversity on earth is found in the __________ biome.
a)
taiga
b)
grassland
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rainforest
11.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
12.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
13.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
14.
The shrew provides energy for the _______.
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
15.
Which of the following illustrates the correct ordering of trophic levels?
a)
decomposers-carnivores-autotrophs-herbivores
b)
herbivores-autotrophs-carnivores-decomposers
c)
autotrophs-herbivores-carnivores-decomposers
d)
carnivores-producers-omnivores
16.
The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly
a)
1%
b)
10%
c)
100%
d)
1000%
17.
In aquatic ecosystems, biomass is least at which trophic level?
a)
autotrophs
b)
herbivores
c)
carnivores
18.
Natural disasters such as flooding and tornadoes that do not depend on the size of a population to occur are________________.
a)
Density Dependent
b)
Density Independent
19.
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
a)
primary succession
b)
eutrophication
c)
secondary succession
d)
intermediate
20.
After a forest fire, an ecosystem would start regrowth through -
a)
primary succession
b)
secondary succession
c)
climax community
d)
limiting factors
21.
Which catastrophic event will most likely have the effect of returning an ecosystem to primary succession?
a)
A tornado
b)
A volcanic eruption
c)
A flood
d)
A drought
22.
succession that occurs in an area with no soil
a)
ecological succession
b)
primary succession
c)
secondary succession
d)
pioneer speciles
23.
succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present
a)
ecological succession
b)
primary succession
c)
secondary succession
d)
pioneer speciles
24.
Which would be considered the "Climax Community"
a)
Lichens and Mosses
b)
Grasses and shrubs
c)
Aspen, Black Spruce
d)
White Spruce, Balsam Fir
25.
Which would be considered a pioneer species
a)
Lichens and Mosses
b)
Grasses and Shrubs
c)
Aspen, Black Spruce
d)
White Spruce, Balsam Fir
26.
A factor such as Viruses, Ticks, and Fleas that depend on the size of the population in order to survive and spread are _____________ factors.
a)
Density Dependent
b)
Density Independent
27.
This biome with tangled bushes and thorny shrubs generally located near Southern California is called a __________.
a)
Tundra
b)
Chaparral
c)
Tropical Rain Fores
28.
A_______________ is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees.
a)
Temperate Rain Forest
b)
Savanna
c)
Taiga
29.
The _____________also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines
a)
Grassland
b)
Savanna
c)
Taiga
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