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WorksheetsLand Biomes
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
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1.
What two abiotic factors determine what type of vegetation grows in a biome?
a)
Temperature and Precipitation
b)
Altitude and animal life
c)
Precipitation and Alititude
d)
Temperature and Wind
2.
What determines the type of animals that live in a biome?
a)
Soil and Rocks
b)
Latitude and altitude
c)
The plant life
d)
None of these
3.
What two biomes get less than 10 inches of rainfall per year?
a)
Temperate Deciduous Forest and the Taiga
b)
Chapparal and Desert
c)
Tropical and Temperate grasslands
d)
The desert and the tundra
4.
The plant that is pictured is a type a sedge that is low growing plant with a fast reproductive cycle. In which biome is it found?
a)
Desert
b)
Tundra
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Tropical Rain Forest
5.
Yucca Mountain, Nevada is where the U.S. stores nuclear waste. What biome is this?
a)
Chapparal
b)
Temperate Grassland
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Desert
6.
The number 1 most deforested biome is...?
a)
Temperate deciduous forest
b)
Tropical rain forest
c)
Taiga
d)
Temperate rain forest
7.
The second most deforested biome is..?
a)
Tundra
b)
Tropical Rainforest
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Taiga/Boreal Forest
8.
Which biome is this?
a)
Taiga
b)
Tropical rain forest
c)
Temperate rain forest
d)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
9.
How do animals that live in the tundra survive?
a)
Thick fur, camouflage, migrate, and some have blubber.
b)
Burrow into the ground, nocturnal, and do not urinate.
c)
Store up food for winter, migrate during the dry season, and estivate.
d)
None of the these
10.
Poaching is a major threat to which biome?
a)
Temperate grassland
b)
Savanna/Tropical grassland
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Taiga
11.
Which biome is being threatened by strip mining for oil sands?
a)
Tundra
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
c)
Taiga/Boreal Forest
d)
Tropical Rain Forest
12.
An epiphyte is
a)
a plant that stores water in its stems.
b)
steals nutrients and water from the plant it grows on.
c)
is a parasitic plant.
d)
a plant that grows on another plant but does not harm the plant.
13.
What are some adaptations that evergreens trees have that live in the Boreal Forest?
a)
Thick waxy cuticle that protects leaves.
b)
Conical shape that allows snow to shed off the branches.
c)
Thick bark to protect from freezing.
d)
All of these
14.
Which description below describes a tropical rain forest?
a)
Has thin nutrient poor soil
b)
It has about 270 species of trees
c)
Averages around 150 inches of rainfall a year
d)
Elk, moose and grizzly bears live there.
15.
A small coastal biome that has abundant sunlight and mild climate.
a)
Desert
b)
Chapparal/Temperate shrubland
c)
Temperate Rain forest
d)
Temperate grassland
16.
Because of the mild climate of this biome and it's ideal coastal location, the biggest threat to the chapparal is..
a)
Poaching
b)
oil spills
c)
Human development and human caused fires
d)
None of these
17.
What are some adaptations that animals have for surviving hot and dry environments like deserts and chaparrals.
a)
Store up food for winter, hibernation, and camouflage.
b)
Have short limbs, camouflage, and thick layer bubber
c)
Have thick fur, migrate, and hibernate.
d)
Have large ears to expel heat, nocturnal, produce dry feces and do not urinate.
18.
The biggest threats to the ___ biome are oil spills and climate change.
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga
c)
Tropical Rain Forest
d)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
19.
The two biomes that have been most affected by agriculture are...?
a)
Temperate Deciduous Forest and The Boreal Forest
b)
Temperate grasslands and The Chapparal
c)
Tropical grasslands and desert
d)
Temperate Deciduous Forest and Temperate grasslands
20.
This biome is found between a tropical grassland and a desert.
a)
Tropical rainforest
b)
Tropical savanna
c)
Tundra
d)
Taiga
21.
Which of the following describes plant adaptations for rain forest plants.
a)
Deep roots, flexible stems, and plants grow at the base.
b)
Large leaves to maximize photosynthesis, leaves with drip tips to shed water, adaptations to trap and digest small animals
c)
Long extensive root systems, stems store water, and small reduced leaves.
d)
None of these
22.
What is a succulent?
a)
A plant that digest small animals for nutrients.
b)
A plant that grows on another plant.
c)
A plant that can store water in its stems.
d)
None of these.
23.
Why is the melting of polar ice harmful to the planet?
a)
It could cause sea levels to rise and cause flooding.
b)
Less sun rays would be reflected back to space.
c)
Both answers (red and orange)
d)
None of these
24.
What is a deciduous tree?
a)
A tree that keeps its leaves all year.
b)
A tree that drops it leaves yearly.
c)
A tree that grow in a flood plain.
d)
None of these
25.
This biome has the most fertile soil of all the biomes. It has harsh cold winters and hot dry summers. Buffalo and pronghorn can be seen grazing here. No trees will be seen growing in this landscape however you can find many wildflowers.
a)
Desert
b)
Chapparal
c)
Tropical grassland
d)
Temperate grassland
26.
Which of the following describes plant adaptations for rain forest plants?
a)
Conical shape for shedding snow and thick bark to protect from freezing.
b)
Large leaves to maximize photosynthesis, leaves with drip tips to shed water, adaptations to trap and digest small animals
c)
Long extensive root systems, deep roots, and the ability to store water.
d)
Plants grow from the base, they have flexible stems, and very deep roots.
27.
The biggest threat to this ____ is unsustainable agricultural practices, overgrazing that could ultimately lead to desertification.
a)
Chapparal
b)
Desert
c)
Temperate grasslands
d)
Tundra
28.
Which of the following describes the importance of rain forest to the earth.
a)
They help regulate our climate.
b)
They work as lungs for the earth taking in CO2 and releasing oxygen.
c)
Provide us with medicines and foods.
d)
All of these.
29.
ATV activity is becoming increasingly popular in which biome?
a)
Desert
b)
Tropical rain forest
c)
Taiga
d)
Tundra
30.
In which biome do you live?
a)
Temperate grassland
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
c)
Boreal Forest
d)
Desert
31.
In the tundra, the layer of the soil that stays permanently frozen is called ___?
a)
Parasites
b)
Succulents
c)
Epiphytes
d)
Permafrost
32.
This movie is set in what biome?
a)
Chaparal
b)
Temperate deciduous forest
c)
Temperate rain forest
d)
Tropical rain forest
33.
Which of the following describes how plants survive in grasslands?
a)
Have large waxy leaves, shallow roots, and are often poisonous.
b)
Have thick bark, conical shape for shedding snow, and buttress roots.
c)
Have shallow extensive roots, can store water in their roots and small leaves.
d)
Very deep roots, grow from the base, flexible stems, small leaves and produce colorful flowers to attract pollinators.
34.
The coldest and darkest biome is the __?
a)
Taiga/Boreal Forest
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
c)
Tundra
d)
Temperate Rain Forest
35.
The only biome that has 4 distinct seasons is the ____.
a)
Temperate Grassland
b)
Temperate deciduous forest
c)
Temperate rain forest
d)
Chaparral
36.
This tree would be found in which forest?
a)
Temperate rain forest
b)
Tropical rain forest
c)
Temperate deciduous forest
d)
Boreal forest
37.
Which biome has the most biodiversity?
a)
Tundra
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
c)
Tropical Rain Forest
d)
Tropical Grassland
38.
This biome has long snowy winters, summer that lasts only around 4 months and it rarely gets above 70oF. The dominant plant life are evergreen trees and you would see animals such as elk, moose, bears, and lynx.
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga/Boreal Forest
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Tropical Rain Forest
39.
This biome has very thin and nutrient poor soil but one of its biggest threats is the land being cleared for agriculture purposes.
a)
Taiga
b)
Desert
c)
Tropical savanna
d)
Tropical rain forest
40.
This biome has a definite wet and dry season and stays warm year long. It mostly has grasses as its plant life but does have two species of trees; the Baobab and the Acaia.
a)
Temperate grasslands
b)
Desert
c)
Chapparal
d)
Savanna
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