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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which biome is near the Earth's equator?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
grassland
d)
tropical rainforest
2.
Which type of trees is found in a temperate forest?
a)
deciduous (oak, maple)
b)
coniferous (pine, evergreen)
c)
grasses
d)
palm
3.
Which biome is characterized by very cold temperatures and little rain?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
4.
Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?
a)
desert
b)
taiga
c)
tundra
d)
grassland
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.
In this biome winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy. Moose and elk live here.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
deciduous forest
d)
temperate forest
7.
The greatest biodiversity on earth is found in the __________ biome.
a)
taiga
b)
grassland
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rainforest
8.
A ________ is a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing (coniferous) trees
a)
desert
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
taiga
d)
tundra
9.
This biome gets the most rain of all of the biomes?
a)
Taiga
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Grasslands
10.
Which Biome has permafrost?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Taiga
d)
Tundra
11.
Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
12.
Which biome has 4 seasons?
a)
Taiga
b)
Tundra
c)
Grasslands
d)
Temperate Forest
13.
Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?
a)
Savanna (Grassland)
b)
Tundra
c)
Rainforest
d)
Temperate Forest
14.
Which biome do we live in?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Taiga
c)
Rainforest
d)
Temperate Forest
15.
This biome has rich, fertile soil and much of the crop production in the U.S. is from this biome
a)
(Prairie) Grasslands
b)
Tundra
c)
Desert
d)
Tropical Rainforest
16.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
17.
Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:
a)
non-living
b)
plants
c)
living thing
d)
soil
18.
Hot days, cold nights, DRY
a)
Tundra
b)
Desert
c)
Taiga
d)
Deciduous
19.
What is the African Savanna considered?
a)
Ocean
b)
Forest
c)
Grassland
d)
Tundra
20.
As you travel from the North Pole toward the equator, you would expect to see
a)
tropical rain forests, then deserts, then taiga.
b)
temperate deciduous forests, then taiga, then tropical rain forests.
c)
tundra, then grasslands, then tropical rain forests.
d)
taiga, then desert, then tundra.
21.
Algae, crayfish, trout, and frogs live in this biome.
a)
Marine
b)
Freshwater
c)
Tundra
d)
Taiga
22.
Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
70%
23.
What biome do whales, sharks, and coral reefs live in?
a)
Freshwater
b)
Savanna
c)
Marine
d)
Fauna
24.
Ponds, lakes, and swamps are all considered to be?
a)
Freshwater
b)
Abiotic
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Marine
25.
Lichens, mosses and very few trees
a)
Tiaga
b)
Desert
c)
Tundra
d)
Rainforest
26.
Largest LAND biome
a)
Temperate Decidous
b)
Tundra
c)
Taiga
d)
Desert
27.
This biome is being affected by DEFORESTATION
a)
Tundra
b)
Desert
c)
Grassland
d)
Tropical Rainforest
28.
Running and standing water is considered what Biome?
a)
Marine
b)
Freshwater
c)
River
29.
Salt, pollution, temperature, oil spills are all ______________ factors that affect the flora and fauna of the aquatic biomes.
a)
Abiotic
b)
Biotic
c)
Marine
d)
Freshwater
30.
This Biome is getting BIGGER
a)
Desert
b)
Tundra
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Freshwater
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