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WorksheetsEnvironmental Science Terrestrial BIomes
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities
a)
desert
b)
ecology
c)
biome
d)
diversity
3.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
savanna
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
temperate grassland
d)
tundra
4.
This occurs in the higher latitudes such as northern America or Russia. It has very cold winters and cool summers with moderate to low precipitation, mostly evergreen trees and a variety of animals in the summer. Which biome is this?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Taiga
c)
Tundra
d)
Desert
5.
What biome is this?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
desert
c)
tundra
d)
taiga
6.
The climate in a Tropical Rainforest can be described as ..
a)
Cold, Wet and Humid
b)
Humid, dry and Hot
c)
Humid, wet and Hot
d)
Cold, Wet and unstable
7.
Which biome do we live in?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Taiga
c)
Rainforest
d)
Deciduous Forest
8.
In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve (save) water to survive?
a)
Rainforest
b)
Taiga
c)
Desert
d)
Temperate Forest
9.
An organism has thick white fur, a bushy tail, and short ears. It often burrows holes and curls into a ball for warmth. For which environment is this organism most likely adapted?
a)
Grassland
b)
Arctic Tundra
c)
Coniferous Forest
d)
Desert
10.
Many of the animals in the desert are _________ to avoid the extreme heat during the day.
a)
cacti
b)
chia
c)
water
d)
nocturnal
11.
What is an example of an abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
12.
Which of the following can cause a biome to change very quickly?
a)
climate
b)
plant life
c)
people
d)
its latitude
13.
The Earth's coldest and harshest biome is the.. ?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
taiga
c)
Temperate forest
d)
tundra
14.
Even though it is cold, Antartica is a desert biome?
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What biome is this?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
grassland
c)
tundra
d)
taiga
16.
What biome is this?
a)
Savanna
b)
taiga
c)
temperate forest
d)
desert
17.
One characteristic feature of the tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as
a)
Hoarfrost
b)
Glaciation
c)
Permafrost
d)
Crystallization
18.
Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?
a)
Desert
b)
Temperate forest
c)
Grassland
d)
Tropical Rainfroest
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
What biome?
a)
Savannah
b)
Temperate Rainforest
c)
Tiaga
d)
Desert
24.
What biome?
a)
Tropical Rainforest
b)
Taiga
c)
Tundra
d)
Savannah
25.
Grasslands and savannas are biomes that are very valuable as areas for farming and grazing livestock. In the United States these biomes are most commonly found in the
a)
Southwest
b)
Midwest
c)
Northwest
d)
Southwest
26.
The rain forest soil is
a)
poor and rocky
b)
frozen soil
c)
thick and nutrient rich
d)
thin and nutrient poor
27.
What is the largest land biome?
a)
Taiga
b)
Saltwater
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Dessert
28.
How are biomes differentiated?
a)
Plants and Climates
b)
By their colour
c)
By their size and shape
29.
What layer is nicknamed “The umbrella layer”?
a)
forest floor
b)
understory
c)
canopy
d)
emergent layer
30.
Spitzbergen, Norway would most like be considered a ________ biome.
a)
deciduous Forest
b)
grassland
c)
taiga
d)
tundra
31.
The emergent layer of the rainforest is found...
a)
at the very bottom
b)
at the very top
c)
in the middle
d)
it does not exist
32.
How do the lines of Latitude effect the biomes?
a)
Amount of water
b)
Height of land
33.
Which biome is the MOST sustainable?
a)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
b)
Tropical Rainforest
c)
Tropical Savanna
d)
Desert
34.
How are biodiversity and sustainability connected?
a)
When biodiversity increases, sustainability also increases
b)
When biodiversity increases, sustainability decreases
c)
Biodiversity and sustainability are not related
d)
When biodiversity decreases, sustainability stays the same
35.
Which of the following relationships demonstrates a prey-predator relationship in the tropical savanna?
a)
Raccoon and Wolf
b)
Cheetah and Lion
c)
Gazelle and Cheetah
d)
Timur and Gazelle
36.
This biome receives about an inch of rain annually and is hot during the day and cool at night
a)
Tropical Savanna
b)
Grasslands
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Desert
37.
The long term conditions of an ecosystem such as temperature and precipitation is known as...
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
c)
Biotic
d)
Biomes
38.
I am going to find Nemo and Dory. Which biome am I visiting?
a)
Tropical Rainforest
b)
Freshwater
c)
Marine
d)
Arctic Tundra
39.
Which biome is this?
a)
Temperate Deciduous
b)
Taiga Coniferous
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Savannah Grassland
40.
Which biome is this?
a)
Temperate Deciduous
b)
Taiga Coniferous
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Savannah Grassland
41.
Which biome is this?
a)
Temperate Deciduous
b)
Taiga Coniferous
c)
Arctic Tundra
d)
Savannah Grassland
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