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Biomes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which best describes a taiga.

a)

short summers

b)

deciduous trees

c)

lizards

d)

wet and dry seasons

2.

Which is not a reason that population changes?

a)

birth

b)

death

c)

gradient

d)

immigration

3.

Which is the driest biome?

a)

taiga

b)

artic

c)

temperate deciduous forest

d)

temperate rainforest

4.

Which biome do you live in?

a)

Prairie

b)

temperate grassland

c)

temperate deciduous forest

d)

temperate rainforest

5.

Which is an abiotic factor?

a)

rock

b)

temperature

c)

stick

d)

dead cow

6.

Which latitude gets the most solar energy?

a)

80 degrees

b)

40 degrees

c)

100 degrees

d)

0 degrees

7.

Why is the weather warmer in the summer?

a)

The planet moves closer to the sun.

b)

The planet moves farther from the sun

c)

The hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

d)

No one knows

8.

Which of these aquatic biomes has a mixture of salt and freshwater?

a)

wetland

b)

abyssal zone

c)

coral reef

d)

estuary

9.

What is a characteristic of a temperate rainforest?

a)

leaves fall from the trees

b)

only two seasons

c)

located in the Pacific Northwest

d)

rains infrequently

10.

How does a wetland help the environment?

a)

captures pollution

b)

increases rainfall

c)

has lots of mud

d)

decreases rainfall

11.

Located in the middle of the United States

a)

Desert

b)

Temperate rainforest

c)

Tropical grassland

d)

Temperate grassland

12.

Contains a canopy, understory, and an emergent layer

a)

tundra

b)

taiga

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

tropical grassland

13.

A region with low average temperatures and little precipitation.

a)

tundra

b)

esurary

c)

wetland

d)

taiga

14.

Long term temperature and precipitation in a region

a)

weather

b)

desert

c)

exposure

d)

climate

15.

Which biome are you most likely to find a polar bear?

a)

grassland

b)

taiga

c)

tundra

d)

forest

16.

Which is not an important abiotic factor for an aquatic biome?

a)

temperature

b)

salinity

c)

sand

d)

water depth

17.

A body of water surrounded by land.

a)

ocean

b)

coral reef

c)

esturary

d)

lake

18.

Where the ocean meets the land.

a)

abysical zone

b)

intertidal zone

c)

neritic zone

d)

open ocean

19.

Where would you expect to find bioluminescent creatures

a)

intertidal zone

b)

neritic zone

c)

open ocean

d)

abyssal zone

20.

Type of cow that is black and white.

a)

Angus

b)

Jersey

c)

Longhorn

d)

Holstein