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Year 9 Biomes

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

A community including living and non living parts of an area

b)

A small biome

c)

The living parts of an area

d)

The sun, plants and animals in an area

2.

What does flora mean?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

A brand of butter

d)

Living things

3.

What does fauna mean?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Non living things

d)

Living things

4.

What does biotic mean?

a)

The non living parts of an ecosystem (climate and soils)

b)

The living parts of an ecosystem (animals and plants)

5.

What does abiotic mean?

a)

The non living parts of an ecosystem (climate and soils)

b)

The living parts of an ecosystem (animals and plants)

6.

Where in the world are rainforests found?

a)

Near the poles

b)

Around the equator

c)

Between 15-30N and S of the equator

d)

Typically between the tropics and polar regions

7.

Where in the world are hot deserts found?

a)

Near the poles

b)

Around the equator

c)

Between 15-30N and S of the equator

d)

Typically between the tropics and polar regions

8.

Where in the world are polar regions found?

a)

Near the poles

b)

Around the equator

c)

Between 15-30N and S of the equator

d)

Typically between the tropics and polar regions

9.

In which biome would you find; lizards, little rain, hot temperatures and cacti?

a)

Hot desert

b)

Savannah

c)

Rainforest

d)

Polar

10.

In which biome would you find; whales, little rain, cold temperatures and mosses?

a)

Hot desert

b)

Savannah

c)

Rainforest

d)

Polar

11.

In which biome would you find; lions, dry and wet seasons, warm temperatures and shrubs?

a)

Hot desert

b)

Savannah

c)

Rainforest

d)

Polar

12.

In which biome would you find; jaguars, the same climate all year round and a layered forest?

a)

Hot desert

b)

Savannah

c)

Rainforest

d)

Polar

13.

Select 2 true statements

a)

The arrows in the food web show the flow of energy and nutrients

b)

The arrows in the food web show what eats what

c)

The Desert Fox eats none of the shown animal species

d)

The Desert Fox eats 3 other animal species

14.

Which is a producer for the desert biome?

a)

Cactus

b)

Kangaroo Rat

c)

Snake

d)

Desert Fox

e)

Sun

15.

Which is a tertiary consumer for the desert biome?

a)

Cactus

b)

Kangaroo Rat

c)

Snake

d)

Desert Fox

e)

Sun

16.

Which is a primary consumer for the desert biome?

a)

Cactus

b)

Kangaroo Rat

c)

Snake

d)

Desert Fox

e)

Sun

17.

Which is a secondary consumer for the desert biome?

a)

Cactus

b)

Kangaroo Rat

c)

Snake

d)

Desert Fox

e)

Sun

18.

Which part of this food chain in the source of energy?

a)

Cactus

b)

Kangaroo Rat

c)

Snake

d)

Desert Fox

e)

Sun

19.

Select 3 that are challenges of the desert biome

a)

Minimal rainfall

b)

Minimal vegetation

c)

Excessive heat 24/7

d)

Excessive heat during the day, cold during the night

e)

High altitude

20.

What does adapt mean?

a)

To change over time

b)

To be camouflaged to the environment

c)

To adjust or change to become more suited to an environment

d)

To be suited to the environment

21.

Select 3 true ways that camels have adapted to the desert

a)

Their humps contain water they have stored

b)

They have long lashes to keep the rain out of their eyes

c)

They have long lashes to keep the sand out their eyes

d)

Their humps contain fat they have stored

e)

They leathery feel to protect their feet from the hot sand

22.

What does altitude mean?

a)

The height above the surrounding ground

b)

The vertical lines that show the distance the location is from the equator

c)

The height above the sea level

d)

The horizontal lines that show the distance the location is from the Greenwich Meridian Line

23.

What does latitude mean?

a)

The height above the surrounding ground

b)

The horizontal lines that show the distance the location is from the equator

c)

The height above the sea level

d)

The vertical lines that show the distance the location is from the Greenwich Meridian Line

24.

Who are these people?

a)

The Nannets

b)

The Indigenous Tribe

c)

The Nenets

d)

The Kayapo

25.

The Antarctic will increase temperature by approx. 3°C by 2080

a)

True

b)

False - the temperature is decreasing

c)

False - the temperature is increasing by more than 3°C

d)

False - the temperature is increasing by less than 3°C

26.

The Arctic will increase temperature by approx. 3°C by 2080

a)

True

b)

False - the temperature is decreasing

c)

False - the temperature is increasing by more than 3°C

d)

False - the temperature is increasing by less than 3°C

27.

The amount of sea ice in the Arctic is increasing

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The amount of sea ice in the Antarctic is increasing

a)

True

b)

False