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Biome review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of climate?

a)

A record-breaking hot day in the summer

b)

Three hurricanes during one month

c)

An increase in average temperature over decades

d)

Hundred-year floods

2.

Which politician is NOT mistakenly talking about weather when they think they are talking about climate?

a)

"In case we have forgotten because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, I asked the chair, do you know what this is? It's a snowball just from outside here. So it's very, very cold out. Very unseasonable." - Senator Inhofe

b)

"It used to not be climate change. It used to be global warming. That wasn't working too well, 'cause it was getting too cold all over the place." - President Trump

c)

"Global warming" isn't so warm these days." (during a cold week in winter)

— Representative John Fleming

d)

"As governor I have seen the tremendous changes over the last few years; the amount of land that we have lost, the trees that we have lost, the homes that we have lost, lives that have been lost, and it is due to a large extent to global warming."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

3.

Which of the following is weather?

a)

a rainstorm

b)

the yearly average of rainfall

c)

the jet stream

d)

ice ages

4.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

When greenhouses are used to grow crops

b)

When gases in the atmosphere trap heat from solar energy

c)

When solar energy escapes to space

d)

When clouds only allow certain colors of light through to the Earth's surface

5.

Select three common greenhouse gases

a)

oxygen

b)

water vapor

c)

methane

d)

helium

e)

carbon dioxide

6.

Which latitude receives the most solar energy?

a)

0 degrees

b)

30 degrees

c)

45 degrees

d)

90 degrees

7.

An ecosystem is made up of smaller groups of

a)

biomes

b)

mountains

c)

flocks

d)

communities

8.

What is the term for the living parts of the planet, including all organisms and their environments?

a)

biosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

hemisphere

9.

Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

ocean currents

d)

insects

10.

Select the three common ways to gather ecological data

a)

modeling

b)

speculation

c)

experimentation

d)

observation

e)

editorializing

11.

What is the relationship between global winds and global ocean currents?

a)

The pattern of global winds is one of the factors that drives global ocean currents.

b)

The pattern of global ocean currents is the factor that drives global winds.

c)

Both are caused by heat from the sun, and they do not affect each other.

d)

Both are caused by Earth’s rotation, and they do not affect each other.

12.

Prevailing winds in the US blow from the west to the east and deliver moisture to the ________________first.

a)

grasslands

b)

deserts

c)

coniferous forests

d)

tundra

13.

When winds encounter the Rocky Mountains and the moist air rises up the mountains, it

a)

warms

b)

cools

c)

dries

d)

speeds up

14.

What type of climate is most likely represented in this temperature and rainfall graph?

a)

coniferous forest

b)

tundra

c)

temperate forest

d)

desert