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Biomes

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the biosphere?

a)

A single biome

b)

All living things

c)

Marine life

d)

Water on Earth

2.

Which of the following is NOT a biome?

a)

Desert

b)

Tundra

c)

Mountain

d)

Reef

3.

What is the largest biome on Earth?

a)

Desert

b)

Tundra

c)

Marine

d)

Mountain

4.

Which of the following best describes a tundra biome?

a)

Hot and dry with very little rain

b)

Cold with little precipitation and permafrost

c)

Warm with lots of trees and rainfall

d)

A mix of trees and grass with moderate rainfall

5.

Why does the tundra have fewer animals than a rainforest?

a)

It has too much sunlight

b)

It is too cold and dry

c)

There is too much water

d)

It has no land to live on

6.

How does the biosphere interact with the atmosphere?

a)

Plants take in water to create food

b)

Animals burrow in the ground

c)

Plants take in carbon dioxide

d)

They do not interact

7.

What happens when you remove a predator like the gray wolf from an ecosystem?

a)

The prey population decreases

b)

The prey population increases

c)

The ecosystem remains unchanged

d)

Other predators become weak

8.

Which of the following is a decomposer?

a)

Wolf

b)

Rabbit

c)

Mushroom

d)

Eagle

9.

A predator’s role in an ecosystem is to:

a)

Eat only plants

b)

Control populations

c)

Create new plants

d)

Live on their own

10.

When gray wolves were removed from Yellowstone, what happened to the grass?

a)

It grew too tall

b)

Nothing happened

c)

Almost disappeared

d)

It spread everywhere

11.

True or False: The biosphere only includes animals (not plants).

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12.

True or False: Freshwater is a biome.

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13.

True or False: The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone helped balance the ecosystem.

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14.

True or False: The removal of top predators does not harm ecosystems.

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15.

True or False: The geosphere and biosphere do not interact with each other.

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16.

True or False: The hydrosphere can affect the biosphere by providing water to living things.

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17.

True or False: The tundra and the desert are similar because they both have limited water.

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18.

True or False: Scavengers help clean up dead animals in an ecosystem.

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19.

True or False: Humans sometimes remove top predators to protect livestock.

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20.

True or False: A producer is an animal that eats only plants.

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21.

How did reintroducing gray wolves to Yellowstone change the ecosystem?

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22.

What happened to the elk population after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone?

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23.

How can the biosphere affect the geosphere?

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24.

Why do humans sometimes remove top predators from an ecosystem?

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25.

What is one positive effect of beavers building dams in an ecosystem?

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26.

Explain how the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone affected the geosphere and hydrosphere.

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27.

What would happen if a top predator was removed from an ecosystem? Give an example.

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28.

How does the hydrosphere affect the biosphere?

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29.

What are similarities and differences between the desert and tundra biomes.

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30.

Explain the role of a producer in an ecosystem.

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31.

Explain the role of a consumer in an ecosystem.

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32.

Explain the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem.

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33.

What image is the forest biome?

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b)

c)

d)

e)

34.

What image is the freshwater biome?

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b)

c)

d)

e)

35.

What image is the tundra biome?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

36.

What image is the grassland biome?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

37.

What image is the desert biome?

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b)

c)

d)

e)

38.

What are 2 interactions that are happening in this ecosphere? State the two spheres interacting AND explain how they are interacting.

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