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SCI 104_Biomes

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 4hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which biome is hot all year with wet and dry seasons?

a)

tropical rainforest

b)

arctic tundra

c)

temperate grassland

d)

desert

2.

Which land biome is mainly covered with grass?

a)

Desert

b)

Taiga

c)

Grassland

d)

Tundra

3.

Which biome has tree leaves that change color and drop off as the season changes from fall to winter?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Deciduous Forest

c)

Tundra

d)

Coniferous Forest

4.
This is the earth's driest biome and can be hot or cold.
a)
Savannah
b)
Prairie
c)
Tundra
d)
Desert
5.
A group of ecosystems with similar organisms and climates.
a)
desert
b)
deciduous
c)
canopy
d)
Biome
6.
Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
7.
Cold, dry biome where the soil stays frozen the entire year. Very little precipitation.
a)
savannah
b)
taiga
c)
tundra
d)
desert
8.
A group of ecosystems with similar organisms and climates.
a)
desert
b)
deciduous
c)
canopy
d)
Biome
9.
Northern biome with many coniferous trees; very cold temperatures in the winter months.
a)
Taiga
b)
tundra
c)
desert
d)
temperate rain forest
10.
Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?
a)
Desert
b)
Grasslands
c)

Deciduous Forest

d)
Taiga
11.

Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?

a)

Grasslands

b)

Tundra

c)

Rainforest

d)

Deciduous Forest

12.

What biome has low salinity, has slow moving and fast moving water, and different levels of sunlight and oxygen?

a)

freshwater

b)

marine

c)

estuary

13.

What biome has brackish water, with organisms that can live in salt or freshwater?

a)

estuary

b)

freshwater

c)

marine

14.

The tropical rainforest has a LOT of plants because of all of the direct sunlight, but animals do not need a lot of direct sunlight to live. Why does the rainforest have a lot of animals?

a)

plants are food for animals

b)

animals like it because it is warm there

c)

animals migrated there a long time ago

15.
A plot of the temperature and precipitation in a particular region.
a)
Biome
b)
freshwater
c)
Taiga
d)
Climograph
16.

Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?

a)

tundra

b)

desert

c)

grassland

d)

tropical rainforest

17.

This aquatic biome removes pollutants and reduces flooding

a)

wetlands

b)

ocean

c)

coral reefs

d)

ponds and lakes

e)

esturary

18.

This is the most diverse aquatic biome

a)

wetlands

b)

ocean

c)

coral reefs

d)

ponds and lakes

e)

esturary

19.

This is the largest aquatic biome

a)

wetlands

b)

ocean

c)

coral reefs

d)

ponds and lakes

e)

estuary

20.

These aquatic biomes are mainly still bodies of freshwater

a)

wetlands

b)

ocean

c)

coral reefs

d)

ponds and lakes

e)

estuary

21.

looking at the graph which biome does D represent?

a)

tropical rain forest

b)

desert

c)

tundra

d)

deciduous forest

22.

looking at the graph which biome does C represent?

a)

tropical rain forest

b)

desert

c)

tundra

d)

deciduous forest

23.

looking at the graph which biome does B represent?

a)

tropical rain forest

b)

desert

c)

tundra

d)

deciduous forest

24.
The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...
a)
Food and Water
b)
Water and Sunlight
c)
Temperature and Oxygen
d)
Precipitation and Temperature 
25.

Very humid climates are found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
Which biome is also called the "taiga"
a)
temperate deciduous forest
b)
boreal forest
c)
temperate rainforest
d)
tropical rainforest