Biomes on Earth Lesson

Biomes on Earth Lesson

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Which factors affect plant and animal life in terrestrial biomes?

• salinity

• precipitation

• dissolved oxygen

• season

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What component of rainforests provides nutrients to the soil and creates living conditions for bacteria and other microorganisms?

In rainforests, _____________ provides nutrients to the soil and creates living conditions for bacteria and other microorganisms.

However, the lack of ____________ does not allow many plants to grow on the floor of the forest.

• dry leaves

• compost

• fossils

• shade

• sunlight

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 What type of biome is pictured?

• Tundra
• Temperate Rainforest
• Grassland
• Desert

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The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.

• Coniferous Forests
• Temperate Deciduous Forests
• Deserts
• Tundra

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The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

• Food and Water
• Water and Sunlight
• Temperature and Oxygen
• Precipitation and Temperature 

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Look at the following graph to determine biome

• Savanna Grassland
• Chapparal
• Desert
• Tundra

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Abiotic factors: warm temperatures; seasonal rainfall; compact soil; frequent fires set by lightning • Dominant plants: tall, perennial grasses; sometimes drought-tolerant and fireresistant trees or shrubs    

• temperate grasslands
• Prairies
• savanna grass lands
• chapparal

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Abiotic factors: hot and wet year-round; thin, nutrient-poor soils • Dominant plants: broad-leaved evergreen trees; ferns; large woody vines and climbing plants;  orchids and bromeliads

• Taiga 
• Temperate Rain Forest
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rain forest

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The biome pictured is

• desert
• tundra
• temperate grassland
• boreal forest

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The biome pictured is

• temperate grassland
• temperate deciduous forest
• desert
• tundra

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The biome pictured is

• desert
• tropical savanna
• tropical seasonal forest
• boreal forest

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The tundra biome & the desert biome are both very dry, but

• the desert is always hot
• the desert has a wider temperature range
• the tundra has a wider temperature range
• they are also similar in temperature

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The tropical rain forest & tropical savanna biomes are similar in ___________, but ________________________________.

• temperature / the savannah doesn't receive enough rainfall to be a forest
• precipitation / the rain forest is hotter
• precipitation / the savanna is cooler
• temperature / the rain forest doesn't receive enough sunlight to be a savanna

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The farther a biome is from the equator, the more we would expect it to be 

• warmer & wetter
• warmer & drier
• cooler & wetter
• cooler & drier

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The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be

• warmer & wetter
• warmer & drier
• cooler & wetter
• cooler & drier

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Which aquatic biome forms where freshwater streams or rivers merge with the ocean?

______________ form where freshwater streams or rivers merge with the ocean.

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Net primary productivity is the __________ at which primary _______________ convert __________ to _______________.

• biomass / energy / producers / rate
• rate / energy / producers / biomass
• energy / producers / biomass / rate
• rate / producers / energy / biomass

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Fresh water referrers to which of the following

• oceans, rivers, lakes
• ponds, rivers, oceans
• lakes, ponds,  streams
• streams, lakes, oceans

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Regions of the ocean are commonly referred to as what type of systems

• Mountainous
• Estuary
• Marine
• Desert

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The intertidal zone of oceans

• surrounds continents
• is on the coastline
• has tides that rise and fall each day
• is the open ocean

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Which watery biome has the lowest concentration of salt?

• freshwater
• ocean
• coral reef
• wetland

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Which of the following is considered a wetland?

• Swamps
• Marshes
• Bogs
• All of the above.

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What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?

• Lakes/Ponds
• Mangroves Swamps
• Rivers/Streams
• Coral Reefs

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Bottom dwelling organisms.

• Plankton
• Fish
• Mammals
• Benthos

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What is at the base of the food chain in the ocean?

• whales

• plankton

• turtles

• seaweed

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Two factors that determine where an organism lives in aquatic ecosystem are 

• Temperature and sunlight
• Neighbors and housing prices
• Fish and wildlife
• Darkness and tree height

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Aquatic life is abundant, diverse, and full of sunlight at which zone?

• littoral zone

• benthic zone

• limnetic zone

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All are freshwater ecosystems except

• marshes

• lakes

• eustary

• rivers

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Salinity refers to

• how many plants are in the water

• how many organisms live in the water

• how much salt in is water

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What are wetlands?

• areas of land that are flooded at least part of the year

• the ocean

• lakes

• estuaries

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How do ecologists classify aquatic ecosystems?

• Salinity

• Depth

• Movement

• All of the above

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Why does each biome tend to have a specific group of organisms?

• They have adapted to those conditions
• They were born there and stayed

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Which one is NOT a main factor that determine the biome in a given area?

• Temperature
• Wind
• Precipitation

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Scientist often use what type of illustration to show an area’s average temperature and precipitation?

• Biomograph
• Climatograph

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Average weather conditions over a long periods in a given area...

• Weather
• Climate

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Which one largely determines which biome covers a particular part of the planet?

• Animals
• Climate
• Plants

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Which biotic/abiotic factors DOES NOT primarily define a biomes?

• Climate
• Plants
• People
• Animals

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Ecosystems with the same Biome share similar ______ and ______ factors.

• Climate and plants
• Abiotic and Biotic

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A group of ecosystems that share similar abiotic and biotic conditions...

• Biome
• Climate

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Which is not a reason the open ocean is listed so low in productivity?

• The open ocean is far from land masses that would provide essential nutrients for life to thrive.

• In the open ocean light only penetrates the surface layer of water.

• Fish don't live in the open ocean.

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What is the general trend in this graph? What factors appear to affect productivity, and how?

• The general trend is that warm and wet biomes have higher primary production than cold, dry biomes.

• The general trend is that cold and dry biomes have higher primary production than warm, wet biomes.

• The general trend is that cold and wet biomes have higher primary production than warm, dry biomes.

• The general trend is that warm and dry biomes have higher primary production than cold, wet biomes.

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Which is not a reason coral reefs have such high productivity?

• They are entirely within the water.

• They usually exist in very warn climates

• Gets lots of sunlight to support photosynthesis

• They are very deep in the oceans

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A ____________________ is a group of ecosystems that share similar abiotic and biotic conditions.

• biome

• habitat

• community

• population

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Primary _____________ convert solar or chemical energy into energy stored in the bonds of organic sugars.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• species

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___________ and ___________ biomes have the highest net primary production.

• Warm and wet

• Cold and dry

• Warn and dry

• Cold and wet

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On a biome map, patches representing the same biome tend to occur at similar _____________________ .

• longitudes

• lattitudes

• poles

• areas

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In aquatic ecosystems, net primary productivity is related to

• whether the water is fresh water or saltwater.

• the speed at which the water moves.

• available sunlight and nutrients.

• waves and tides.

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Which biome would have the highest net primary production?

• savanna

• boreal forest

• coral reefs

• desert

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Day-to-day conditions in Earth’s atmosphere, such as “sunny and humid,” describe

• climate.

• climatograph.

• weather.

• biome.