Quiz about Biomes APES

Question 1

A large ecosystem is called a ______

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Biome

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Ecosystem

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Habitat

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Niche

Question 2

What is the main factor that separates (determines) the biomes?

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Climate

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Land

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Water

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Longitude

Question 3

Which biome is the driest?

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Desert

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Tundra

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Taiga

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Rainforest

Question 4

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

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Temperate Forest

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Rainforest

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Grasslands

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Taiga

Question 5

Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?

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Taiga

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Temperate Forest

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Tundra

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Grasslands

Question 6

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

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Grasslands

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Taiga

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Temperate Forest

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Rainforest

Question 7

Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?

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Rainforest

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Temperate Forest

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Tundra

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Grasslands

Question 8

Which biome has 4 seasons?

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Temperate Forest

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Taiga

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Tundra

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Grasslands

Question 9

In which 2 biomes can only plants/animals with adaptations survive?

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Tundra/Desert

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Taiga/Temperate Forest

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Grasslands/Desert

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Rainforest/Tundra

Question 10

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

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Grasslands

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Tundra

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Rainforest

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Temperate Forest

Question 11

Which biome produces over 50% of the world's oxygen?

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Rainforest

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Temperate Forest

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Grasslands

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Taiga

Question 12

Which biome is home to jaguars, anacondas, leopards, gorillas, and poisonous tree frogs?

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Rainforest

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Grasslands

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Temperate Forest

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Tundra

Question 13

In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve water to survive?

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Desert

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Rainforest

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Taiga

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Temperate Forest

Question 14

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?

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tundra

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desert

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temperate deciduous forest

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tropical rain forest

Question 15

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

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tropical rainforest

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tundra

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desert

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grassland

Question 16

Which biome is found on the mountain above the tree line (alpine?)

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tundra

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grassland

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deciduous forest

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tropical forest

Question 17

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

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permafrost

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glaciation

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crystallization

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soilfrost

Question 18

Which type of trees is found in a temperate forest?

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deciduous

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evergreen

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ginko

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palm

Question 19

Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes?

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desert

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mountain

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taiga

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tundra

Question 20

Which biome receives between 0 and 25 centimeters of precipitation each year, has a temperature range from -27 to 5 degrees Celsius, has frozen soil, and is home to hares, caribou, and wolves?

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tundra

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desert

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mountain

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savannah

Question 21

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

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grassland

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taiga

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tundra

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deciduous forest

Question 22

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

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Water and Temperature

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Food and Water

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Water and Sunlight

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Temperature and Oxygen

Question 23

A ________ is a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees

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taiga

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desert

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temperate deciduous forest

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tundra

Question 24

Bottom dwellers (barnacles, oysters, sea cucumbers).

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benthos

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plankton

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nekton

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pelagic

Question 25

Free-swimming macroscopic organisms such as fish, whales, and turtles

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nekton

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plankton

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benthos

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pelagic

Question 26

Lower layer in deep water habitats: sunlight does not penetrate

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aphotic (benthic) zone

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bathyal zone

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euphotic zone

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pelagic zone

Question 27

Dimly lit middle layer. No photosynthesis, zooplankton and fish live there; migrate to feed

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bathyal (disphotic) zone

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aphotic zone

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euphotic zone

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abyssal zone

Question 28

River mouths, inlets, bays, sounds, temperate salt marshes and tropical mangrove forests

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estuaries

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intertidal zone

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coral reefs

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open ocean

Question 29

Lake area near shore; shallow, with rooted plants

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littoral

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profundal

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limnetic

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benthic

Question 30

Natural sponges that absorb, store water from storms; provide a variety of wildlife habitats

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wetlands

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prairie

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forests

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steppe

Question 31

The single-celled algae found in aquatic ecosystems are known as

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phytoplankton.

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zooplankton.

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seaweed.

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kelp.

Question 32

What are coral reefs often compared to?

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rainforests

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forests

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gardens

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deserts

Question 33

Coral reefs are endangered by

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all of the above

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climate change

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overfishing

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pollution

Question 34

Which of the following in an ecosystem is ABIOTIC?

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Sunlight

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Frog

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Scorpion

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Snake

Question 35

What biome?

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Savannah

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Temperate Rainforest

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Taiga

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Desert

Question 36

What biome?

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Tropical Rainforest

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Mountains

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Tundra

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Temperate Forest

Question 37

What is the average, year-to-year conditions of weather in an area?

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Climate

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Biome

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Air Mass

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Precipitation

Question 38

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

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biotic

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abiotic

Question 39

Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor?

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abiotic

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biotic

Question 40

A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a

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biotic factor

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population

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abiotic factor

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community

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