Biology Self Check Test 5

Environmental conditions that affect an organism's ability to survive are

• limiting factors

• tolerance ranges

• primary successions

• final successions

Secondary succession occurs after

• a climax community is established

• landslide expose bare rock

• a community is disrupted by a natural disaster

• a food web is established

Biomes are classified according to the characteristics of their

• animals

• plants

• weather

• precipitation

The part of the marine biome that the sun does not penetrate is the

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

• estuary

• algae zone

Only about 2.5% of the earth's water is freshwater, and the majority of this freshwater is found in

• wetlands

• glaciers

• groundwater

• lakes and rivers

Permafrost is a condition found in

• the tundra

• the plains

• the taiga

• deciduous forests

The boreal forest, also called the taiga or northern coniferous forest,

• has short, moist summers

• is south of the tundra

• has long dry winters

• has all of these characteristics

Deserts

• are always desolate places

• exist on every continent

• have annual rates of evaporation equal to precipitation

• have none of these charateristics

The terrestrial biome that is the most diverse is the

• tropical rain forest

• boreal forest

• tropical savanna

• temperate forest

Where would you find the tundra biome?

• in the continental USA

• at the equator

• surrounding the North Pole