organisms and environment biomes

Which two are the main factors that separate the biosphere into biomes?

• Land

• Water

• Climate

• Latitude

Which of these is one way that humans affect the biosphere?

• Humans use resources to build homes.

• Humans grow to be very different heights.

• Humans have mapped the stars.

• Humans have figured out how many oceans there are.

Which of these statements is true of an aquatic biome

• Aquatic biomes’ main resources are light and nutrients.

• Aquatic biomes only consist of marine life

• Aquatic biomes receive large amounts of sunlight.

• Aquatic biomes have much smaller populations than terrestrial biomes.

hot, humid forests with much rainfall

• grassland

• terrestrial ecosystems

• tropical rainforest

• biodiversity

What is this biome?

• Coniferous Forest
• Desert

What are the key features of the Tundra?

• cold winter, thin acidic soil, evergreen trees
• treeless, permafrost, cold dark winters
• ong cool summers, short dark winters, migrating animals
• many evergreen trees, short moist summers, long snowy winters

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

• Taiga/Temperate Forest

• Grasslands/Desert

• Tundra/Desert

• Rainforest/Tundra

What is this biome?

• Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest

In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?

• Taiga

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Temperate grassland

• Tundra

• Tropical rainforest

The area of an aquatic ecosystem that is near shallow, near shore, & has an abundance of sunlight & wildlife

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• limnetic zone

• sunlight zone