Science 5 Final Test Reviewer

What is the way nitrogen moves between the air, soil, plants, and animals called?

• Water cycle
• Plate tectonics
• Nitrogen cycle
• Carbon cycle

What are organisms that live on the bottom of a body of water called?

• Nekton
• Plankton
• Estuary
• Benthos

What is the last stage of succession in an area called?

• Succession
• Endangered species
• Climax community
• Extinct species

What is a place where fresh water flows into salt water called?

• Plankton
• Benthos
• Nekton
• Estuary

What is the first species to live in a lifeless area called?

• Extinct species
• Succession
• Endangered species
• Pioneer species

What is a large area of land that has certain kinds of soil, plants, animals, and climate called?

• Taiga
• Biome
• Tundra
• Plankton

What is the ongoing movement of water between Earth’s surface and the air called?

• Nitrogen cycle
• Plate tectonics
• Carbon cycle
• Water cycle

What is a large, treeless biome where the ground is frozen all year called?

• Taiga
• Plankton
• Tundra
• Biome

What are water organisms that are active swimmers called?

• Plankton
• Nekton
• Estuary
• Benthos

What is a cool forest biome of conifers found in the north called?

• Tundra
• Biome
• Plankton
• Taiga