Principles of Habitats Unit Review

Tourism and recreation are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?

• Provisional

• Cultural

• Regulating

• Supporting

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Identify the correct order of ocean zones from the surface to the deep sea.

• Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Neritic, Oceanic

• Neritic, Oceanic, Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic

• Epipelagic, Neritic, Oceanic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic

• Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Oceanic, Neritic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What percentage of fresh water is trapped in glaciers or underground aquifers?

• 99

• 75

• 40

• 15

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following would most likely be found in a bog?

• Catfish

• Cattails

• Carnivorous plants

• Waterweeds

Match the plant life with the habitat where it would most likely be found.

• Tundra

• Evergreen trees

• Deciduous Forest

• Plants with shallow widespread roots and thick leaves

• Grasslands

• Large evergreen trees, vines, ferns and mosses

• Tropical Forest

• Various species of grasses

• Desert

• Trees with color-changing leaves such as oak, maple and beech

Select all of the statements which are true about rainforests.

• Covers six percent of the earth

• Is the least diverse habitat type

• Contains half of all species of plants and animals on the earth

• Contains nutrient-rich soil

• Most animals live on the forest floor

Match the type of habitat loss with its definition.

• Act of polluting or otherwise altering a habitat until the quality of the habitat can no longer support life

• Habitat degredation

• Breaking up habitats to the point where the habitat can no longer remain functional

• Habitat destruction

• Act of complete loss of habitat through direct human involvement

• Habitat fragmentation

Match the vocabulary word with the definition.

• Invertebrate aquatic animals

• Aquatic

• Related to soil or dry land

• Terrestrial

• Related to water

• Phytoplankton

• Floating algae

• Crustaceans

Which of the following best describes urban sprawl?

• Clearing of land for timber, farming, ranching or industrial development

• Warming of the average climate

• Mass expansion of urban areas which rapidly destroy the surrounding environment

• Loss of land area due to rising sea levels.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which habitat would heavy grazers and burrowing animals most likely be found?

• Tropical rainforests

• Grasslands

• Desert

• Deciduous forests