Biome Characteristics

Biome Characteristics

6th - 7th Grade

27 Qs

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Biome Characteristics

Biome Characteristics

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

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27 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
tundra
desert
temperate deciduous forest
tropical rain forest

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?
tundra
desert
grassland
tropical forest

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
tundra
desert
rain forest
pine forest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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
glaciation
permafrost
crystallization
soilfrost

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of trees is found in a temperate forest?
deciduous
evergreen
ginko
palm

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?
desert
taiga
tundra
grassland

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of the organisms in the ocean exist in the shallow water over the continental shelves.  Why is this true?
Producers, the beginning of all food chains, can only exist where there is sunlight.
Sea predators can easily catch their prey where the water is shallow.
Water over the continental shelves has more minerals than deep ocean water.
Ocean storms destroy organisms living in deep water.

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