Biomes Sol

What biome is represented by number 2?

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

• Forest

A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities is referred to as ____.

• a biome

• an ecosystem

• a habitat

• a niche

All communities and abiotic factors in a given area are called ___.

• an ecosystem

• a biosphere

• a biome

• a population

Nina visited an area that receives a large amount of precipitation during all twelve months and is typically warm year round. The area also has a large variety of organism diversity. Which biome did she visit?

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Grassland

What is the difference between an ecosystem and biome?

• a biome is a group of many similar ecosystems throughout the world

• an ecosystem is a large group of different types of biomes

• a biome is much smaller than an ecosystem

• an ecosystem includes only the abiotic components of a particular biome

What is the major difference between an ecosystem and a biome?

• Ecosystems exist in the water, but biomes are found on the land.

• Biomes are broad classifications of climates, plants, and animals, whereas an ecosystem is the set of living things and nonliving conditions in an area.

• A biome is the set of living organisms in an area, but ecosystem is only the nonliving parts of the environment.

• An ecosystem is a broad classification for a set of animals, plants, and geographical conditions, whereas a biome refers to a set of local conditions.

What biome is represented by number 3?

• Grassland

• Desert

• Tundra

• Forest

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In which of the following environments would you expect to find the greatest number of different species of plants and animals per square mile?

• a tropical rain forest in Panama

• a pasture on a Virginia farm

• a wheat field in North Dakota

• an island near the South Pole

Many animals in this biome are nocturnal. Due to the temperature, they burrow underground during the day and become active at night. Which biome is this most likely describing?

• Desert

• Marine

• Coniferous forest

• Grassland

The two most important factors that help determine a biome are ___.

• precipitation and temperature

• snowfall and melting ice

• animals and bacteria

• land slope and longitude