Chapter 6 Test

A large area of the earth in which plants and animals share a similar environment is called a _____.

• A. biosphere

• B. biome

• C. wetland

• D. canopy

All the areas where life can exist and the organisms that live there is called a _____.

• A. biosphere

• B. biome

• C. wetland

• D. canopy

The biome with a humid, rainy, and warm climate is the _____.

• desert

• prairie

• tropical rain forest

• mountain

The usual weather of a region over a long period of time is its _____.

• canopy

• biome

• precipitation

• climate

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Several biomes with different climates may be found in a _____.

• grassland

• mountain

• deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

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Freshwater biomes include rivers, lakes, _____, and streams.

• A. oceans

• B. coral reefs

• C. ponds

• D. tidepools

The temperate grasslands are the _____.

• savannas

• prairies

• deserts

• mountains

Trees grow close together in the _____ layer of a tropical rain forest.

• A. emergent

• B. canopy

• C. understory

• D. forest floor

Partially decayed plant material that has piled up into dense layers in bogs is called _____.

• peat

• canopy

• marsh

• coral reefs

Bogs can have either salt water or fresh water.

• true

• false