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1
Which of the following is a plant in the Savanna?
All the Above
Manketti tree
Elephant grass
Bermuda grass
2
The area between a low tide and high tide is called...
water
intertidal zone
pools
outertidal zone
3
Shall zones are called ___ because light can penetrate the surface allowing for photosynthesis?
no light zones
aphotic zone
light zones
photic zone
4
Which of the following is NOT an animal from the savanna?
Pig
Emu
Nile Crocodile
Lion
5
What is the major problem created by humans in the Temperate Forest?
Floods
Tornados
Deforestation
Hurricanes
6
Which is an Abiotic Factor in the Temperate Forest?
water
rocks
All the Above
twigs
7
Animals that grow in freshwater include all of the following EXCEPT....
tadpoles
crayfish
clown fish
bluegill
8
How many zones are there is the Temperate Forest?
3
4
6
5
9
Which of the following is a synonym for Taiga?
water
plants
coniferous forest
tiger
10
What is a coastal body of water, partially surrounded by land, where fresh and salt water mix?
The Great Lakes
marine
estuary
freshwater
11
What is one biotic factor in the Dessert
Sand
Weather
Wind
snake
12
What type of animals live in the top layer of the rainforest?
Animals that fly
Animals that swim
Animals that crawl
Animals that run fast
13
Which of the following animals can be found in grasslands/
All the Above
bison
coyotes
prairie dogs
14
All are animals found in the Taiga EXCEPT...
lynx
snowshoe hare
red deet
elephant
15
Where is the Marine Biome?
The Great Lakes
Any body of water
any body of salt water
on land
16
Humans are contaminating the land through...
carbon dioxide
methane
phosphorous
oil
17
Where is the Taiga
All the Above
Europe
North America
Asia
18
Weather is NOT ...
climate
paterns for percipitaion and temperature
week by week, month by month
short term
19
Deep water that does not recieve sunlight is the?
light zone
aphotic zone
photic zone
no light zone
20
What kind of soil do grasslands have?
permafrost
waterlogged soil
Rich, humus soil
rocky, sandy soil
21
Climate describes over all trend of weather for
a year
a day
for many years
a month
22
How does precipitation affect the biome?
harms
modifies
no affect
23
Why is agriculture a problem in the grasslands
No effect
decreas temperature preventing certain grasses from growing
Turning into farmland disrupting native plants and animals
causes increase in temperature and decrease in rainfall
24
What role does bacteria play in the ocean?
all the above
decomposers
nitrogen fixing
food source
25
What are negative influences, from humans, on the desert?
All the Above
military bases
oil and gas purposes
nuclear waste
26
Pools are
vary in oxygen levels at any time of day
all the above
vary in nutrients at any time of day
caused by high tide that retracks
27
What is NOT an example of an animal on the floor of the tropical rainforest is?
Jaguars
Giant Anteaters
leopards
Cheetahs
28
Water in estuaries are...
There is no water
Salt and Fresh water
Salt water
Fresh water
29
What is causing the ice to shrink?
hair dryers
penguins
Global Warming
God
30
What is the layer of soil that freezes and unfreezes anually
permafrost
alpine
active layer
arctic
31
How much of Antarctica is covered by plants?
100%
50%
0%
25%
32
What is the average rainfall/snowfall per year in the desert?
10 to 15
less than 10 in
more than 15 in
less than 5 in
33
Purple cone flowers, foxtail, buffalo grass, and wild oats can be found in the?
Grasslands
Tundra
Tiaga
Deserts
34
The bottom of a lake...
is only cold during winter
is only cold during summer
is always cold
is never cold
35
A gas that freezes in the soil and then released when thawed forming a crater in the Earth?
methane
Helium
Nitrogen
Neon
36
Most of the organisms that live in the marine biome are....
whales
sharks
fish
plankton
37
How much of Earth is covered by ice?
20%
40%
30%
10%
38
Climate is affected by
temperature
wind
all the above
percipitation
39
Which Eskimo tribe is the largest?
Inuit
Innu
Yakut
Cherokee
40
What would a white-tailed deer be classified as?
decomposer
producer
herbivore
carnivore
41
Different biomes are created by....
because someone decided
Keller
differences in climate
geographical location
