Unit 3 Test Review

Question 1

On October 25th, 2021, the low temperature in Atlanta was 50 degrees F. This is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Weather

Question 2

local climates that are different from other locations nearby

Accepted Answer

Microclimate

Question 3

Which biome has mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers with drought-resistant shrubs

Accepted Answer

Chaparral

Question 4

In which biome is there a permanently frozen layer of soil called permafrost?

Accepted Answer

tundra

Question 5

Which of the following is not a pelagic ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Littoral Zone

Question 6

What is the area in red?

Accepted Answer

Profundal Zone

Question 7

Which biome is cold year round and receives very little precipitation?

Accepted Answer

Tundra

Question 8

What type of ecosystem has brackish water?

Accepted Answer

Estuary

Question 9

What is the area in red?

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Zone

Question 10

What is the area in red?

Accepted Answer

Benthic Zone

Question 11

What zone is near the shore of a lake with high biodiversity

Accepted Answer

Littoral

Question 12

The phenomenon where sunlight passes through the atmosphere and gases prevent heat from escaping

Accepted Answer

Greenhouse Effect

Question 13

In which biome do trees shed there leaves in autumn?

Accepted Answer

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Question 14

Which of the following is not a way humans have impacted the phosphorus cycle?

Accepted Answer

Burning fossil fuels

Question 15

What factors define a location's climate?

Accepted Answer

temperature, precipitation, and wind

Question 16

What is the area in red?

Accepted Answer

Neritic Zone

Question 17

Which biome has cold winters, hot summers and is found on the interior of continents?

Accepted Answer

Temperate Grassland

Question 18

Which of the following is true about the photic and aphotic zones?

Accepted Answer

The photic zone has more oxygen than the aphotic zone

Question 19

Where freshwater from a river mixes with saltwater in an ocean

Accepted Answer

Estuary

Question 20

Which bacteria convert nitrogen into a form that is usable by living organisms?

Accepted Answer

nitrogen-fixing bacteria and nitrifying bacteria

Question 21

Which of the following do rivers and streams transport?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 22

The forms and features of land surfaces

Accepted Answer

Topography

Question 23

37 degrees south latitude is in which climate zone?

Accepted Answer

Temperate

Question 24

Which biome has year-round rain and hot temperatures?

Accepted Answer

Tropical Rainforest

Question 25

In which zone do organisms adapt to constantly changing levels of water and salinity?

Accepted Answer

Intertidal Zone

Question 26

What land biome has high biodiversity?

Accepted Answer

Tropical Rainforest

Question 27

What is the area in red?

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Question 28

This climograph is which biome?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Question 29

Which biome has a wet season and a dry season with warm temperatures year-round?

Accepted Answer

Savanna

Question 30

What is this picture an example of?

Accepted Answer

Watershed

Question 31

Wich biome has extreme temperature changes and very little precipitation year round?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Question 32

23.5 degrees latitude marks the transition between which two climate zones?

Accepted Answer

Tropical to Temperate

Question 33

Temperature decreases 1 degrees C for every 100 meters of _____________

Accepted Answer

Altitude

Question 34

Which step of the water cycle describes water changing from liquid to gas?

Accepted Answer

Evaporation

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