BJU PRESS CHAPTER 18 TEST

What do we call the plants that grow under tall trees in a forest?

Tundra only exists at the North and South Poles.

The intertidal zone refers to elevation zones in mountains.

Which biome has the most biodiversity?

What kind of forest has cone-bearing trees?

What two things mainly control climate in an area?

Coral reefs belong to which biome?

experiences huge amounts of rain and year-round warmth

characterized by prairies found in the interior of continents with insufficient rain to support trees

covers 70% of the earth

What role do algae play in a pond ecosystem?

A region’s usual weather pattern is its: Climate

includes lakes, swamps, bogs, streams, and rivers

What part of the ecosystem are humans?

Which of these is NOT a biotic (living) part of a lake?

Which ecosystems have many grazing animals?

has four seasons, rich soil, and trees that lose their leaves after the growing season

Soil that stays frozen year-round is Permafrost

Hummingbirds making nests in trees shows their:

Biotic factors include both living and nonliving parts.

The study of how living and nonliving things interact is called:

What term describes a pika’s role in its ecosystem?

includes grasses and widely spaced trees, experiences wet and dry seasons, and supports grazing animals

has few trees due to little rain, has permanently frozen soil, and supports animals like caribou and arctic foxes

What is soil called that stays frozen all year long?

What are animals called that live on the ocean or lake floor?

receives very little rain, requiring plants and animals to store water or be active only at night

has long, snowy winters and short, warm summers and includes many trees that bear their seeds in cones

Why do animals hibernate or migrate in coniferous forests?

has wet and dry seasons and is found around the Mediterranean coastline

What is a biome?

Which is the best example of a niche?

Which of these are part of a pond ecosystem?

Which biome is most affected by wet and dry seasons?

What do we call water that is partly fresh and partly salty?

Which of the following is not part of the biosphere?

Which biome is warm and rainy all year long?

Deserts are defined only by extreme heat.

What makes up an ecosystem?

In tropical rainforests, the forest floor gets very little sunlight.