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1
Prairies once covered about how much of the United States?
50%
25%
60%
40%
2
The amount of yearly rainfall in a desert usually averages ____________ inches.
20
5
10
15
3
The word prairie comes from the French word for ___________.
Tall grasses
Meadow
Plains
Field
4
This man was the first to insist that Antarctica was a continent.
Ernest Shackleton
Captain James Cook
Charles Wilkes
Sir James Ross
5
How long ago did prairies form?
5,000 years ago
2,000 years ago
1,000 years ago
8,000 years ago
6
Huge sheets of ice move out over the water forming ice shelves. How thick can they get?
100 feet
5,000 feet
500 feet
1,000 feet
7
People have always valued the wetlands because it supplies us with food and is beautiful.
False
True
8
All animals have a purpose in the food chain. Worms and bacteria have the role of ___________.
Primary Consumer
Producer
Secondary Consumer
Decomposer
9
What is NOT true about penguins?
Penguins are NOT birds.
They use their feet like paddles.
They rub oil over them.
Penguins have small feathers.
10
Wetlands cover about ______ of the Earth's land surface.
15%
35%
5%
20%
11
Which of these is NOT something that wetlands help us with?
Provide trees for lumber
Recreational area
Keeping water clean
Reducing flooding
12
What is the name of this animal found in the rainforest?
Oropendola
Asian rhino
Tapir
Anteater
13
Where is the LARGEST rainforest in the world?
Borneo
Thailand
Costa Rica
Amazon
14
These layers of the rainforest are where you can find the most animals.
Understory and forest floor
Canopy and emergent layer
Forest floor and canopy
Understory and canopy
15
How many desert regions are there in North America?
3
5
4
7
16
The dominant plant in this area are cone-bearing trees.
Rainforest
Deciduous forest
Temperate forest
Coniferous forest
17
How many biomes are there around the world?
10
5
40
30
18
This type of scientist studies living organisms and their environment.
Organic chemist
Environmentalist
Naturalist
Ecologist
19
What is the name of this wetland animal?
Muskrat
River rat
Mink
Hedgehog
20
This desert animal gets the moisture he needs to survive by ____________________.
Eating seeds
Storing rainwater
Eating fruit
Eating cactus
21
Much of the interior of Antarctica is buried under a thick layer of ice called __________.
The South Pole
The Ice Shelf
Polar Ice Caps
The Polar Plateau
22
This man had a dream to be the first to reach the South Pole. In 1911, his dream came true.
Richard Byrd
Captain Robert Scott
Roald Amundsen
Borge Ousland
23
What does "glacier" mean?
River of snow
River of ice
Ice shelf
Lake of ice
24
Which is the only ocean that does NOT touch Antarctica?
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Indian
25
What is special about the Antarctic Peninsula?
It is the largest part of Antarctica.
It snows more here than anywhere else.
It is warm in the summer.
It is the coldest place on Earth.
26
The best known animal of the wetlands is the mosquito. How many kinds of them are there?
500
200
3,000
1,000
27
This area has high humidity and is between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
Deciduous Forest
Taiga
Rainforest
Wetlands
28
What time of year does Antarctica have its shortest days and longest nights?
April-September
October-April
September-December
June-October
29
This strange looking plant is commonly found in California. What is it called?
Yucca
Saguaro
Cardon
Boojum
30
Kangaroo rats, Creosote bush and woodpeckers are often found in which area?
Tropical
Temperate
Polar
Desert
31
Huge pieces of ice that break off are called ___________.
Floe
Glaciers
Icebergs
Ice Islands
32
This man was sent by the British to try and see if the southern continent really existed.
Charles Wilkes
Sir James Clark Ross
Captain James Cook
Ronald Amudsen
33
What is the coldest recorded temperature in Antarctica?
-125 F
-149 F
-160 F
-129 F
34
How many ecosystems are there in a biome?
1,000
500
50
25
35
Prairie fires were important to the development of the tallgrass prairies.
False
True
36
There are _____ climate zones.
5
7
10
3
