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Chapter 15 Biosphere Review Quiz
Chapter 15 Biosphere Review Quiz
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1
An estuary can protect species from
changing salinity
Tango's wrath
salt water
storms and currents
2
Lake Michigan is a part of the geosphere
True
False
3
A region of land that drains into a body of water is known as a(n) _________.
limnetic zone
wetland
Lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoi fish
estuary
4
Earth's climate zones are caused by
changes in the sun's radiation
The tilt of Earth's axis
uneven heating of Earth's curved surface
5
Which of the following is an example of a connection between Earth systems?
Your mom excreting methane from her body into the air
A robin hatcinhg from an egg
Deer drinking from a stream
Ice melting on a lake
6
What are corals a type of?
fish
Dog
rock
animal
7
What does the Gaia hypothesis suggest?
Earth systems interact to yield a biosphere full of life
Earth is a thinking being that regulates each Earth system
That you're short
Earth systems do not ineract
8
The biota is the collection of living things that live in the
geosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
9
Polar Ice caps are not considered biomes because ________.
Wrolstad can't tickle toes there
It's too cold
Frogs can't live there
It doesn't have soil, therefore no plant community
10
All lakes "turn over" periodically due to what?
A change of season
A change of density
Doug's moldy room salsa
A change of climate
11
The reeds at the edge of a pond form a
climate zone
microclimate
hydrosphere
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