Ecosystem and Biodiversity Review

Question 1

Are mammals abiotic or biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

biotic

Question 2

Is soil an abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

abiotic

Question 3

Is water an abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

abiotic

Question 4

What is salinity?

Accepted Answer

the amount of SALT dissolved in water

Question 5

The tundra biome is one of the smallest biomes in the world.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which of the following is abiotic?

Accepted Answer

wind

Question 7

How do people use water from freshwater ecosystems?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 8

Are insects abiotic or biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

biotic

Question 9

Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

estuary

Question 10

This biome can frequently be found near the equator.

Accepted Answer

tropical rain forest

Question 11

why have people cleared so much of Earth's tropical rain forest?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT an aquatic ecosystem

Accepted Answer

taiga

Question 13

Which o the following biomes has weather that is warm and wet all year-round?

Accepted Answer

tropical rain forest

Question 14

This biome is populated by moose, bears, lynx, shrews, foxes, etc.

Accepted Answer

taiga

Question 15

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

Accepted Answer

worms

Question 16

Environmental factors in an ecosystem include nonliving, or BIOTIC, factors

Accepted Answer

False! (biotic=living factors)

Question 17

When Mrs. N's bearded dragon (Smog) lays on a rock in the sunlight, he's interacting with what?

Accepted Answer

an abiotic factor

Question 18

Only organisms that live in the water depend on aquatic ecosystems for food and shelter.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

How many major biomes does Earth have?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 20

Which biome has grass as its dominant (more common) plant?

Accepted Answer

grassland

Question 21

This biome is a cold, dry, and treeless place near the north and south poles.

Accepted Answer

tundra

Question 22

This biome's dominant plant (most common) are cone-bearing evergreen trees.

Accepted Answer

taiga

Question 23

In the ocean, where does photosynthesis take place?

Accepted Answer

closest to the surface

Question 24

What are the areas where freshwater meets saltwater called?

Accepted Answer

estuaries

Question 25

Which biome best describes the savannas in Africa

Accepted Answer

grassland

Question 26

Are flowers abiotic or biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

biotic

Question 27

Is climate an abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

abiotic

Question 28

When people damage desert plants, the recovery time can take SEVERAL YEARS.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

This biome's dominant plant (most common) lose their leaves every autumn.

Accepted Answer

deciduous forest

Question 30

What factors are nonliving?

Accepted Answer

abiotic

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