Desert Quiz

Question 1

Things that are not living and have not been living recently (sunlight, rocks, wind).

Accepted Answer

Abiotic

Question 2

Something an organism does to help it survive or reproduce.

Accepted Answer

Behavioral Adaptation

Question 3

Anything that is living or was recently living.

Accepted Answer

Biotic

Question 4

What is it called when pieces of rock are put down in a new place and new landforms are created.

Accepted Answer

Deposition

Question 5

What does Break, Take, Make stand for?

Accepted Answer

Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

Question 6

Where does photosynthesis happen?

Accepted Answer

Leaves, Chloroplasts

Question 7

What is NOT a basic characteristic of desert?

Accepted Answer

Wide variety of plants and animals

Question 8

When the wind stops blowing and the soil piles up, this is called what?

Accepted Answer

Deposition

Question 9

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

Accepted Answer

Biome

Question 10

Something about an organism’s body or form that helps it survive and reproduce.

Accepted Answer

Physical Adaptation

Question 11

When sediment is moved from one place to another.

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 12

What are the 3 things plants need for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide, radiant energy (sun), water

Question 13

A small ecosystem like a schoolyard or the inside of someone’s mouth.

Accepted Answer

Microhabitat

Question 14

What is weathering?

Accepted Answer

The Breaking of Rock

Question 15

Why are roots important?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 16

What do the plants make with photosynthesis? (2 things)

Accepted Answer

sugar (glucose or food), oxygen

Question 17

The hollow tube-like structures in a pla that carries water from the roots to the rest of the plant’s cells.

Accepted Answer

Xylem

Question 18

The hollow tube-like structures in a plant’s stem that carries sugar from the leaves to the rest of the plant’s cells.

Accepted Answer

Phloem

Question 19

When rocks are broken into smaller pieces through natural processes.

Accepted Answer

Abrasion, Weathering

Question 20

All of the living and non-living things that interact in a specific area.

Accepted Answer

Ecosystem

Question 21

When soil is moved or blown around it is called what?

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 22

The water pressure within the cells of plants.

Accepted Answer

Turgor Pressure

Questions 22