Biology Ch 15 Test on Ecology Pt. 3

Question 1

Intertidal Zone

Answer 1

The strip of land between high and low tide

Question 2

Bathyal Zone

Answer 2

Extends from the edge of the neritic to the base of the continental shelf

Question 3

Neritic Zone

Answer 3

Extends from the intertidal zone to the edge of the continental shelf

Question 4

Abyssal Zone

Answer 4

Lies below 2000 meters and is in complete darkness

Question 5

What marine zone is rich in phytoplankton and zooplankton?

Answer 5

Neritic Zone

Question 6

The zone where coral reefs can be found

Answer 6

Tropical Climate Zone

Question 7

The zone where kelp forests are found

Answer 7

Cold Water Neritic Zone

Question 8

Estuaries

Answer 8

Partially enclosed bodies of water formed where a river flows into an ocean

Question 9

Made up of ecosystems such as salt marshes, mud flats, open water, mangrove forests, and tidal pools

Answer 9

Estuaries

Question 10

Watershed

Answer 10

A region of land that drains into a river, river system, or another body of water

Question 11

What is the freshwater intertidal zone area also called?

Answer 11

Freshwater Littoral Zone

Question 12

Limnetic Zone

Answer 12

Open freshwater away from the shore

Question 13

Benthic Zone

Answer 13

The bottom of a lake or pond

Question 14

What zone do many chemosynthetic organisms live in?

Answer 14

Abyssal Zone

Question 15

What zone would you find turbid or murky water due to the accumulation of silt?

Answer 15

Bathyal Zone

Question 16

What biome may experience extreme temperature fluctuations within a 24 hour period?

Answer 16

Desert

Question 17

What is the name of our biome?

Answer 17

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Question 18

This biome is called the frozen desert and only receives about 10in of rain yearly

Answer 18

Tundra

Question 19

Biome that has dark, rich, fertile soil

Answer 19

Temperate Grassland

Question 20

Most diverse biome

Answer 20

Tropical Rain Forest

Question 21

What biome has thin, poor soil that is low in nutrients?

Answer 21

Tropical Rain Forest

Question 22

What biome has a layer of permafrost?

Answer 22

Tundra

Question 23

What biome do lions, gazelles, and zebras live in?

Answer 23

Tropical Grassland

Question 24

What is the biome that is very dry and only receives about 10in of rain yearly?

Answer 24

Desert

Question 25

What biome has a long wet season and relatively dry summer?

Answer 25

Temperate Rain Forest

Question 26

What biome has long cold winters and short, warm, humid summers?

Answer 26

Taiga

Question 27

What biome would you find monkeys, parrots, toucans, sloths, and jaguars in?

Answer 27

Tropical Rain Forest

Question 28

This biome once had millions of bison roaming there.

Answer 28

Temperate Grassland

Question 29

This biome has cacti and other types of succulent plants along with lizards and snakes.

Answer 29

Desert

Question 30

This biome has deer, foxes, raccoons, bears, and a variety of birds

Answer 30

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Question 31

This biome has moose, elk, and grizzly bears

Answer 31

Taiga

Question 32

This biome is where you would find caribou and reindeer.

Answer 32

Tundra

Question 33

During the short summer, the bogs are infested with insects in this biome

Answer 33

Tundra

Question 34

This biome is also called the savannas

Answer 34

Tropical Grassland

Question 35

Polar bears live in this biome

Answer 35

Tundra