Biomes

Question 1

Biome with low precipitation, low temp, and a high latitude. With plants that live low to the ground including bushes, grasses, mosses, and lichen.

Answer 1

Tundra

Question 2

Permafrost is found in the Tundra.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

This is the largest biome.

Answer 3

Boreal Forest

Question 4

The Boreal Forest has low percipitation, low temp, and high latitude.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Conifers like pine and spruce are found here, and has low plant diversity.

Answer 5

Boreal Forest

Question 6

Biome that has moderate/low precipitation, moderate temps, and moderate latitude.

Answer 6

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Question 7

Deciduous trees and bushes found here, has rich soil, and high species diversity.

Answer 7

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Question 8

Temperate Deciduous Forests have a non-distinctive winter.

Answer 8

False, has distinct 4-5 months of winter

Question 9

Biome that has low & sporadic precipitation, moderate temps, and low latitude. Primary grasses with some shrubs.

Answer 9

Grasslands

Question 10

Grasslands do not have enough precipitation to support tree growth.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Biome with low precipitation, varying temps, and a moderate latitude. Plants are mainly bushes, and the soils are sandy and poor.

Answer 11

Chaparral

Question 12

Biome with very low precipitation, varying temps, and low or high latitude. Plants include shrubs and cactus (long taproot plants).

Answer 12

Desert

Question 13

Biome with high precipitation, high temp, and low latitude.

Answer 13

Tropical Forest

Question 14

The poor soil, and major source of carbon and oxygen production is done here.

Answer 14

Tropical Forest

Question 15

This freshwater biome is landlocked and has to have 5 acres of water.

Answer 15

Lakes

Question 16

Northern and Southern lakes have more lifeforms that tropical lakes.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Continuously moving body of water.

Answer 17

River

Question 18

Conditions in a river are same from start to finish.

Answer 18

False, they vary down the length

Question 19

There are three types of Wetlands.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

This is a low productivity, and species diversity wetland.

Answer 20

Bog

Question 21

This is a high productivity, high nutrient, and high diversity wetland.

Answer 21

Marshes or Swamps

Question 22

You can distinguish a lake from a wetland by the amount of plant life.

Answer 22

True, wetlands have more plants than lakes

Question 23

Marine biomes are classified by their slat content, depth, and distance from shore.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

This marine biome is a region where a river empties into the sea. Had a shallow marine ecosystem, and varying salt content.

Answer 24

Estuaries

Question 25

A zone where sunlight is present in the ocean.

Answer 25

Photic Zone

Question 26

A zone where sunlight is not present in the ocean.

Answer 26

Aphotic Zone

Question 27

The benthic zone in on the sea floor and can range in depth.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The pelagic zone describes open ocean and surface water.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Shallow areas that revealed during ties are called what?

Answer 29

Intertidal

Question 30

This area is fully submerged, but relatively shallow waters that extend out to the edge of the continental shelf.

Answer 30

Subtidal

Question 31

Subtidal zones are highly productive, full of nutrients, and have a high oxygen content.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

This zone lies from 200 meters in depth up until 4,000 meters

Answer 32

Bathyal Zone

Question 33

This zone lies from 4,000 meters in depth to the bottom of the ocean (no light is found here).

Answer 33

Abyssal Zone

Question 34

This zone is a relatively stable habitat and is rich in sediments containing the dead and decaying remains of organisms.

Answer 34

Aphotic Benthic Zone

Question 35

Aquatic biomes are influenced by terrestrial biomes.

Answer 35

True