Biomes Unit Test

Question 1

Humanities

Answer 1

The study of people and culture

Question 2

Geography

Answer 2

Geo=Earth, Graphy=Study; Study of the earth

Question 3

Atmosphere

Answer 3

Gases surrounding the earth or another planet; gases in the air.

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

All land-based ecosystems; Zone of life

Question 5

Geosphere

Answer 5

Earth’s inner core

Question 6

Lithosphere

Answer 6

Solid earth; fossil fuels

Question 7

Hydrosphere

Answer 7

All the water on earth

Question 8

Impact

Answer 8

to affect, to influence, to change

Question 9

Biome

Answer 9

A community of flora and fauna living in a major habitat.

Question 10

Ecosystem

Answer 10

A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 11

Population

Answer 11

A community of species living in a particular region.

Question 12

Species

Answer 12

A group of organisms that reproduce with one another in nature and produce offspring.

Question 13

Tundra

Answer 13

An extremely cold, dry biome; no trees

Question 14

Permafrost

Answer 14

permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground

Question 15

Coniferous Forest

Answer 15

Evergreen trees with needles and cones; not very fertile soil

Question 16

Deciduous Forest

Answer 16

A biome with four seasons, plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring. Very fertile soil.

Question 17

Desert

Answer 17

An extremely dry area with little water. Plant and animal life is scarce.

Question 18

Symbiosis

Answer 18

relationship in which different species work together and depend on each other to exist.

Question 19

Grassland

Answer 19

Consists of grass

Question 20

African Savannah

Answer 20

A hot grassland

Question 21

North America Grasslands/Prairie

Answer 21

Great soil for raising crops, cooler than African grasslands

Question 22

Marine

Answer 22

Saltwater (oceans); lakes

Question 23

Freshwater

Answer 23

Does not contain any saltwater and can be rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, and wetlands

Question 24

Tropical Rainforest

Answer 24

Lots of tall, dense vegetation; lots of rainfall.

Question 25

Temperate Rainforest

Answer 25

Cooler than tropical rainforests; four different seasons.

Question 26

Aquatic

Answer 26

75% of the earth’s surface.

Question 27

Indigenous

Answer 27

Native

Question 28

Stewards

Answer 28

Want to protect and preserve the environment.

Question 29

Adaptation

Answer 29

a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment

Question 30

El Niño

Answer 30

Warming of the ocean, leading to drier conditions on the eastern side of Australia.

Question 31

La Niña

Answer 31

Cooling of the ocean, leading to wetter conditions on the eastern side of Australia.

Question 32

Vine Forest

Answer 32

Forests north of Queensland; an indicator of the type of vegetation.
-Many vegetation geographers prefer this term over ‘rainforest’.

Question 33

Ocean Current

Answer 33

The regular movement of water in the ocean in a particular direction.

Question 34

Mangrove

Answer 34

Tropical trees that grow in swampy ground along calm coastal areas.