Science Study Guide

Question 1

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 1

A limited area where living and nonliving things interact

Question 2

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Answer 2

Biotic is living, abiotic is nonliving

Question 3

What is the biosphere?

Answer 3

The habitable portions of the earth, are very large and diverse

Question 4

Desserts can be_____(temp)

Answer 4

very hot and very cold

Question 5

Very little___makes it to the floor of a forest

Answer 5

sunlight

Question 6

The intertitle zone is part of the______biome

Answer 6

marine

Question 7

There are different organisms in different parts of a _____

Answer 7

biome

Question 8

What is the understory of a forest?

Answer 8

Plants that grow beneath the canopy

Question 9

Which biome has the greatest diversity of living things?

Answer 9

tropical rainforest

Question 10

What is brackish water?

Answer 10

The salt is somewhere between freshwater and seawater.

Question 11

What biome are coral reefs found in?

Answer 11

Marine

Question 12

What is an animal’s role in an ecosystem called?

Answer 12

niche

Question 13

Where are tundra in the world?

Answer 13

North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia

Question 14

Characteristics of the Coniferous Forest

Answer 14

in far northern North America, Europe, and Asia, winters are long, snowy, and cold, while short summers are warm and moist.

Question 15

Characteristics of the Deciduous forest

Answer 15

a biome with four seasons, mild temperatures, around 100cm of yearly rainfall, and deciduous trees as the climax vegetation.

Question 16

Characteristics of the Chaparral

Answer 16

found in coastal areas with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

Question 17

Characteristics of the desert

Answer 17

A biome that receives very little water and is very hot and very cold

Question 18

Characteristics of the freshwater

Answer 18

where the water contains little or no salt including lakes, swamps, ponds, and bogs.

Question 19

Characteristics of the grassland

Answer 19

A large open area of the country is covered with grass, especially one used for grazing.

Question 20

Characteristics of the marine

Answer 20

found in or produced by the sea (the ocean)

Question 21

Characteristics of the savanna

Answer 21

one of the regions of the world that are not quite either forest or grasslands, but rather something in between.

Question 22

Characteristics of the Tropical rain forest

Answer 22

-they are combining year-round warmth and large amounts of rainfall with a lack of dry season

Question 23

Characteristics of the tundra

Answer 23

very cold, lots of snow animals such as polar bear

Question 24

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Answer 24

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