Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE? Abiotic factors do NOT affect which organisms can live in a particular biome.

True
False
Question 3 (2 points)
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?

A biome is partly characterized by specific plant and animal species that have certain adaptations that allow them to survive and be found in a particular type of biome.

True
False
Question 4 (2 points)
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?

It is mostly the climate - the average annual temperature and amount of precipitation - in an area that determines its biome.

True
False
Question 5 (8 points)
Match each picture below with the name of the major biome type that it shows.

Column A
1.

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2.

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3.

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4.

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Column B
a.
Desert Biome

b.
Grassland Biome

c.
Tundra Biome

d.
Boreal Forest Biome

Question 6 (3 points)
Which major land biome has the coldest climate and is also characterized by extremely dry & windy conditions?

a
Desert
b
Tundra
c
Grassland
d
Deciduous Forest
e
Boreal Forest
f
Tropical Rainforest
Question 7 (3 points)
Which major land biome is also referred to sometimes by it's Russian name, the "Taiga"?

a
Desert
b
Tundra
c
Tropical Rainforest
d
Boreal Forest
e
Deciduous Forest
f
Grassland
Question 8 (3 points)
Organisms in the Desert biome must be adapted to little or no rain and to extreme temperatures. Which of these organisms might be found living in a Desert biome?

a
lizard
b
white-tailed deer
c
giraffe
d
arctic fox
e
lion
Question 9 (3 points)
Which of the major land biomes has four distinct seasons & consists of trees that shed and lose their leaves during a specific season?

a
Tundra
b
Grassland
c
Desert
d
Deciduous Forest
e
Boreal Forest
f
Tropical Rainforest
Question 10 (3 points)
The Tundra biome has a layer of subsoil that remains frozen all year.

What is this layer of permanently frozen subsoil called?

a
glacier
b
icicles
c
snow-frost
d
permafrost
Question 11 (3 points)
"Biodiversity" is a vocabulary term that describes the number of different species that live within a particular ecosystem.

Which of the major land biomes is the most diverse since it is home to more than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants and animals?

a
Boreal Forest
b
Deciduous Forest
c
Desert
d
Grassland
e
Tropical Rainforest
f
Tundra
Question 12 (3 points)
All species of evergreen trees are cone-shaped trees that either grow needles, scale-like leaves, or even produce cones (such as pine cones) which help them to prevent water loss during very cold winters when all the water is frozen. These types of trees are considered to be coniferous trees.

Which of the major land biomes might you expect to find these coniferous species of evergreen trees?

a
Deciduous Forest
b
Desert
c
Boreal Forest
d
Grassland
e
Tundra
f
Topical Rainforest
Question 13 (3 points)
Which major land biome would you only find a few scattered areas of trees and shrubs since it is populated mostly by different types of tall and short grasses? (You would also see many species of large herbivore animals grazing on the plant life in this biome).

a
Grassland
b
Tundra
c
Tropical Rainforest
d
Desert
e
Deciduous Forest
f
Boreal Forest