Freshwater & Marine
Grasslands and Scrublands
Taiga, Temperate and
Tropical Forests
Desert and Tundra
Ecosystems
100
Name the five major oceans.
Atlantic, Pacific, Southern Indian and Arctic
100
Which biome is located in coastal regions?
Chaparral
100
Which forests are located between the Arctic Circle and Northern Canada, Europe and Asia?
Taiga
100
What is the coldest biome?
Tundra
100
What is the name for any living thing?
An organism
200
Name two different types of freshwater regions.
What is ponds & lakes, streams & rivers, wetlands?
200
Name two different types of grasslands?
Prairie and Savanana
200
What do you call forests in the middle latitudes which have four seasons?
Temperate Deciduous Forest
200
Name two of the four types of deserts.
Hot and dry, semi-arid, coastal, or cold
200
What do we call organisms that can make their own food using chlorophyll, sunlight, water and carbon dioxide?
Producers
300
Which biome covers about three-fourths of the Earth's surface and includes coral reefs and estuaries?
What is Marine Biomes?
300
What is another name for scrub or shrublands?
Chaparral
300
What do you call a warm and wet forest?
Tropical Rainforest
300
What covers 1/5 of the Earth's land surface?
Desert
300
What do we call the process that allows plants to make their own food using chlorophyll, sunlight, water and carbon dioxide?
Photosynthesis
400
What is the main difference between a lake and a river?
A river's water is moving usually in one direction. A lake's water is more still.
400
Which biome is located in the central portion of the United States?
Prairie
400
What is another name for coniferous forests?
Taiga
400
Which biome has very little precipation?
Both! This is a trick question. Neither of these biomes gets much precipitation.
400
What do we call organisms that break down dead and decayed matter and return their nutrients to the Earth?
Decomposers
500
What has the highest species diversity of all ecosystems?
Wetlands or Rain Forests?
500
In which biome would you find chetahs, elephants and giraffes?
Savanna
500
What do you call a forest located near the equator?
Tropical Rainforest
500
Animals which have fur that is white would be well adapted to which biome?
Tundra
500
What do we call organisms that eat other organisms for nourishment?
consumers
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