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100: What is an example of a grassland?

  • The Amazon

  • Prairies

  • Mt. Everest

  • Prairies

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100: What is an undisturbed area with moderate to high average annual precipitation?

  • Forest

  • Desert

  • Grassland

  • Forest

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100: What plants are abundant in forests?

  • Succulents

  • Mosses

  • Trees

  • Trees

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100: How much of the earth’s land surface is covered with mountains?

  • 20%

  • 10%

  • 17%

  • 20%

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100: Mountains are a varied biome due to drastic changes in…

  • Altitude, climate

  • Weather, Latitude

  • Water density, precipitation

  • Altitude, climate

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200: What can cause for limited growth in grasslands

  • Overgrazing

  • Tsunamis

  • Volcanic eruptions

  • Overgrazing

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200: The amazon is what type of forest?

  • Tropical rainforest

  • Temperate forest

  • Boreal forest

  • Tropical rainforest

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200: How much rain do tropical rainforests receive annually?

  • 100-200 cm

  • 250-450 cm

  • 20-40 cm

  • 250-450 cm

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200: What does the effect of gravity do to the soil?

  • Vegetation

  • Enriches it with nutrients

  • Evaporation 

  • Vegetation

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200: What variables can affect the patterns of life on mountains?

  • Sunlight

  • Erosion 

  • Wind 

  • Sunlight

300

300: What element cycle are grasslands involved in?

  • Carbon Cycle

  • Nitrogen Cycle

  • Hydrogen Cycle

  • Carbon Cycle

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300: Which forest has the highest biodiversity?

  • Tropical rainforest

  • Temperate forest

  • Boreal forest

  • Tropical rainforest

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300: What are the characteristics of deciduous forests?

  • Leaves falling off trees

  • Trees growing more rapidly

  • Supporting more biodiversity

  • Leaves falling off trees

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300: Mountains contain the majority of the world…

  • Deserts

  • Grasslands

  • Forests

  • Forests

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300: Which natural cycle do mountains play a large role in?

  • Hydrologic

  • Phosphorous

  • Nitrogen

  • Hydrologic

400

400: What other plants strive in grasslands?

  • Shrubs

  • Succulents

  • Trees

  • Shrubs

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400: Which forest has richer biodiversity near the ground?

  • Temperate Rainforest

  • Temperate Deciduous Forest

  • Tropical Rainforest

  • Temperate Deciduous Forest

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400: What is another name for boreal forests?

  • Taigas

  • Pampas

  • Tropical forests

  • Taigas

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400: How much of the world’s population lives in mountains?

  • 10%

  • 12%

  • 8%

  • 10%

400

400: How many people depend on the resources from mountains?

  • 1 billion

  • 5 billion

  • 2 billion 

  • 2 billion 

500

500: What human activity can degrade grasslands

  • Agriculture

  • Urbanization

  • Both of these

  • Both of these

500

500: Where do temperate rainforests occur?

  • Along the coast of northern america

  • Along the coast of south america

  • Midwestern canada

  • Along the coast of northern america

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500: Which forest can sustain themselves indefinitely?

  • Tropical Rainforests

  • Temperate Deciduous Forests

  • Temperate Rainforests

  • Tropical Rainforests

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500: What major trend is driving people homeless within mountains?

  • Rapidly increasing population

  • Changes in climate and UV radiation 

  • Increased air pollution

  • Rapidly increasing population

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500: What has degraded mountains?

  • Increased warfare

  • Alley cropping

  • Agroforestry

  • Increased warfare