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Organisms
Biomes
Symbiotic Relationships
Just the facts
100
This humid biome is located between the Tropics and along the equator and is home to the most numerous types of plants and animals.
What is a tropical rain forest?
100
Animals that eat only animals.
What is a carnivore?
100
Coniferous trees are the main plant of this biome.
What is boreal, taiga or coniferous forest?
100

Bacteria that live in the stomach and help in digestion would be of which type of symbiotic relationship?

What is a Mutualism.

100
Animals cannot make food. They are called
What is an heterotrophs?
200

In which biome would you most likely find largemouth bass,  rainbow trout, and salmon?

what is freshwater

200
An example would be a buzzard or a crow.
What is a scavenger?
200
Grass and small shrubs dominate this biome region.
What is a grassland?
200

The close relationship between two organisms where atleast one benefits is called

What is a Symbiosis?

200
When a rabbit eats a plant, what level consumer is it?
What is a primary consumer?
300

Many animals in this biome are nocturnal.  Due to the temperature, they burrow underground during the day and become active at night.  Which biome is this most likely describing?

what is the desert

300

Which group in a food chain makes food from air, water, and energy from sunlight?

what is producers or autotrophs

300
A saguaro cactus is one of the few plants that can survive the extremes of this region.
What is a desert?
300

A relationship between two organisms that benefits one of the organisms and does not help or harm the other is-

What is Parasitism?

300

What process is the foundation of almost all food webs?

what is photosynthesis

400

In which biome do the evaporation rates exceed the precipitation rates?

what is the desert

400
This biome has much diversity and trees that lose their leaves in winter.
What is deciduous forest?
400
Elephants, giraffes and zebra live here in Africa.
What is a savannah?
400

A whale has several barnacles attached to it.  The barnacles receive a free ride but do not help or harm the whale. What type of symbiotic relationship does this best represent?

What is a Commensalism?

400

If you want to travel to the biome that has the greatest diversity of plants and animals, which biome would you travel to?

what is the tropical rainforest

500

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

grasslands

500

Organisms living in which biome typically endure very cold, harsh, windy conditions with very little precipitation?

what is the tundra

500

In Southern Virginia there are trees such as oak, maple, and beech that lose their leaves each year.  What type of biome would these trees be found in?

what is a deciduous forest

500

On the Galapagos Islands, there are lava lizards that eat the flies off of sea lions.  Flies are pests to the sea lions.  Which type of symbiotic relationship do the lizards and sea lions exhibit?

What is Mutualism?

500

Which two biomes receive the least amount of precipitation each year?

Tundra and Desert