Life Sciences

Biomes

100

What biomes are located along the equator?

Rain Forest 

200

This biome is the coldest of all biomes.

Tundra

300

Which of these is an abiotic factor in a biome?

a.) wolf

b.) algae

c.) sunlight

d.) grass 

Sunlight

400

Which of these is a biotic factor in a biome?

a.) sunlight

b.) water

c.) wind

d.) grass 

grass

500

This biome has the largest biodiversity:

a.) Tundra

b.) Taiga

C.) Tropical Rain Forest

D.) Temperate Forest 

Tropical Rain Forest 

Biosphere

100

Name the vocabulary term for an animal's home in an ecosystem.

Habitat 

200

Name the vocabulary term for an animal's job in an ecosystem.

niche

300

What is the simplest category level that an animal can exist as:

a.) population

b.) individual

c.) community

d.) ecosystem 

individual

400

What is a group of similar species living together in one area called?

Population

500

What is the nonliving and living parts of an area working together called?

Ecosystem

Plants

100

This part of a plant cell protects it from outside injury. 

a.) nucleus

b.) cell wall

c.) chloroplast

d.) mitochondria 

cell wall 

200

Which biomes are most of the world's plants located?

Tropical Rain Forest 

300

Besides a cell wall, what other part of the plant cell do animal cells not have?

a.)chloroplasts

b.) nucleus

c.) cell membrane

Chloroplasts

400

Are there more amounts of plants or animals?

Plants

80% of all living biomass 

500

What process must all plants undergo in order to live?

Photosynthesis

Animals

100

This is the most specific classification of an animal:

a.) Domain

b.) Kingdom

C.) Genus

D.) Species 

Species

200

In taxonomy (how you classify living species), are animals...

a.) a domain

b.) a species

c.) a kingdom

Kingdom

300

List four of the six types of animals:

birds

mammals

invertebrates

reptiles

fish

amphibians

400

List two endangered species

Coral Reefs

Polar Bears 

Black Rhino

Orangutan

Asian Elephant

Sea Lions

Sea Turtles

Chimpanzee

Red Panda

500

Name one extinct species:

Wooly Mammoth

Dodo Bird

Sabre Toothed Cat

Tasmanian tiger 

Climate Change

100

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather is for a short amount of time for a location while climate is that location's characteristics for an extended period of time.

200

List the four categories associated with Earth considering air, water, rocks, and life:

Biosphere

Atmosphere

Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

300

List one greenhouse gas:

Ozone

Water Vapor

Carbon Dioxide

Methane 

Chloroflourocarbons 

400

What are the main threats to climate change?

a.) rising sea levels

b.) ecosystem collapse 

c.) more frequent severe weather 

d.) All 

D.) All 

500

What are some ways that humans can decrease the impacts of severe weather?

Consuming less energy and water

Wasting less food

Volunteer

Recycle

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