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Principles of Environmental Science
William P. Cunningham, University of Minnesota
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College
Biomes and Biodiversity

True False Quiz



1

The South American pampas is an example of a cold desert.
A)True
B)False
2

Thermoclines are cool forests found high in the mountains where fog and mist keep vegetation moist at all times.
A)True
B)False
3

The type of evergreen, thicket vegetation found in Mediterranean climate regions is called chaparral.
A)True
B)False
4

About 70 percent of all known species on earth are vertebrate animals such as mammals.
A)True
B)False
5

Genetic assimilation occurs when the genetic uniqueness of a rare or endangered species becomes diluted through cross breeding with more numerous related species.
A)True
B)False








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