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Life, 4/e

Ricki Lewis, University of New York at Albany
Mariëlle Hoefnagels, University of Oklahoma
Douglas Gaffin, University of Oklahoma
Bruce Parker, Utah Valley State College

Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems

Chapter Quiz


1	____________ are distinctive major types of terrestrial ecosystems that occupy large geographic areas.
		A)	Communities
		B)	Biomes
		C)	Biospheres
		D)	Domains


2	Biomes are defined by the major ___________ species that live there.
		A)	animal
		B)	fungal
		C)	plant
		D)	bacterial


3	Two factors upon which plants in terrestrial biomes depend are ______________.
		A)	moisture and longitude
		B)	moisture and latitude
		C)	moisture and temperature
		D)	None of these is correct.


4	The equatorial regions receive the most sunlight because __________.
		A)	they are closer to the sun
		B)	the sun’s rays are perpendicular to the earth’s surface at the equator
		C)	there are fewer cloudy days at the equator
		D)	the altitude is greater


5	The most ecologically diverse biome is the _____________.
		A)	tropical rain forest
		B)	temperate rain forest
		C)	temperate deciduous forest
		D)	taiga


6	The competition for light in a forest results in _____________.
		A)	thermal stratification
		B)	vertical stratification
		C)	few plants at the canopy
		D)	few plants at the forest floor


7	The type of biome located near tropical dry forests but with less rainfall, abundant grasses, a distinct dry season, and migrating animals is ______________.
		A)	desert
		B)	tropical savanna
		C)	tundra
		D)	temperate forest


8	Animals have evolved drastic means to conserve water in what biome?
		A)	tundra
		B)	grassland
		C)	desert
		D)	rain forest


9	Beech-maple and oak-hickory are the predominant species in the _____________.
		A)	temperate deciduous forest
		B)	temperate rain forest
		C)	taiga
		D)	tundra


10	Which of these is not a trait of a temperate coniferous forest?
		A)	whitetail deer, red squirrel, moose
		B)	evergreen trees
		C)	poor acidic soils
		D)	recurring fires
		E)	less that 8” (20 cm) of rainfall per year


11	True or false. Perennial grasses, characteristic of grasslands, do not readily survive damage from fires or grazing herbivores.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Permafrost is found in the ___________ biome.
		A)	taiga
		B)	grassland
		C)	tundra
		D)	savanna


13	The richest and most productive area of a lake or pond is the __________.
		A)	littoral zone
		B)	profundal zone
		C)	benthic zone
		D)	abyssal zone


14	The open water of a lake where light penetrates is called the ____________ zone.
		A)	limnetic
		B)	profundal
		C)	littoral
		D)	lotic


15	Deep lakes often develop steep temperature gradient called a(n) _____________ during the summer.
		A)	oxygen surplus
		B)	littoral zone
		C)	turnover
		D)	thermocline


16	Lakes that are low in fertility are said to be ____________.
		A)	heterotrophic
		B)	oligotrophic
		C)	eutrophic
		D)	autotrophic


17	True or false. It is natural for many rivers to flood annually, an event that is beneficial to both the aquatic creatures and to the land along the rivers.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	A(n) ____________ can be found where freshwater rivers meet the ocean.
		A)	mangrove swamp
		B)	intertidal zone
		C)	estuary
		D)	coral reef


19	What is the water of the open ocean called?
		A)	intertidal zone
		B)	abyssal zone
		C)	oceanic zone
		D)	euphotic zone

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