Types of Ecosystems - Quiz
  • 1. There are basically how many types of Ecosystems?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Eleven
D) Seven
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecosystems are
A) Freshwater
B) Ocean
C) Land
D) Marine
  • 3. Aquatic Ecosystems are
A) Land
B) Ocean
C) Tundras
D) Forests
  • 4. How many Forest Ecosystems did we talk about?
A) Five
B) Nine
C) Two
D) Three
  • 5. What are the two temperature systems we talked about?
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Deciduous and Evergreen
C) Tundra and Taiga
D) Polar and Desert
  • 6. Tropical Evergreen Forests receive how much rain each year?
A) Very little
B) None at all
C) A large amount
D) An average amount
  • 7. When we discussed the vegetation in Tropical Ecosystems we know the vegetation will be
A) Dense
B) Devoid
C) Some
D) Sparse
  • 8. What forests do we have around NC?
A) Tropical Evergreen
B) Tropical deciduous
C) Temperate deciduous
D) Temperate Evergreen
  • 9. What temperatures should we expect in Tropical Ecosystems?
A) Hot during the day and cold at nights
B) Cold six months out of the year
C) Definite Summer and Definite Winter
D) Warm or Hot all year long
  • 10. In the Taiga, what animals will you see?
A) insets and migratory birds
B) There are no animals
C) Lions, tigers, and bears
D) Bears, birds, and buffalo
  • 11. What is another word for plants?
A) Fauna
B) Cephalopods
C) Flora
D) Profundals
  • 12. What is another word for animals, insects, and other living creatures?
A) Fauna
B) Profundals
C) Vegetation
D) Flora
  • 13. Which Forest Ecosystem has Non-Vascular Plants in them as a majority?
A) Temperate Deciduous
B) Temperate Evergreen
C) Tropical Evergreen
D) Tropical Deciduous
  • 14. Desert Ecosystems receive how much rain a year?
A) Very little
B) None at all
C) A large amount
D) An average amount
  • 15. Deserts occupy approximately how much of all the land on Earth?
A) all of the land
B) 3/4
C) 1/5
D) 1/2
  • 16. The main vegetation also known as succulents are also called
A) road runners
B) desert roses
C) scorpions
D) cacti
  • 17. What parts of the plants in the desert have adapted to preserve water?
A) Stems and Roots
B) Roots and Flowers
C) Leaves and Flowers
D) Stems and Leaves
  • 18. Animals you will see in a desert?
A) Snakes, alligators, skunks, and frogs
B) Bears, lions, road runners, and coyotes
C) Bugs bunny, daffy duck, foghorn leghorn, and a chicken hawk
D) Camels, birds, insects, and reptiles
  • 19. How many Grasslands did we discuss?
A) Nineteen
B) Three
C) Five
D) Two
  • 20. Vegetation found in Grasslands include
A) Cacti, Trees, and Beans
B) Beans, grasses, and plants belonging to a composite group
C) Grasses, shrubs, and cacti
D) Canopy of tall trees, dense shrubs, and bushes
  • 21. Animals TYPES you will find will be
A) Lions, Tigers, and Bears
B) Herbivores, Grazing animals, and insectivores
C) Insectivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
D) Omnivores, Carnivores, and Cannibals
  • 22. Savannas has seasonally
A) Tropical and Temperate
B) Dry and wet
C) Cold and Hot
D) Arctic and Tropical
  • 23. There are NO Predators in a Savanna?
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 24. Savannas are Temperate
A) False
B) Neither
C) True
  • 25. Prairies are Temperate
A) True
B) False
C) Neither
  • 26. Prairies are completely devoid of Trees?
A) Neither
B) True
C) False
  • 27. Prairie vegetation can be categorized as
A) Mixed and Short Trees Only
B) Tall Grasses Only
C) Tall, Mixed, and Short Trees
D) Tall, Mixed, and short grasses
  • 28. What type of elevation are we talking about in Mountain Ecosystems
A) High and Low
B) Shallow and Deep
C) Mountains only have a base and no apex
D) Mountains only have high elevations there is no base of the mountain
  • 29. Why are the environments harsh in the Mountain Ecosystem?
A) The Cold weather and Thin Oxygen Levels
B) The lack of rain and heat
C) The warm weather and constant snow
D) The constant snow and abominable snowman
  • 30. What do the animals have for protection?
A) Thick Fur
B) An Electric Heater
C) They don't have any protection
D) Thick Skin
  • 31. The lower slopes of the Mountains Ecosystem are covered with?
A) Coniferous Forests
B) Dense thickets and cacti
C) Dense Shrubs and Bushes
D) Deciduous Forests
  • 32. How many Aquatic Ecosystems are there?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 33. In Marine Ecosystems there are dissolved what?
A) Salts and Minerals
B) Minerals and Vitamins
C) Salts only
D) Sugar and Candy
  • 34. The items dissolved in the Marine Ecosystems are in what concentration?
A) They never dissolve
B) Low
C) Medium
D) High
  • 35. The Marine Ecosystem is the
A) Largest of all the Ecosystems
B) Freshwater Tributaries
C) The smallest of all the Ecosystems
D) Most polluted
  • 36. Estuaries which are also known as Tributaries do what?
A) Are another name for small lakes
B) Are where the fish go the breed
C) Feed the larger bodies of water
D) Feed the smaller bodies of water
  • 37. What comes out of Hydro-Thermal Vents
A) Flora and Fauna
B) Volcanic Lava
C) Cool air and water
D) Super heated air and water
  • 38. Coral Reefs are NOT part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) Neither
B) False
C) True
  • 39. What is the Inter-tidal part of the Marine Ecosystem?
A) The area between the high and low tides
B) The relatively shallow part of the ocean
C) The Salt Marshes
D) The estuaries
  • 40. Algae, dinoflagellates, corals, and cephalopods are found in what system?
A) Freshwater
B) Tundras
C) Hydro-Thermal Vents
D) Marine
  • 41. How many divisions are in the Freshwater Ecosystems?
A) One
B) Five
C) Three
D) Fifteen
  • 42. The Marine Ecosystem covers about how much of the Earth's surface?
A) 1/2
B) 1/5
C) 3/4
D) All of the Earth
  • 43. The Freshwater Ecosystem has approximately how many of the worlds species of Fish?
A) 1/4
B) 3/4
C) 1/2
D) 1/5
  • 44. How much of the Earth's surface is covered by Freshwater?
A) 90%
B) 10%
C) 50%
D) Less than 1%
  • 45. What kind of water is found in the Lentic system?
A) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
B) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
C) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
D) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
  • 46. What kind of water is found in the Lotic system?
A) Still or slow moving water like pools, ponds, and lakes
B) All the estuaries found in the Marine Ecosystem
C) Fast-moving water like streams and rivers
D) Water willed with chemosynthetic bacteria
  • 47. Wetlands are described as what?
A) places of slow moving water
B) places of fast-moving water
C) places where there is very dry areas
D) places where the soil is saturated for at least some time
  • 48. Faster moving turbulent waters are best for what?
A) greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen
B) breeding chemosynthetic bacteria
C) lesser concentrations of dissolved oxygen
D) making kool-aide in a canoe
  • 49. Your project is going to be an what types of animals or plants?
A) Endangered
B) Common
C) Rare
D) Extinct
  • 50. Wetlands are protected now because we have destroyed so many to build houses and develop "good land"
A) False
B) True
C) They are not protected
D) They are extinct
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