Name _________________________________
Block __________
Biome and Relationship Quiz Review
Biomes Review- Place the number of the characteristic in the correct biome box
Characteristics:
1) Most biologically diverse land biome
2) Salt Water
3) Shortest growing season
4) Giraffes/ zebras
5) Permafrost
6) Evergreens/ Pine trees
7) Trees lose their leaves in winter to conserve water
8) Mostly grass with scattered clumps of trees
9) Prone to wild fires
10) Has lots of phytoplankton to start off food chains
11) Water biome with large predators
12) Soil is mostly wet, poor with nutrients despite lots of plants
growing here
13) Over 400 cm of rainfall/year (most of any biome)
14) No salt in water
15) Least annual rainfall
16) Mostly small herbivores
17) Cone bearing plants
18) Hot and dry all year around
19) Lot of wheat and grains grown here (used for farmland)
20) Animals adapt to be active at night or survive with
little water
21) Ponds, streams, swamps, lakes, rivers
22) Needle like leaves with waxy coat to conserve water
23) Biome we belong to
Tundra
Coniferous Forest/Tiaga
Temperate Deciduous
Forest
Tropical Rainforest
Temperate Grassland
Savanna
Desert
Marine
Freshwater
Define biome ______________________________________________________________________________
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What 2 abiotic factors determine a biome? __________________________ & ________________________
Competition- when two or more individuals or populations try to use the same limited
resource such as food, water, shelter, space or sunlight
1. What are the two major reasons for competition? Explain each of them.
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2.
There are two organisms involved:
__________________- an animal that hunts other animals
________________- an animal that is hunted
2. Explain the difference between a habitat and a niche?
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3. Define symbiosis______________________________________________________________________________________________
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4.
What are the three types of symbiosis? Explain and give an example of each.
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