Biomes Quiz Game
1 point
True or False?
Another name of the tundra is the treeless
region.
1 point
Name a biome where a brightly colored
monarch butterfly – which feeds on
nectar from flowers – would most likely
live.
2 points
Give an example of a helpful-helpful
ecological relationship found in the
deciduous forest (where both organisms
benefit).
2 point
Why do animals hibernate?
1 point
Each food chain must have a source of
energy, a
, a consumer,
and a
.
1 point
True or False
Animals burrow underground to adapt to
different temperatures of the
environment.
1 point
True or False
The grassland soil is very poor and not
very nutritious.
1 point
Where is the permafrost and why is it
called the permafrost?
2 points
What does “dormant” mean?
2 points
True or False – Biomes make up, or build,
ecosystems. All the different biomes put
together make up the main ecosystems
of the earth.
2 points
Why do trees in the deciduous forest lose
their leaves? What makes the leaves
change color?
3 points
Give an example of a rain forest food
chain.
2 points
Pretend you are walking through the
coniferous boreal forest. The moose is a
typical herbivore in that biome, but for
some reason, there are no moose to be
found. Give one of the reasons why the
moose is no longer in the boreal forest.
3 points
The grassland biome occasionally has to
“deal with” fires that break out. During
the dry summers, the prairie grasses
catch on fire and burn to the ground.
However, after the fire, the soil ends up
more fertile than it was before the fire.
Why?
2 point
How does the high amount of rainfall in
the rain forest affect the plants and soil
in that biome?
3 points
Give an example of a specialized
structure of a plant for its seed
dispersal.
2 points
Between what special lines of latitude
does the desert biome typically lie?
2 points
What type of plants (think characteristics)
survive in the coniferous forest/taiga?
2 points
In what biome are the plants close to the
ground and spread out in order to
conserve water?
2 points
Give an example of a defense mechanism
for an animal found in the deciduous
forest.
5 points
Explain how
the grizzly
bear
depends on
the yellow
daffodil in the
taiga.
2 point
List two reasons an organism may
migrate.
3 points
Name 2 different plant adaptations in the
grassland/prairie biome.
3 points
Name one taiga food chain.
3 points
Name three different animal adaptations
in the desert.
2 points
Name two dominant carnivores in the
deciduous forest.
2 points
Does the daffodil
on the bottom
of the pyramid
require more or
less energy to
live compared
the rabbit?
2 points
True or False – the climate and
temperature affect what animals and
plants make up a biome.
3 points
Name three different ways plants disperse
their seeds.
2 points
Name two or more types of coniferous
trees in the taiga.
3 points
Explain how mimicry works.
2 points
The further south and closer to the
equator you go, the climate gets
and the amount of
precipitation
.
2 points
Give two specific examples of animal
adaptations in the tundra.
3 points
Give an example food chain for the
desert.
2 points
Give three different ways animals adapt to
the rain forest biome.
2 points
Give one example of an internal cue.
Give one example of an external cue.
3 points
What could be a human-caused problem
in the taiga?
3 points
Using benchmark lines of latitude in your
answer, explain where the deciduous
forest biomes are located on the earth.
1 points
Define an herbivore. Give an example of
one.
3 points
Define an omnivore. Give an example of
one.
2 points
What is a scavenger? How does a
scavenger relate to a decomposer?
5 points
Why do animals migrate?
In which direction do most animals
migrate AND why that particular
direction?
3 points
Why do animals hibernate? What are
some characteristics of hibernating
animals?
2 points
What does the arrow in a food chain or in
a food web represent?
2 points
What is the food chain below missing?
2 points
True or False:
the chipmunk
is a consumer
AND a
producer in
the food web.
2 points
What animal
does the rat
give it’s
energy to?
5 points
Explain what
happens to
the owls in
this
ecosystem if a
disease
begins killing
all the oak
trees in the
ecosystem.