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1 Quizizz Biome/Food Chain Quiz with Sci Method/EDP Review Name : Class : Date : 1. Despite having plenty of sun and rain, the tropical rainforest has very poor. a) biodiversity b) soil c) animal life d) air quality 2. Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree? a) deciduous b) evergreen c) conifer d) bonsai 3. Which biome is hot all year with wet and dry seasons? a) tropical rainforest b) chaparral c) temperate grassland d) savanna 4. In which biome can you find permafrost? a) taiga b) tundra

2 c) desert d) chaparral 5. Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes? a) desert b) mountain c) taiga d) tundra 6. Which biome receives between 0 and 25 centimeters of precipitation each year, has a temperature range from -27 to 5 degrees Celsius, has frozen soil, and is home to hares, caribou, and wolves? a) desert b) mountain c) savannah d) tundra 7. This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen. The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy. The soil is very rich. Moose and elk live here. This biome is classified as a a) taiga b) tundra c) deciduous forest d) temperate forest 8. Taiga is a biome consisting of evergreen trees (conifers). Where is taiga found?

3 a) northern parts of Mexico b) midwestern states such as Kansas c) northeastern states such as Maine d) southwestern parts of Canada 9. Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? a) tundra b) desert c) rain forest d) pine forest 10. What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem? a) Biotic Factors b) Abiotic Factors c) Community d) Population 11. This forest is split into "layers" where organisms live.

4 a) Deciduous Forest b) Tropical Rain Forest c) Coniferous Forest d) None of these 12. This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity. a) Deserts b) Tropical Rain Forests c) Savannas d) Chaparral 13. Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?

5 a) tropical rainforest b) temperate deciduous forest c) tundra d) coniferous forest 14. Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants? a) Grasslands b) Tundra c) Rainforest d) Temperate Forest

6 15. What kind of animals live in an estuary? a) elephants and birds b) cats and dogs c) hamsters and rats d) Fish and shell fish 16. What is an estuary? a) A little body of water. b) water in a gaseous form.

7 c) Places where fresh water and streams flow into the ocean. d) the presence of an unwated msterial in a given place. 17. An animal that hunts other animals for food is a a) herbivore b) predator c) prey d) omnivore 18. An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a: a) Autotroph b) Producer c) Consumer d) Mutualist

8 19. Consumer that eats plants a) heterotroph b) herbivore c) producer d) community 20. Relationship in which two species live closely together over a longer period of time a) resource b) mutualism c) succession d) symbiosis

9 21. The rabbit in this food web would be considered a: a) Decomposer b) Producer c) Secondary Consumer d) Primary Consumer 22. In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

10 a) Herbivore b) Carnivore c) Omnivore d) Secondary Consumer 23. What does a Secondary Consumer eat? a) Tertiary Consumers b) Primary Consumers c) Producers d) Secondary Consumers 24. Energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top). a) True b) False c) d)

11 25. Which of the following is a herbivore? a) cricket b) frog c) hawk d) shrew 26. Which of the following organisms in the food web is a producer?

12 a) Giant Panda b) Snow Leopard c) Mushroom d) Bamboo 27. Use the diagram to answer the question. The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?

13 a) Frog, Dragon Fly and snake b) Frog, trout and dragon fly c) Frog, salamander and trout d) Frog and phytoplankton 28. Based on the food web, which shows correctly the one way that energy flows? a) Plant -->Rat -->Owl b) Plant <--Rat <-- Owl c) d) 29. In this food web, which two organisms could be harmed if the mouse population were to decrease?

14 a) Deer and caterpillar b) Wolf and snake c) Oak and grass d) Hawk and songbird 30. What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

15 a) The insects in the habitat would increase. b) The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source. c) The willow tree population would decrease. d) Foxes would dies due to no food source. 31. A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. a) data b) theory c) hypothesis d) fact 32. The factors in an experiment that can be changed.

16 a) variables b) quantitative data c) hypothesis d) steps 33. This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. a) dependent variable b) independent variable c) data d) control group 34. This step comes after ask a question a) Record your results b) Design and perform an experiment

17 c) Form an hypothesis d) Share your results 35. What is the variable that we are measuring in an experiment? a) Independent b) Dependent c) Control d) Experimental 36. What is the best written dependent variable for this hypothesis: "If I add salt to the plant, then it will grow taller." a) grow taller b) rate of growth c) amount of salt d) add salt 37. A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the. a) Diameter of the ball b) Force acting on the ball c) Height that the ball bounces d) Height from which the ball is dropped 38. The engineering process begins

18 a) when you brainstorm new ideas b) creating an advertisment c) identifying the need or solution to a problem d) 39. Which word best describes a constraint? a) option b) opportunity c) restriction d) 40. A prototype is a model that a) functions like the final solution would b) is made of the same materials as the final product c) is made after the final product is made d) 41. In order to develop ideas for a basketball shoe, a design team visits three different shoe stores. What part of the design process is this? a) create a model b) research and generate ideas

19 c) select an approach d) 42. home to an organism a) biotic b) evaporation c) population d) habitat 43. organisms of the same species living in the same environment together a) population b) community c) ecosystem d) environment 44. populations living in the same environment at the same time a) population b) community c) biotic d) niche 45. role of an organism a) niche b) community c) biotic d) water cycle 46. community and the abiotic parts living together

20 a) evaporation b) ecosystem c) abiotic d) enviroment

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