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.