Deck 9: Climate and Life: Biomes

Question 1

The Mediterranean biome receives almost all of its precipitation during the summer.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Normally, in every month it rains in tropical rainforests.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The tropical savanna receives more annual precipitation than the tropical rainforest.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Epiphytes are uncommon in tropical rainforests.

Question 5

Trees do not grow in deserts because it is too cold.

Question 6

The montane biome is found in the Köppen climate zone ET.

Question 7

Tundra occurs at any latitude where it is too dry for trees to grow.

Question 8

Temperate rainforest has less cold winters compared to temperate deciduous forest.

Question 9

Moderate cattle grazing can be beneficial to the prairie grasslands and the native plants there.

Question 10

Tropical rainforest is also called chaparral.

Question 11

The tropical savanna biome has a wet summer, dry winter pattern of climate.

Question 12

Buttress roots in tropical rainforests are designed to reduce tree toppling in strong wind.

Question 13

The temperate deciduous forest is dominated by trees that shed their leaves during the winter.

Question 14

The presence of terra preta indicates that human populations in the Amazon rainforest were once great.

Question 15

Humans have cut down roughly half of Earth's trees since the Agricultural Revolution 10,000 years ago.

Question 16

The Köppen climate classification system categorizes climate types based on temperature and precipitation characteristics for a given region.

Question 17

Most of Europe is covered with primary temperate deciduous forest.

Question 18

Livestock do not compete with or harm native grazing ungulates in the tropical savanna in Africa.

Question 19

Temperate grassland is treeless because the soils are too poor for trees to grow.

Question 20

Contraception is used to control elephant populations in African wildlife preserves.

Question 21

Grasslands receive more precipitation than temperate deciduous forest.

Question 22

The pine family of trees does not occur in the Southern Hemisphere.

Question 23

Prairie dogs are a keystone species on the North American temperate grasslands.

Question 24

All of the materials we use originate from natural resources found in nature.

Question 25

The montane biome is a result of orographic precipitation.

Question 26

The temperate grasslands of Eurasia are called __________.

A)pampas
B)steppe
C)chaparral
D)veldt

Question 27

The boreal forest is found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Question 28

Most plants in the tropical rainforest biome are pollinated by animals, and their fruits and seeds are dispersed by animals.

Question 29

The tundra biome has permafrost soils.

Question 30

Temperate grasslands are found mostly between 50 and 60 degrees latitude.

Question 31

Habitat fragmentation is the division and reduction of habitat into smaller pieces by human activity.

Question 32

In the Southern Hemisphere temperate rainforest consists of broad-leaved evergreen trees like Eucalyptus and Nothofagus.

Question 33

Which location does not support the temperate deciduous forest biome?

A)eastern North America
B)western Europe
C)eastern Asia
D)eastern South America

Question 34

About 25% of all trees are found in the northern forests.

Question 35

The tundra boreal forest is colder than the temperate deciduous forest.

Question 36

Temperate latitudes are the transition region between warm subtropical air and cold polar air.

Question 37

The tropical seasonal forest experiences no dry season.

Question 38

The tropical seasonal forest is easy to burn in the winter season.

Question 39

Forest that has never been logged is called secondary forest.

Question 40

Water is a major limiting factor in the tropical rainforest biome.

Question 41

The __________ occurs between the montane forest and the alpine tundra.

A)alpine tree line
B)northern tree line
C)northern tundra
D)boreal forest

Question 42

Which is not a major feature of the boreal forest?

A)needle-leaved evergreen trees
B)short winter growing season
C)understory of mosses, lichens, and herbaceous plants
D)fire activity can be important for certain areas

Question 43

Which climate diagram is in the Southern Hemisphere?

A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D

Question 44

What is the most important factor today that causes endangerment and extinction of species?

A)hunting for bush meat
B)hunting for pseudo-medicines
C)habitat fragmentation
D)non-native species

Question 45

The Köppen climate classification system creates __________ climate zones.

A)15
B)20
C)25
D)30

Question 46

Which is not one of the regional names for the Mediterranean biome?

A)chaparral
B)veldt
C)fynbos
D)matorral

Question 47

Which biome is found where it is wet and cool?

A)tropical rainforest
B)temperate rainforest
C)tundra
D)desert

Question 48

Fynbos is found in __________.

A)South Africa
B)Chile
C)Australia
D)California

Question 49

Which is the most significant anthropogenic factor in the montane forest biome?

A)logging
B)urban development
C)overgrazing
D)non-native species

Question 50

What is one of the most serious human impacts in tundra?

A)deforestation
B)thawing of permafrost soils
C)conversion to agriculture
D)gold mining

Question 51

Which is not one of the three factors that strongly influence the vegetation of the tropical savanna?

A)seasonally intense rainfall
B)insects
C)fire
D)grazing pressure

Question 52

Which desert is dominated by the subtropical high-pressure system?

A)hot deserts
B)rain-shadow deserts
C)cold deserts
D)plateau deserts

Question 53

Most deserts have less than __________ centimeters of annual precipitation.

A)25
B)20
C)15
D)10

Question 54

Which does not describe the temperate grassland biome?

A)mostly converted to agriculture in North America
B)continuous cover of grasses with widely spaced trees
C)frequent fires
D)moisture deficits in most months

Question 55

The greatest forest tree densities occur where?

A)tropical rainforest
B)tropical seasonal forest
C)montane forest
D)boreal forest

Question 56

The largest desert in the world is the __________ desert.

A)Kalahari
B)Sonoran
C)Arabian
D)Sahara

Question 57

A __________ tree has long, narrow leaves.

A)broad-leaved
B)conifer
C)needle-leaved
D)deciduous

Question 58

Which factor does not contribute to forming the Mediterranean biome?

A)very cold winters
B)extended summer drought
C)frequent fire activity
D)low soil nutrients and soil organic matter

Question 59

__________ does not occur in the Mediterranean biome.

A)fire suppression
B)slash-and-burn subsistence agriculture
C)overgrazing
D)urban development

Question 60

What is the primary human impact on the temperate rainforest?

A)logging
B)slash-and-burn agriculture
C)pollution
D)urban development

Question 61

Earth's biomes are determined mostly by __________.

A)slope steepness
B)soil types
C)climate
D)slope aspect

Question 62

Which is not a major characteristic of the temperate rainforest biome?

A)broad-leaved deciduous trees
B)epiphytes
C)evergreen trees
D)orographic precipitation

Question 63

A __________ consists of widely spaced trees surrounded by grasslands.

A)forest
B)woodland
C)shrubland
D)desert

Question 64

Which product in a grocery store is tied to threats to orangutan habitat in Indonesia's tropical rainforests?

A)cookies
B)soda
C)rice
D)bananas

Question 65

A(n) __________ tree loses its leaves gradually and always has leaves on its branches.

A)broad-leaved
B)evergreen
C)needle-leaved
D)deciduous

Question 66

The tundra biome has the Köppen climate designation __________.

A)ET, H
B)EF
C)Dfc, Dwc
D)Csa, Csb

Question 67

The geoglyphs found in the Amazon rainforest as it is cleared by people reveal what about the Amazon?

A)that the soils are poor
B)that there used to be large human populations in the rainforest
C)that the rainforest used to be tropical savanna biome
D)that human forest clearance is occurring at a rapid pace

Question 68

Which biome is found where it is dry?

A)tropical rainforest
B)temperate rainforest
C)tundra
D)desert

Question 69

The primary reason species go extinct is due to __________.

A)non-native species
B)habitat loss
C)climate change
D)pollution

Question 70

Which biome is found where it is warm and wet?

A)tropical rainforest
B)tropical savanna
C)tundra
D)desert

Question 71

Mosses are __________.

A)trees
B)lianas
C)epiphytes
D)bryophytes

Question 72

According to the graph, tropical seasonal forest occurs in what precipitation range?

A)150 to 200 centimeters
B)175 to 300 centimeters
C)225 to 300 centimeters
D)100 to 300 centimeters

Question 73

A(n) __________ tree loses its leaves all in one season.

A)broad-leaved
B)evergreen
C)needle-leaved
D)deciduous

Question 74

Climate diagram C best fits what biome type?

A)tropical savanna
B)Mediterranean
C)northern tundra
D)temperate deciduous forest

Question 75

Orangutans in Indonesia have lost about __________ percent of their original habitat.

A)20
B)40
C)60
D)80

Question 76

Which desert would be found on the lee side of a mountain range?

A)hot deserts
B)rain-shadow deserts
C)cold deserts
D)plateau deserts

Question 77

The __________ occurs between the boreal forest and the northern tundra.

A)alpine tree line
B)northern tree line
C)alpine tundra
D)montane forest

Question 78

Which does not accurately describe the tropical rainforest?

A)high primary productivity
B)high biomass
C)high biodiversity
D)high seasonality

Question 79

A(n) __________ has tall, upright woody growth.

A)tree
B)liana
C)epiphyte
D)bryophyte

Question 80

A(n) __________ grows on trees and is not parasitic.

A)tree
B)liana
C)epiphyte
D)bryophyte