Questions by: R. Neill Power Point by: K. Pease 5th 6 Weeks Review 2012 Questions by: R. Neill Power Point by: K. Pease

Temperature Precipitation 1. What two factors determine a biome’s characteristics of plants and animals? Temperature Precipitation

2. What biome is typically hot and dry with lizards and cactus desert

3. What biome is has little rainfall, permafrost, with little plants and polar bears? tundra

4. What do your and answers to #2 and #3 have in common? dry

5. What biome is cold with elk and lichens and is also referred to as the boreal forest? tiaga

6. Name at least FOUR characteristics of the temperate forest: 75-400 cm precipitation evergreen and deciduous trees squirrels, birds, rabbits, snakes

tropical rainforest’s trees form a canopy 7. How are the temperate forest and the tropical rainforest’s biotic factors different? tropical rainforest’s trees form a canopy

8. What is the factor that separates marine from freshwater biomes? salt

9. Describe an adaptation of plants in a desert biome store water

10. Describe an adaptation of animals in the tundra thick fur usually colored white

11. Which biome has the most biodiversity? tropical rainforest

Producer Herbivore Carnivore decomposer 12. What four niches must be present in any biome for the circle of life to continue? Producer Herbivore Carnivore decomposer

13. What type of biome is our schoolyard? temperate forest

14. Describe the following to justify your answer in #13: A) Temperature- 9-30 0C B) Precipitation - 75-400 cm precipitation C) Plants- evergreen and deciduous trees D) Animals- squirrels, birds, rabbits, snakes

Use the diagram above for questions # 15-18:

15. Which biome is the coldest? tundra

16. Which biome is a little warmer than the boreal forest? grassland

17. Which biome is drier- a forest or a savanna?

temperate forest, grassland and desert 18. Which biomes are warmer than the taiga but cooler than the rainforest? temperate forest, grassland and desert

19. What behavioral adaptation do honeybees do to help out other bees to find food? dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UukNSmcUa8&feature=related

20. Why do animals instinctively migrate? find more food and warmer climate

21. Why must some animals hibernate? too cold to find food so sleep away in a shelter

22. Why are bird’s beaks different shapes and sizes? pick up food

23. What is the type of adaptation that involves certain body coverings, wings, bones, horns, etc? external structural

24. What internal structural adaptation allows birds to fly? hollow bones

25. What adaptation does an owl have in order to eat small rodents? regurgitate pellets

26. What internal structural adaptation allows fish to breathe oxygen in water? gills

27. What internal structural adaptation of plants transports water up from its roots to its leaves? xylem

28. What internal structural adaptation of plants allows it to transport sugars produced during photosynthesis in the leaves to the rest of the plant? phloem

29. What do the arrows represent in this food chain? flow of energy

30. Identify the following from the diagram: Producer = Eel grass Herbivore = Caddis Fly Carnivore = Sunfish , Bass Decomposer = none

31. Which organism is always on the bottom of an energy food pyramid? producers/ plants

32. What percentage of energy transfers to the level above in an energy food pyramid? 10%

33. According to this reading, what niche does a spoonbill have in a marsh? Spoonbills are wading birds with long, flat, spoon-shaped bills. They find food by scooping up water in shallow areas and straining the mud and water through “gutters” on either side of their bill. Then they eat the small fish, frogs, and plants that are left trapped in their mouth. omnivore

34. According to the reading, what is one external structural adaptation of a spoonbill bird? bills

carnivore/ omnivore, human 35. In this food web, which of the following organism could fill in the letter X? carnivore/ omnivore, human

36. What four cycles of matter occur in our ecosystems: Water carbon- oxygen Nitrogen phosphorus

37. What can the energy produced in biomass decomposition be used for? fuels for cars/ fertilizer

38. Is biomass energy renewable or nonrenewable?

39. Identify three practices that support the conservation of our natural resources reduce fuels by biking or carpooling reuse canvas grocery bags recycle plastic, glass and paper

40. What scientific tool can be used to examine organisms and their structures for identification? dichotomous key

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