Download Biodiversity Vocabulary Quiz

Biodiversity Vocabulary Quiz
Aquatic
Biodiversity
Biomes
Biosphere
Deciduous Forest
Desert
Ecological Succession
Estuary
Grassland
Habitat
Microhabitat
Niche
Pioneer Species
Predator
Prey
Rainforest
Salt Water
Taiga
Terrestrial
Tundra
1. _________________________ the role or job of an organism in its ecosystem.
2. _________________________ a place that an organism calls home.
3. _________________________ a large area of land or water that has similar weather
and organisms.
4. _________________________ all the different species that exist in an ecosystem.
5. _________________________ an animal that is hunted or eaten by other animals.
6. _________________________ a large area of land that receives very little
precipitation (less than 15 inches per year), experiences extreme temperatures, and has
few large animal and vegetation.
7. _________________________ a large area of land that experiences extremely cold
temperatures and has soil that is permanently frozen (permafrost).
8. _________________________ an organism that lives on land.
9. _________________________ a large area of land that experiences four distinct
seasons and receives approximately 30 to 60 inches of rain per year
10. _________________________ an aquatic biome that is located where salt and
freshwater meet
11. _________________________ The gradual change in populations and communities in an
ecosystem over a period of time.
12. _________________________ an organism that lives in water.
13. _________________________ a large area of land that receives 10 to 30 inches of
rain per year and is dominated by grasses.
14. _________________________ an animal that hunts and eats other animals.
15. _________________________ a large area of land that is extremely biologically
diverse, receives more than an average of 100 inches of rain per year, and has warm
temperatures that vary little between day and night.
16. _________________________ a large area of land that receives 15 to 45 inches of
rain per year and is covered with evergreens.
17. _________________________ the first organisms to arrive in an ecosystem.
18. _________________________ a large area of water that contains a lot of salt.
19. _________________________ a small specialized habitat that may exist within a
larger habitat.
20. _________________________ the part of earth that supports living things. located
between the crust and the atmosphere.