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10 A B C Test (PreAP) #1
Use the chart above to answer questions 1 - 4.
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1. Deciduous trees are angiosperms. What biome was this data taken from?
a. Temperate Forest
c. Taiga (Boreal Forest)
b. Tropical Forest
d. Grassland
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2. What would happen to this ecosystem if a disease killed all the angiosperms?
a. Consumers would become producers.
b. The ecosystem would not change.
c. The ecosystem would become very stable.
d. The ecosystem would become very unstable.
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3. Which explanation best describes why a pie chart was used with this data?
a. To compare the amount of each type of plant in this ecosystem.
b. To show the location of different types of plants in this
c.
d.
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ecosystem.
To show how the population of ferns had changed over time.
To show how plants had changed over a year.
4. Which of the following does this chart describe?
a. biotic factors
c. consumers
b. abiotic factors
d. decomposers
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5. Look at the map above of Earth’s climate zones. Where are biomes with the
largest number of plant and animal species located?
a. In the polar zones
c. In the temperate zones
b. In the tropical zones
d. In the northern polar zone
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6. Some plants have stems that can conserve (hold) water and carry on
photosynthesis, and almost no leaves. In which type of habitat would this be
important?
a. Grassland
c. Swamp
b. Rainforest
d. Desert
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7. Which biome is characterized by very low rainfall, frozen ground, and dwarf
plants?
a. Chaparral
b. Temperate desert
c.
d.
Tundra
Savanna
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8. What is the most biologically diverse biome on Earth?
a. A temperate deciduous forest c. A savanna
b. A tropical rainforest
d. A desert
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9. Which of the following strategies would LEAST likely increase biodiversity?
a. Not using pesticides
c. Protecting habitats
b. Limiting trees harvested
d. Using many types of poisons
____ 10. Which of these actions can threaten biodiversity?
a. Protecting individual species
b. Protecting forests and wetlands
c. Preventing industrial wastes from being dumped in the ocean
d. Polluting a stream with used motor oil
____ 11. Which of the following consumers would you expect to find in a grassland?
a. Small birds living in trees
c. Snakes
b. Large herbivores
d. Bears
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Biome
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4
5
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Major Producer(s)
Plants
Trees
Trees
Grasses
Plants, Trees
Dwarf Plants
Annual
Precipitation
less than 25cm
35-75cm
75-250cm
25-75cm
200-450cm
less than 25cm
Consumers
Jackrabbits
Moose
Deer, Bears
Antelope
All kinds
Wolves
Use the chart above to answer questions 12 - 19.
Enter a number (1-6) into your clicker to answer.
12. In which biome above would you find large, evergreen trees?
13. Biome number 6 gets less than 25cm of rain annually. How many meters is
25cm?
14. Which biome above is the grassland?
15. Biome number 5 can get up to 450cm of rain annually (each year). How many
meters is 450cm?
16. Which biome above is the tundra?
17. Which biome above has the most biodiversity?
____ 18. According to the chart, what are the major consumers in the desert?
a. Moose
c. Deer, Bears
b. Wolves
d. Jackrabbits
____ 19. According to the chart, what are the major consumers in the temperate forest?
a. Moose
c. Deer, Bears
b. Wolves
d. Jackrabbits
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____ 20. Different scientists classify biomes in different ways. The map above shows one
way to classify the biomes in Africa. Which statement best describes the area
between 20° and 30° N Latitude?
a. There is a large concentration of tropical rain forests.
b. There is a limited number of plant and animal communities.
c. There is diverse plant life.
d. There is very little precipitation.
____ 21. Why are decomposers so important in primary succession?
a. They break down consumers to release carbon.
b. They transform the sun’s energy into glucose.
c. They help plants grow in the soil that’s already there.
d. They break down producers to make soil.
____ 22. Which of these is a role of ecological succession?
a. to recycle the elements used by living things
b. to provide places for animals to live
c. to keep soil from eroding
d. to create stable ecosystems
____ 23. A garden is a microhabitat (small habitat) in which ecological succession can be
observed. Which of these organisms are usually the pioneer species in a garden
undergoing succession?
a. birds
c. weeds
b. fungi
d. worms
____ 24. Which of these kinds of living things are you most likely to see in an area where
primary succession is just beginning?
a. lichens and mosses
c. woody shrubs and vines
b. grasses and wildflowers
d. large trees and shrubs
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____ 25. Which of these is the best definition of ecological succession?
a. the gradual breakdown of solid rock into soil
b. the gradual changes that lead to a climax community.
c. any gradual change that makes an ecosystem more healthy
d. any gradual change that happens in an ecosystem
____ 26. Ecosystems that are stable and have equilibrium are known as
a. climax communities
c. habitats
b. niches
d. pioneer communities
____ 27. Which of the following would most likely be a climax community in the
temperate forest biome?
a. an evergreen forest
b. a large field of grass
c.
d.
a deciduous forest
a dwarf forest
____ 28. Which of the following would most likely be a climax community in a grassland
biome?
a. a flower bed
b. a coniferous forest
c.
d.
a meadow of grass
a garden
____ 29. The first species to populate an area where primary succession is taking place is
called the
a. succession species.
b. producer species.
c.
d.
primary species.
pioneer species
____ 30. Which of these events will be followed by secondary succession?
a. hot lava cooling to form rock
b. a wildfire destroying a forest
c. rock being exposed by a melting glacier
d. a landslide uncovering rock never lived on before
____ 31. A school bus turns too early and drives on some grass. The grass that was
driven over gets all torn up and only dirt is left. Slowly grass grows where the
dirt is. This is an example of
a. primary succession.
b. secondary succession.
____ 32. A forest fire destroys 345 acres of Whinie the Pooh’s forest. Over time small
plants begin to grow up from the ashes. This is an example of
a. primary succession.
b. secondary succession.
____ 33. Many ecosystems on the Mississippi coast were destroyed by hurricane Katrina.
Today different ecosystems can be observed on the MS coast. This is an
example of
a. primary succession
b. secondary succession
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____ 34. Moss growing on an old sidewalk is an example of
a. primary succession
b. secondary succession
____ 35. The Hawaiian islands were formed by many years of eruptions of undersea
volcanoes. Today the islands are covered with many different species of plants
and animals. This is an example of
a. primary succession.
b. secondary succession.
____ 36. What type of succession would happen after tree eating aliens ate every
producer in a forest?
a. primary
b.
secondary
____ 37. What type of succession would happen if the aliens pooped out a layer of solid
rock after they ate a forest?
a. primary
b.
secondary
____ 38. The first species to move into an area where succession is happening is the
a. primary species
b. pioneer species
c. pine species
____ 39. What type of community is a forest?
a. succession
b. biome
c.
____ 40. Which word best describes a climax community?
a. stable
b. growing
c.
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climax
small
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