Chapter 29:
Origin and Distribution of Communities
Practice Test
1.
What are organisms that float in the upper layer of the oceans and are carried about by currents?
a.
nekton
b.
plankton
c.
bony fishes
d.
benthos
Hint
2.
What is the area of the ocean that lies above the continental shelf?
a.
oceanic zone
b.
pioneer zone
c.
neritic zone
d.
unlighted zone
Hint
3.
Which of these is NOT a layer found in a temperate forest?
a.
the canopy
b.
the shrub layer
c.
the forest floor
d.
solitary trees that rise above the canopy
Hint
4.
What are animals that live on or in the ocean floor?
a.
plankton
b.
nekton
c.
benthos
d.
pioneer organisms
Hint
5.
What is the biome that includes the great coniferous forests that cover large parts of Canada, Alaska, and Eurasia?
a.
tundra
b.
taiga
c.
tropical rain forest
d.
temperate forest
Hint
6.
What is the very first stage of a community undergoing primary succession?
a.
intermediate stage
b.
climax stage
c.
beginning stage
d.
pioneer stage
Hint
7.
What is the biome in which water in the soil is frozen during the winter?
a.
tundra
b.
tropical rain forest
c.
temperate forest
d.
taiga
Hint
8.
What is the area of the ocean that includes the deeper waters of the ocean basin?
a.
littoral zone
b.
neritic zone
c.
oceanic zone
d.
unlighted zone
Hint
9.
What is the series of changes in a community over time?
a.
aging
b.
ecological succession
c.
development
d.
growth
Hint
10.
Sucession that begins in areas where there is no life is __________________ .
a.
climax succession
b.
secondary succession
c.
primary succession
d.
tertiary succession
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