Chapter 3:
Communities and Biomes
Practice Test
1.
Organisms inhabiting tropical rain forests might include __________.
a.
small trees and ravens
b.
monkeys and toucans
c.
bears and tortoises
d.
lichen and caribou
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2.
Lichens, mosses and ferns are called __________.
a.
limiting species
b.
consumers
c.
abiotic factors
d.
pioneer species
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3.
A climax community for a deciduous forest may contain __________.
a.
mostly ferns
b.
oak and maple trees
c.
many conifers
d.
grasslands
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4.
The optimum range of most organisms inhabiting marine biomes is __________.
a.
ideal for the species
b.
its range of intolerance
c.
the aphotic zone
d.
the photic zone
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5.
The major difference between the tundra and taiga biomes is that tundra has _________.
a.
a more southern range
b.
more trees
c.
permafrost
d.
longer summers
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6.
The conditions that dictate where an organism may live are called
a.
limiting factors
b.
biological factors
c.
the optimal range
d.
stress zones
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7.
The biome with warm temperatures and high rainfall is __________.
a.
the desert
b.
the temperate forest
c.
the grasslands
d.
the tropical rain forest
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8.
A primary abiotic limiting factor of a desert biome is __________.
a.
too much sand
b.
water
c.
lack of plant life
d.
altitude
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9.
Primary succession occurs on __________.
a.
disturbed grasslands
b.
burned areas in forests
c.
land exposed by glaciers
d.
abandoned fields
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10.
Succession is __________ of an ecosystem.
a.
the climax
b.
the creation
c.
the destruction
d.
the orderly changes
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11.
Communities in which fresh water and salt water mix are __________.
a.
usually deep
b.
estuaries
c.
marine
d.
planktonic
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12.
The biome that has the greatest number of conifers is __________.
a.
the grasslands
b.
the taiga
c.
the tropical rain forest
d.
the desert
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13.
In the early stages of succession one might expect _________.
a.
complex food webs
b.
tremendous biodiversity
c.
tropical rain forests
d.
simple food chains
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14.
After a forest fire, __________ occurs.
a.
community death
b.
secondary succession
c.
a climax community
d.
primary succession
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15.
Which of the following is a terrestrial biome?
a.
desert
b.
ocean
c.
pond
d.
coral reef
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