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