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Chapter 15 Biomes Homework
Regular Biology
1. What are Earth’s 4 Interconnected Systems and describe what they cover
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4.
2. What would be the ecological problems that happen to an ecosystem when a
wetland/marsh is filled in order to construct a building?
3. Why are estuaries often called “nurseries of the sea”?
4. Why is the tundra sometimes considered a semidesert?
5. What is Permafrost and what Biome is it found in?
6. Describe the difference between the follow two marine biomes:
a. Photic zone:
b. Aphotic Zone:
7. Biomes are basically distributed based on latitude, precipitation and ___________
8. You read the data records of a field ecologist who reports the following varieties
of species: beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, coyotes, foxes, hawks, rabbits and
squirrels. Around 70-150 cm of rain and predominantly hardwood trees. You are
most likely in ____ biome.
9. Cone-bearing trees (such as spruce, fir, larch and hemlock) that have branches
which are flexible to withstand the weight from heavy snow are characteristics of
the
10. These prairies where the primary plant life is grass, can be found in Australia,
Canada, and the US. One of these is found at Yellowstone National Park
11. What are the 4 layers found in the rainforest?
1.
2
3.
4.
12. The biome most likely to be found on the top of a very tall artic and alpine
mountain is the
13. An explorer seeking the driest biome on earth should begin looking in the
14. If you followed the course of a river, it would eventually flow into
15. These two areas are not considered to be biomes based on the facts that it has no
soil, no plant communities, and the climate changes as the elevation changes
16. Arid land with sparse, drought-resistant plants because they receive less than 25
cm of rain per year are found in the
17. This is the youngest, coldest, and driest biome
18. Largest terrestrial biome that lies just south of the tundra.
19. This biome is divided by 4 distinctive seasons…fall, winter, spring, and summer.
20. What defines an estuary?
21. What are the Earth’s 3 main climate zones?
22. What is an epiphyte?
23. What layer of the rainforest would one find an epiphyte?
24. Shown in the graph,
what is the average
temperature in
January?
25. Shown in the graph,
what is the average
precipitation in
October?
26. What is the difference
between the highest
and lowest average
temperature in the
graph shown?
27. What is the difference between the highest and lowest average precipitation in the
graph shown?
28. What biome is most likely shown here?
FIGURE 15-2
29. According to Figure 15-2, what organism lives near the high tide line?
30. According to Figure 15-2, where do red algae live? (look at your layers of a lake
from your study guide
31. According to Figure 15-2, what organisms live above the low tide line?
32. According to Figure 15-2, what organisms live between low and high tide lines?
33. According to Figure 15-2, what organisms live below the low timed line?
34. What might happen to a rock bass if a wave washed it above the low tide line?
35. Could a rock bass live above the low tide line?