Exam 43: The Biosphere

Match the biome with its correct location. -form mainly between latitudes 10^o north and south in equatorial Africa, the East Indies, Southeast Asia, South America, and Central America

Match the plant adaptation with the conditions for which they are adapted. -fast-growing lichens and shallow-rooted, low-growing plants

The region where freshwater from a river and saltwater mix is a(n) ____.

Which animals serve as a reservoir for cholera-causing bacteria?

In a lake, the open sunlit water with its suspended phytoplankton is referred to as which zone?

Which biome is found between the polar ice cap and northern boreal forests?

Eutrophication refers to what kind of change in a lake?

Cold, fast-moving freshwater holds ____ than still, warm water.

What is a biome, and what principal factors influence biome types?

Match the biome with its correct location. -extend between the ice cap of the North Pole and the belts of boreal forests in the Northern Hemisphere

A tropical biome dominated by grasses with a few scattered shrubs and trees is known as a ____.

Permafrost and low rainfall are characteristic of which biome?

Why do rain shadows form?

Warm air rises at the equator. At what other latitude does air rise?