Question 1

Describe the climate, soil, and representative organisms for one of the following terrestrial biomes: savanna, temperate rain forest, chaparral, or taiga.

Accepted Answer

Taiga 
Climate: long, harsh winters and

Question 2

Match between columns
                        Premises: tropical grassland

Accepted Answer

The Answer of tundra and temperate rain forest and savanna is...

Question 3

Which biome has the longest growing season?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tundra 
B)  Taiga 
C)  Grassland 
D)  Temperate deciduous forest 
E)  Tropical rain forest 
A)  Tundra 
B)  Taiga 
C)  Grassland 
D)  Temperate deciduous forest 
E)  Tropical rain forest

Question 4

Match between columns
                        Premises: characterized by vegetation arranged in emergent and understory layers

Accepted Answer

The Answer of tundra and desert and chaparral and taiga is...

Question 5

A layer of permanently frozen ground is called permafrost.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Match between columns
                        Premises: found in the area around the Mediterranean Sea

Accepted Answer

The Answer of desert and tundra and temperate grassland and is...

Question 7

Figure 56-1 ​
 
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Based on the temperature range and precipitation, the area on the accompanying figure labeled as 3 represents which of the following biomes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Savanna 
B)  Temperate deciduous forest 
C)  Temperate rain forest 
D)  Taiga 
E)  Tundra 
A)  Savanna 
B)  Temperate deciduous forest 
C)  Temperate rain forest 
D)  Taiga 
E)  Tundra

Question 8

Which of the following is most characteristic of desert animals?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tend to be quite large in size. 
B)  They estivate during the rainy season. 
C)  They are primarily active at night. 
D)  They do not include mammals except for rodents. 
E)  They do not include insects. 
A)  They tend to be quite large in size. 
B)  They estivate during the rainy season. 
C)  They are primarily active at night. 
D)  They do not include mammals except for rodents. 
E)  They do not include insects.

Question 9

Match between columns
                        Premises: stream or river

Accepted Answer

The Answer of freshwater wetlands and standing-water ecosystem and profundal is...

Question 10

Figure 56-2 ​
 
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Which of the lakes in the accompanying figure may have a thermocline?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  4 
D)  1 and 3 
E)  2 and 4 
A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  4 
D)  1 and 3 
E)  2 and 4

Question 11

Match between columns
                        Premises: tallgrass prairie

Accepted Answer

The Answer of tundra and temperate rain forest and savanna is...

Question 12

The American kangaroo rat is characteristic of the desert biome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Match between columns
                        Premises: the boreal forest

Accepted Answer

The Answer of taiga and desert and chaparral and savanna is...

Question 14

Characteristics of headwaters include:

Accepted Answer

A)  fast flow, high oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
B)  fast flow, low oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
C)  fast flow, high oxygen, and streamlined animal bodies. 
D)  Fast flow, high oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
E)  slow flow, high oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
A)  fast flow, high oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
B)  fast flow, low oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
C)  fast flow, high oxygen, and streamlined animal bodies. 
D)  Fast flow, high oxygen, and free-floating vegetation. 
E)  slow flow, high oxygen, and free-floating vegetation.

Question 15

Dense coastal fog is characteristic of the temperate deciduous forest biome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Figure 56-1 ​
 
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Based on the temperature range and precipitation, the area on the accompanying figure labeled as 5 represents which of the following biomes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Savanna 
B)  Temperate deciduous forest 
C)  Temperate rain forest 
D)  Taiga 
E)  Tundra 
A)  Savanna 
B)  Temperate deciduous forest 
C)  Temperate rain forest 
D)  Taiga 
E)  Tundra

Question 17

Marine snow is a major source of energy for the ____ region of the ocean.

Accepted Answer

A)  littoral 
B)  aphotic 
C)  euphotic 
D)  intertidal 
E)  neustonic 
A)  littoral 
B)  aphotic 
C)  euphotic 
D)  intertidal 
E)  neustonic

Question 18

Match between columns
                        Premises: has the greatest species richness

Accepted Answer

The Answer of taiga and desert and temperate deciduous forest is...

Question 19

What environment is characterized by high nutrient inputs and by relatively great fluctuations in salinity and temperature?

Accepted Answer

A)  A river 
B)  An estuary 
C)  A freshwater wetland 
D)  Aa large lake 
E)  The oceanic province 
A)  A river 
B)  An estuary 
C)  A freshwater wetland 
D)  Aa large lake 
E)  The oceanic province

Exam 56: Ecology and the Geography of Life

Describe the climate, soil, and representative organisms for one of the following terrestrial biomes: savanna, temperate rain forest, chaparral, or taiga.

Which biome has the longest growing season?

A layer of permanently frozen ground is called permafrost.

Figure 56-1 ​ ​ Based on the temperature range and precipitation, the area on the accompanying figure labeled as 3 represents which of the following biomes?

Which of the following is most characteristic of desert animals?

Figure 56-2 ​ ​ Which of the lakes in the accompanying figure may have a thermocline?

The American kangaroo rat is characteristic of the desert biome.

Characteristics of headwaters include:

Dense coastal fog is characteristic of the temperate deciduous forest biome.

Figure 56-1 ​ ​ Based on the temperature range and precipitation, the area on the accompanying figure labeled as 5 represents which of the following biomes?

Marine snow is a major source of energy for the ____ region of the ocean.

What environment is characterized by high nutrient inputs and by relatively great fluctuations in salinity and temperature?

A View of Life

Atoms and Molecules: the Chemical Basis of Life

The Chemistry of Life: Organic Compounds

Organization of the Cell

Biological Membranes

Cell Communication

Energy and Metabolism

How Cells Make Atp: Energy-Releasing Pathways

Photosynthesis: Capturing Light Energy

Chromosomes, Mitosis, and Meiosis

The Basic Principles of Heredity

DNA: The Carrier of Genetic Information

Gene Expression

Gene Regulation

DNA Technology and Genomics

Human Genetics and the Human Genome

Developmental Genetics

Introduction to Darwinian Evolution

Evolutionary Change in Populations

Speciation and Macroevolution

The Origin and Evolutionary History of Life

The Evolution of Primates

Understanding Diversity: Systematics

Viruses and Subviral Agents

Bacteria and Archaea

Protists

Seedless Plants

Seed Plants

The Fungi

An Introduction to Animal Diversity

Sponges, Cnidarians, Ctenophores, and Protostomes

The Deuterostomes

Plant Structure, Growth, and Development

Leaf Structure and Function

Stem Structure and Transport

Roots and Mineral Nutrition

Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Plant Developmental Responses to External and Internal Signals

Animal Structure and Function: an Introduction

Protection, Support, and Movement

Neural Signaling

Neural Regulation

Sensory Systems

Internal Transport

The Immune System: Internal Defense

Gas Exchange

Processing Food and Nutrition

Osmoregulation and Disposal of Metabolic Wastes

Endocrine Regulation

Reproduction

Animal Development

Animal Behavior

Introduction to Ecology: Population Ecology

Community Ecology

Ecosystems and the Biosphere

Biological Diversity and Conservation Biology

Filters

Figure 56-1 Based on the temperature range and precipitation, the area on the accompanying figure labeled as 3 represents which of the following biomes?

Figure 56-2 Which of the lakes in the accompanying figure may have a thermocline?

Figure 56-1 Based on the temperature range and precipitation, the area on the accompanying figure labeled as 5 represents which of the following biomes?