AP® Environmental Science Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 1

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1.2 Terrestrial Biomes
Content Quiz
Directions: Choose the BEST answer choice for each question.

1. What is a biome?
   a) A community of plants and animals that have evolved in a certain climate
   b) A specific type of rock formation in an area and the animals that hunt on the formations
   c) A type of weather pattern that occurs over one year and the plants that survived
   d) A structure built by humans in natural landscapes
2. Which factor primarily determines the type of flora and fauna in a biome?
   a) The population density of humans in the area
   b) The weather for one year.
   c) The availability of technology and industry
   d) The climate and soil characteristics
3. Which biome is characterized by having permafrost soil?
   a) Tropical rainforest
   b) Taiga (boreal forest)
   c) Tundra
   d) Shrubland (chaparral)
4. In which of these biomes are plants adapted to survive with little moisture?
   a) Temperate rainforests
   b) Desert
   c) Tropical rainforest
   d) Seasonal forest
5. Which of these biomes experiences a severe dry season and is dominated by grasses?
   a) Tropical rainforest
   b) Taiga (boreal forest)
   c) Temperate seasonal forest
   d) Savanna
6. Which direction are temperate seasonal forests likely to shift due to a warming climate?
   a) Towards the poles
   b) Towards the equator
   c) No significant shift is expected
   d) Towards higher altitudes
7. Which of these biomes is known for having the poorest soil?
   a) Temperate seasonal forest
   b) Tropical rainforest
   c) Taiga (Boreal Forest)
   d) Temperate grassland
8. Which of these terrestrial biomes benefited most from the addition of a large amount of
   nutrients from decomposing plant matter (grasses) and large herbivore animal waste that enriched
   the soil?
   a) Temperate grassland
   b) Shrubland (Chaparral)
   c) Tundra
   d) Desert
9. Which of the following factors can influence the distribution of resources in different biomes?
   a) Human population density in different countries
   b) Political boundaries of humans
   c) Soil color and the niches of plants and animals
   d) Climate, geography, latitude and altitude, nutrient availability, and soil
10. What is a climatograph used for?
    a) Studying human population trends
    b) Identifying rock formations
    c) Analyzing rain and temperature in a biome
    d) Analyzing plant, animal and fungus species in a biome

• 11. In the graph above, which biome has the largest range of air temperature?
  a) Tropical wet forest
  b) Tundra
  c) Woodland or grassland
  d) Desert

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The purpose of these content quizzes are as a homework or notes check. Students often copy
reading guides or do not pay attention to video notes, but will pay more attention when they have a
quiz.

I use these questions by assigning about 10 pages of reading along with supplemental videos on
Edpuzzle as homework. Students take a content quiz during the first few minutes of class. My
quizzes are open-note/open book, but timed at 30 seconds per question as I do not expect students
to memorize information the first time they read or hear it so they can reference notes/books as
needed, but the timer prevents kids from “winging it” and not reading or doing notes.

I typically cover several topics in a quiz so I will take the best questions from each topic and combine
them into a 12-15 question quiz, but you can use them as-is below. There are approximately 10
questions per topic.

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higher level questions to train students how to use the content in skill questions. AP® Classroom
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