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by BlastRoom
Tundra and Alpine Biomes for high school Environmental Science, on-level and AP. Covers AP Environmental Science Unit 1: The Living World, Ecosystems.
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20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
In a treeless northern plain, the ground below the surface remains at or below 0 °C for at least two years. What is this frozen ground called?
A northern biome has long cold winters, low-growing plants, and low precipitation. What biome is described?
Which vegetation is most characteristic of open Arctic tundra?
What is the name for the surface layer above permafrost that thaws during the short summer?
When the active layer thaws but permafrost remains below it, what soil condition commonly develops?
Why do trees usually fail to establish across Arctic tundra?
A pipeline across permafrost begins to sag unevenly after nearby ground warms. What process most directly caused the damage?
Why can dead plant material accumulate in tundra soils?
Why is net primary productivity generally low in tundra ecosystems?
Arctic foxes have short ears and compact bodies. This adaptation primarily helps them do what?
Low cushion plants occur on a high mountain in Colorado and on a plain in northern Alaska. What most directly separates alpine tundra from Arctic tundra?
A field crew samples a treeless community above the tree line on a mountain. What biome is the crew studying?
Unlike Arctic tundra, how do alpine tundra soils on mountain slopes usually differ?
On a mountain, trees disappear above a certain elevation even though precipitation is adequate. What most directly limits tree growth there?
Alpine tundra can occur at low or even tropical latitudes, as long as the elevation is high enough.
As permafrost thaws, previously frozen organic matter becomes available to decomposers. What is a likely result?
A thawed permafrost depression becomes waterlogged and oxygen-poor. Which gas do microbes produce there as they break down organic matter, adding to warming?
Darker shrubs replace snow-covered ground at an Arctic site. How does this change affect the site's energy balance?
As temperatures rise on an isolated mountain, a cold-adapted alpine plant shifts upslope. What may eventually cause its local extirpation?
Use the graph. By how many centimeters did maximum seasonal thaw depth change from 2000 to 2020?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Lakes, Ponds and Rivers
30 questions
