RENR Exam 3 – Revision Guide and Practice Questions

RENR Exam 3 – Revision Guide and Practice Questions


Which climate condition is not common and therefore is not associated with any of Earth's nine
major biomes?

hot and dry

cold and wet

warm and moist

hot and wet

cold and dry - correct answer ✔✔cold and wet



There is/are _______ Hadley Cell(s).

1

2

3

4 - correct answer ✔✔2



Which order accurately ranks Earth's biomes from lower to higher annual average temperature?
- correct answer ✔✔boreal forest < temperate seasonal forest < tropical rainforest



Permafrost is a unique characteristic of

tundra

temperate seasonal forest

boreal forest

subtropical desert

tropical seasonal forest/savanna - correct answer ✔✔Tundra

, thinking skills from the lowest (1) to the highest (6) level:

Analyze

Understand

Create

Knowledge

Evaluate

Apply - correct answer ✔✔1. Knowledge

2.Understand

3.Apply

4.Analyze

5.Evaluate

6Create



If the richness of community "A" is lower than that of community "B", then______



"A" has more species than "B".

"A" has fewer species than "B".

relative abundance of species in "A" is more even than in "B".

relative abundance of species in "A" is less even than in "B". - correct answer ✔✔"A" has fewer
species than "B".



Following are the relative abundance of 5 species in four hypothetical communities (A, B, C and
D). Which community has the SECOND LOWEST diversity measured by Shannon index?

sp-1 sp-2 sp-3 sp-4 sp-5



0.21 0.21 0.20 0.19 0.19

0.25 0.26 0.24 0.25 0.00