This printable, editable, and digital unit test covers the topics and concepts in a terrestrial biomes and aquatic ecosystems unit. The test covers the major land biomes and ocean zones. See complete content list below.

This unit test / final assessment is an editable test bank of questions that will allow you to make the perfect unit test for your life science or biology students in grades 8 - 12. There are 74 questions of varying formats on the test: Fill in the blank, multiple choice, matching, and short answer. Answer key is included. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps (Google Slides and Google Forms) versions.

This resource includes:

• Editable and Printable 5-Page Student Unit Test
• Paperless Digital Version for use in Google Drive, Google Classroom, and/or Microsoft OneDrive.
• Google Forms Version (editable)
• Google Slides Version (not editable)
• Teacher Answer Key
• Teacher Guide to Google Apps

This unit test was written to test the material covered in my Biomes PowerPoint and Notes Set, but it can be successfully used with any chapter on Biomes from a traditional high school biology textbook.

The document contains 74 questions. There are 18 fill in the blank questions, 22 multiple choice questions, 31 matching questions, and 3 short answer questions. Complete and detailed answer key is provided.

This test is appropriate for biology or life science students in grades 8 - 12.

Topics covered by this unit test are:

• Biomes: Definition of biome, adaptations of organisms to a biome, tolerance levels of organisms.
• The major terrestrial biomes: tundra, taiga, chaparral, temperate deciduous forest, temperate grasslands, deserts, savannas, tropical rain forest, biomes map showing locations.
• Tundra: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Taiga: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Chaparral: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Temperate Deciduous Forest: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Temperate Grasslands: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Deserts: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Savannas: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Tropical Rain Forests: Definition, location, major characteristics, common plants, common animals.
• Aquatic Ecosystems: The importance of marine ecosystems to life on Earth, how aquatic ecosystems are determined, the abiotic factors of aquatic ecosystems.
• Ocean Zones: Photic zones, aphotic zones, intertidal zone, neritic zone, oceanic zone, benthic zone, hydrothermal vents, estuaries.
• Students will label a diagram of the different ocean zones.
• Upwellings, phytoplankton, zooplankton, productivity levels in each zone, species richness.
• Freshwater zones: Characteristics of freshwater zones, flowing-water ecosystems, standing-water ecosystems, eutrophic lakes, oligotrophic lakes, wetlands, bogs, marshes, swamps.

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