Environmental Science, Chapter 4, Org of Life, Review

Organisms that are living are considered to be what type of factors?

• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Weather
• Water

Mushrooms, mildew,  bread mold, & yeasts all belong to which kingdom?

• Archaebacteria 
• Eubacteria
• Fungi
• Plants

Air, water, rocks, temperature, sand and light are considered to be what type of factors?

• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Plants 
• Animals

Organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring is known as 

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• species

Habitats are important for organisms

• to increase in the number of offspring
• because it will allow them to die
• in order for them to survive.
• all of the above

Which Scientist proposed that natural selection causes populations to change?

• Carl Linneaus
• Charles Darwin
• Rosalind Franklin
• James Watson

An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction is known as 

• coevolution
• adaptation
• artificial selection
• natural selection

A pesticide is sprayed on corn to kill grasshoppers. Most of the grasshoppers die, but a few survive. The survivors happen to have a gene that protects them from the pesticide. The surviving insects pass on the gene to their offspring.
This porcess ia known as

• Genocide Resistant
• Bacterial Resistant
• Viral Resistant
• Pesticide Resistant

Where does energy come from for most ecosystems?

• Ground
• Air
• Temperature
• Sun

Example of a population

• bees in a hive
• badger, bird, snake in an area
• living and nonliving things
• hive