Unit 4 - Species Interactions & Community Ecology

Unit 4 - Species Interactions & Community Ecology

12th Grade

31 Qs

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Unit 4 - Species Interactions & Community Ecology

Unit 4 - Species Interactions & Community Ecology

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-2

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Bridget Decker

Used 10+ times

FREE Resource

31 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of intraspecific competition?

Vultures & hyenas fighting over a dead animal carcass

Warblers (birds) using different areas of trees to forage for their food (insects)

A frog eating one particular type of insect

A fish that swims along with sharks in order to eat their leftovers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following examples are ways in which organisms try to reduce intraspecific competition EXCEPT...?

Forcing offspring to leave and find new homes

Resource partitioning

Utilizing seeds that are spread to habitable land that is far from the original organisms location

Initiating direct fights over resources

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

plant

cattle

fox

hawk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of an herbivore?

plant

rabbit

fox

hawk

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A parasite is a predator that...?

causes disease

makes their own food

feeds on a host organism

breaks down dead organic material

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Predation influences species populations by affecting all of the following EXCEPT...?

all stages in the life cycles of predators & prey species

various specialized food-obtaining mechanisms and/or anatomy

adjustments to behaviors and/or body characteristics to help prey evade & predator catch

the ability of organisms metabolize nutrients in a particular environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The cyclamen mite, which is a strawberry crop pest, is a nuisance to farmers. There are also predatory mites who eat the cyclamen mites, reducing the damage that they do. This relationship would be considered...?

pathogenesis

mutualism

predator-mediated competition

commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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