Environmental Factors - QUizizz Review

What would happen in a community that is disrupted by a secondary succession event?

• The climate in the area will be altered.

• The land will remain unchanged by this event.

• Soil formation will cause a change to occur in the ecosystem.

• A new ecosystem will reestablish, that is similar to the original.

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Which is a biotic factor that might affect the life of a water-dwelling organism?

• pollutants in the water

• speed of water currents

• temperature of the water

• bacterial population in the water

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Which of the following abiotic factors could affect the stability of an ecosystem?

• droughts, floods, and heat waves

• hurricanes, packs of wolves, and temperature

• blizzards, heat waves, and swarms of grasshoppers

• species of fish, number of decomposers, and supply of algae

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Which example best illustrates the relationship between an abiotic and biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• salmon consuming an insect for food

• flowers providing a food source for a bee

• water currents carrying rocks downstream

• light availability determining the growth rate of plants

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Using the diagram provided, what would happen in this ecosystem after a secondary succession event?

• crabgrass and horseweed would be among the first organisms to regrow

• broomsedge and pine seedlings would be eliminated and unable to regrow

• mature pine and young deciduous trees would form first to reestablish the climax community

• oak and hickory trees would grow taller through mutation, allowing more biotic factors to live in the ecosystem

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The graph shows the masses of different types of plants found in an area after a succession event has occurred. Which choice correctly pairs the type of succession with the event that most likely occurred?

• primary succession - forest fire

• secondary succession - flooding

• primary succession - glacier movement

• secondary succession - volcano eruption

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Years after the lava from an erupting volcano destroyed an area, lichen started to grow in the area. These were gradually replaced by grasses, shrubs, conifers, and deciduous forest. Which of the following answer choices below identifies the correct sequencing for primary succession?

• producers, intermediate species, and colonization

• colonization, pioneer species, intermediate species

• climax community, succession, and pioneer species

• pioneer species, intermediate species, and climax community

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Which abiotic factor distinguishes freshwater systems from marine systems?

• salinity

• plant life

• temperature

• bacterial growth

Scientists have studied the return of plant life on Mount St. Helens ever since the volcano erupted in 1980. Wildflowers began colonizing the area, followed by shrubs and small trees. Scientists predict that it will likely take hundreds of years before the area returns to a forest dominated by fir and hemlock trees. These changes are an example of which of the following?

• primary succession since there is soil still present

• the biological evolution of wildflowers, shrubs, and trees

• humans degrading an ecosystem by removing wildflowers

• the growth of an ecosystem through ecological succession

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What does the climatogram for the Arctic Tundra primarily show about the biome's climate?

• The average sunlight exposure throughout the year.

• The availability of abiotic nutrients during each month.

• The change in temperature and precipitation over the months.

• The types of animals adapted to each season.

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