Grade 9 1st Quarter Bank Questions

What might the observation method in ecological research look like?

• looking at a tissue sample under the microscope

• staring at a picture

• observing organisms in their environment

• writing a paper

How are biotic and abiotic factors related?

• they aren't

• they both can affect the life of an organism

• you can only have one

• cousins

How are biotic and abiotic factors different?

• one is male and one is female

• one is up on the hill and the other is in the water

• they aren't

• biotic factors are living and abiotic factors are not alive

When gathering ecological data, the first step is...

• Experimentation

• Observation

• Modeling

• Hypothesis

What are the biotic factors of the pond ecosystem?

• Fish, water lilies, and frogs

• Pond water and rain that falls on the pond

• Air above the pond, and the pond water

• The sunlight that shines on the pond

Answer explanation

The biotic factors of the pond ecosystem include fish, water lilies, and frogs, as they are living organisms that directly impact the ecosystem.

What is the scientific study of interactions among organisms, populations, and communities?

• Ecology

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

What branch of biology deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings?

• Physics

• Ecology

• Chemistry

• Mathematics

Lana concludes that all of the deer in a forest are members of the same ___________ because they look alike and breed with one another.

• geosphere

• ecosystem

• species

• hydrosphere

Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact is...

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• biosphere

• population

A physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem is ...

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• biosphere

• population