SCLT Q2 review

What is species richness?

• When an area has a high diversity in species

• When an area has species that share an area evenly

• When species have similar niches that separate limited resources

• When one organism harms another organism while it benefits

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is symbiosis?

• Close ecological relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact with one another

• A relationship between an organism that benefits from another organism that is unaffected by the first organism

• A relationship between two organisms that both benefit from one another

• When an area has a diversity in species

What symbiotic relationship is the following displaying? Colonial birds clean the teeth of alligators, who in turn protect the birds from predators in the wetlands.

• mutualistic

• commensalistic

• parasitic

• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following will NOT affect species richness?

• Mining of the area

• The adding of a new species to the area

• The removal of a plant species in the area

• Heavy metal contamination in the water supply

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What kind of organism would be found in the identified trophic level?

• Producers
• herbivores

• secondary consumers

• primary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Cancer is caused by the...

• Mutated germ cell from parent to offspring

• Mutated somatic cell from parent to offspring

• Synthesis of DNA

• The uncontrolled growth/division of cells

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Succession is a series of steps in which...

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is NOT a phase in interphase of the cell cycle?

• Gap 1 (G1)

• Gap 2 (G2)

• M phase

• S phase

Which checkpoint in the cell cycle is responsible for checking that DNA has been properly replicated?

• G2 checkpoint

• S phase checkpoint

• M phase checkpoint

• G1 checkpoint

Which of the following describes species evenness?

• When an area has a high diversity in species

• When an area has species that share an area evenly

• When species have similar niches that separate limited resources

• When one organism harms another organism while it benefits