Quiz about Ecology Ohio Eoc

Question 1

What do we call the non-living part of the environment?

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Abiotic

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Biotic

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Population

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Antibiotic

Question 2

What do we call several different populations interacting in some way?

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Community

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Population

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Ecosystem

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Biome

Question 3

The study of how living things interact with their environment and abiotic factors is the study of ____________________.

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Ecology

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Astrology

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Microbiology

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Geology

Question 4

How can abiotic factors change in an ecosystem?

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All of the above

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Flooding

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Forest fires

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drought

Question 5

Where do plants get their energy?

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sun

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Powerade

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5 hour energy drinks

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candy

Question 6

If one species in an ecosystem is destroyed, what would happen to the other species?

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thrown out of balance

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benefit

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die

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are unaffected

Question 7

What is the lowest level of ecological organization?

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organism

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Biosphere

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ecosystem

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community

Question 8

What is the level of organization where the community is interacting with abiotic factors?

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ecosystem

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community

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population

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biome

Question 9

Abiotic factors in the environment are all __________.

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nonliving

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living

Question 10

Lions, birds, snakes and trees are all __________.

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biotic factors

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abiotic factors

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part of a niche

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in the same food chain

Question 11

Algae, grasses and trees are all __________.

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autotrophs/producers

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decomposers

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consumers

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pyramids

Question 12

The portion of Earth that supports life is the __________

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biosphere

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individual

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community

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environment

Question 13

Which level has the least amount of energy?

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secondary consumer

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producer

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decomposer

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primary consumer

Question 14

The ecosystem is comprised of both ____ and _____factors.

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biotic and abiotic

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rain and shine

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earth and environment

Question 15

What is the source of energy that flows through most of the food chains on Earth?

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the sun

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plants

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temperature

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wind

Question 16

Ecology is the study of .

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Interactions among organisms and their environments

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life

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interactions among organisms

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how traits are passed from parents to offspring

Question 17

Which of the following is abiotic?

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The soil the tree is growing in.

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A tree in a forest.

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Wood from the tree on the forest floor.

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A termite on the tree.

Question 18

Which of the following is biotic?

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Food

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Water

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Air

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Light

Question 19

What is made up of all the populations in an area?

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Community

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Habitat

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Niche

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Ecosystem

Question 20

Some limiting factors that affect populations include lack of food, lack of water, lack of living space, and the spread of disease.

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True

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False

Question 21

Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic.....

TREE

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Biotic

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Abiotic

Question 22

Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic.....

Water

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Abiotic

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Biotic

Question 23

The living world is organized in levels. Biotic and abiotic factors also can be arranged into levels of biological organization. Put the words below in order from the least complex to the most complex

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Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

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Community, Organism, Biome, Population, Biosphere, Ecosystem

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Organism, Biome, Population, Community Biosphere, Ecosystem

Question 24

In the country of Georgeville there is an average of 4.5 births for every 3.3 deaths. That means the population of Georgeville is most likely

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Increasing

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Decreasing

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Staying the same

Question 25

If there are not enough predators and too many prey, the prey population may eventually starve.

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False

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True

Question 26

Which of the following is a predator/prey relationship?

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Owls eating mice

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Bunnies eating shrubs

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Bears eating berries

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Worms eating decaying matter

Question 27

What is the ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem?

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The sun

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Producers

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Glucose

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Decomposers

Question 28

Which of the following is a heterotroph?

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Spider

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Mushroom

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Wheat grass

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Phytoplankton

Question 29

What belongs at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

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Producer

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Predator

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Consumer

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Decomposer

Question 30

__________ is an organism that can make it's own food.

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Autotroph

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Heterotroph

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Consumer

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Decomposer

Question 31

What is the formula for photosynthesis?

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Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light = Glucose + Oxygen

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Oxygen + Water = Carbon Dioxide + Glucose

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Water + Light = Carbon Dioxide + Glucose + Oxygen

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Carbon Dioxide + Light + Glucose = Water + Oxygen

Question 32

What type of factors represent the living organisms in an environment?

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Biotic

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Abiotic

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Viruses

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Natural Disasters

Question 33

What type of factors represent the nonliving aspects of an environment?

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Abiotic

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Biotic

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Bacteria

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Protists

Question 34

Which of the following determines the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

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the most limited resources required for survival

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the amount of disease affecting organisms in the ecosystem

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the amount of rainfall the habitat receives

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the number of predators in the area

Question 35

Which of the following determines an environment's carrying capacity?

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The most necessary resource that runs out first

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The average rainfall of an ecosystem

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The daily temperature of an ecosystem

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The carnivores preying on the population

Question 36

Which of the following represent abiotic factors that affect an environment?

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Precipitation, wind, and soil type

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Fish, mangroves, and bacteria

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Alligators, ferns, and cattails

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Sunlight, mushrooms, and protists

Question 37

Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large.

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True

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False

Question 38

A snake is eaten by a hawk. The hawk is the _______.

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predator

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prey

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parasite

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all of these

Question 39

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.

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limiting factors

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wet

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messy

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found in rocks

Question 40

If the population of a certain predator increases, there is often _______ its prey

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a decrease the population of

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an increase of the population of

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great news for its prey of

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no  impact found on

Question 41

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then...

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Populations will increase

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Populations will stay the same

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Populations will decrease

Question 42

Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

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a limiting factor

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a limiting measure

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factorization

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materialization of precipitation

Question 43

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

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The bird population would decrease

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The bird population would stay the same

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The bird population would infinitely increase

Question 44

Releasing a pet rabbit into the wild will cause no harm on the environment. True or false?

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False

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True

Question 45

All members of one species in a certain area.

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Population

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Limiting Factors

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Immigration

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Birth Rate

Question 46

If the birth rate is _________ than the death rate then the population will ____________.

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Greater/Increase

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Greater/Decrease

Question 47

The largest number of organisms that the environment can support.

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Carrying Capacity

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Limiting Factor

Question 48

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

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70

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3

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7

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40

Question 49

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is NOT an example of a limiting factor that would greatly affect a rabbit population?

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a rainy season

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a disease that causes rabbits to die

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grass available to eat

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the population of hawks that eat rabbits

Question 50

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

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The population starts to die off and returns to the carrying capacity.

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It continues to grow higher and higher.

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The population will go extinct due to lack of resources.

Question 51

The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?

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It will increase.

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It will decrease.

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It will remain the same.

Question 52

The reason that organisms cannot produce populations of unlimited size is that

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The resources of Earth are limited.

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Populations always stay exactly the same.

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There is no carrying capacity for the whole Earth.

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Species rarely compete with each other for food.

Question 53

In a large Maine forest with many animals and lots of space, there are only a small number of bears. Which of these most likely limits the population of bears in the forest?

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supply of food

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cloud cover in the atmosphere

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space

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types of trees in the area

Question 54

A population of salamanders that live in a river require clear, fresh water to survive. New housing developments have caused tons of sediment to muddy the river. Which

of these most likely will happen to the salamander population?

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The salamanders will decrease in number because of the water quality.

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The salamanders go live on land.

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The salamanders will move across land to another river.

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The salamanders will quickly adapt to living in the muddy water.

Question 55

A scientist was studying a population of fish in a pond over a period of 10 years. He observed that

the population increased each year for 3 years, and then remained nearly constant for the rest of

the study. The best explanation for this observation is that the population had

Accepted Answer

reached carrying capacity

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stopped reproducing

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mutated into a different species

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run out of food and all died

Question 56

One species of Galapagos finches, the cactus finch, eats insects off cactus plants. A disease kills off most of the cacti in the Galapagos Islands.

Which of these most likely would happen to the carrying capacity of the island?

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It would decrease a lot because there is less to eat.

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It would increase a small amount since the insect population would decrease.

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It would remain about the same since the finches would change to a different diet.

Question 57

Mice produce a large number of offspring all year long, yet the number of mice within a given population changes very little from year to year. The stability of the population size is most likely the result of

Accepted Answer

limiting factors that keep the population in check

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mice continuing to reproduce when its population is large

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the survival of more female mice than male mice

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the development of mutations in young mice

Question 58

Ten breeding pairs of mink are introduced onto an island with no natural predators and a good supply of water and food. What will most likely happen to the mink population?

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It will increase until it exceeds carrying capacity.

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It will remain relatively constant due to equal birth and death rates.

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It will die out.

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It will decrease and then increase forever.

Question 59

A sample of bacteria was added to a culture dish containing a limited food supply. (Culture dishes are designed to help bacteria grow.) The dish was kept in an incubator for two weeks, where temperature that bacteria prefer to live in was kept constant. The graph to the right shows changes that occurred in the bacterial population over the two weeks.

Which statement provides the best explanation for the population increase then decrease?

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The bacteria ate all of the available food.

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The bacteria were unable to reproduce until day 8.

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The bacteria could not grow at all in the provided temperatures.

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The bacteria could not grow at all with the provided food type.

Question 60

A large ecosystem is called a ______

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Biome

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Ecosystem

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Habitat

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Niche

Question 61

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

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Climate

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Land

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Water

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Longitude

Question 62

Which biome is the driest?

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Desert

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Tundra

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Taiga

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Rainforest

Question 63

Which Biome has permafrost?

Accepted Answer

Tundra

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Temperate Forest

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Rainforest

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Taiga

Question 64

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

Accepted Answer

Temperate Forest

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Rainforest

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Grasslands

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Taiga

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