Ecology AP

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Science
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12th Grade
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Hard
+6
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is a niche?
A species that outcompetes others in an area
The level on a food chain an organism occupies
An organisms role in an ecosystem and the resources they obtain
A species that disproportionately affects an ecosystem
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
A herd of zebras would be considered a
community
species
ecosystem
population
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which of the following encompasses all the others?
ecosystem
community
population
individual
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS2-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
__________ primary productivity is the total amount of energy that producers convert to chemical energy in organic molecules per unit of time.
Net
Total
Gross
None of the above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
__________productivity = the organic materials that remain after photosynthetic organisms in the ecosystem have used some of these compounds for their cellular energy needs (cellular respiration).
Gross
Primary
Net
Secondary
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The habitat of a moth species included trees with both light and dark colored bark.Therefore the moth species included both light and dark colored variants.Then the light-colored trees were wiped out by a disease, and within a few years nearly all the moths in this forest were dark colored. Which of the following choices BEST explains what happened?
The light moths that survived all had dark offspring in order to adapt to the change.
The dark moths were less visible to predators, so mostly light moths were eaten.
The few light moths that survived did not mate, and therefore they had no offspring.
The light moths changed their wing pigments to darker colors to avoid being eaten.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is
invasive species
poaching and overharvesting
pollution
habitat change and loss
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
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