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Chapter 5 Review

Authored by Alyssa Hatfield

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Chapter 5 Review
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

Predator

An organism’s rank in feeding hierarchy

Evolution

Change over time

Trophic level

Sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait

Tolerance

Ability to survive and reproduce under changing conditions

Gene

A consumer that kills and eats other animals

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

2.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

Food web

An organism that breaks down nonliving matter into simpler parts

Coevolution

Process by which two species evolve in response to each other

Food chain

Linear series of feeding relationships

Biomass

Visual map of feeding relationships and energy flow

Decomposer

Total amount of living tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

natural selection

Process of selection conducted under human direction

genetic drift

Biological evolution that occurs by chance

artificial selection

heritable trait that increases an organisms fitness

Resource partitioning

Process of dividing resources used in common

adaptation

when traits that improve an organism's chance of survival are passed on more frequently than those that do not

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

primary succession

relationship in which two or more species benefit

parasitism

relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected

commensalism

relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

secondary succession

Building of a community after a disturbance has altered it, but not destroyed all of the living things or matter in the soil

mutualism

Building of a community when bare rock, sand or sediment is exposed for the first time

5.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

Extinction

Species that colonize newly exposed land

detritivore

Formation of a new species

pioneer species

how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment

fitness

Disappearance of a species

Speciation

An organism that consumes nonliving organic matter

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

photosynthesis

predictable series of changes over time

chemosynthesis

species that colonize newly exposed land

pioneer species

process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy of sugars

succession

Process by which producers use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars, releasing oxygen along the way

cellular respiration

process by which producers use energy stored in chemical bonds to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

7.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

keystone species

An organism that is a primary consumer and eats plants

carnivore

An organism that relies on others for energy and nutrients

omnivore

A species that has a wide-reaching or strong impact on a community

herbivore

Nonnative organism that spreads widely in a community

invasive species

An animal that eats both plants and animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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