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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.

Tolerance

An organism’s rank in feeding hierarchy

Trophic level

Sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait

Predator

Ability to survive and reproduce under changing conditions

Evolution

A consumer that kills and eats other animals

Gene

Change over time

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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.

Decomposer

Visual map of feeding relationships and energy flow

Coevolution

Linear series of feeding relationships

Food web

Total amount of living tissue

Biomass

An organism that breaks down nonliving matter into simpler parts

Food chain

Process by which two species evolve in response to each other

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

Resource partitioning

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

artificial selection

Process of dividing resources used in common

genetic drift

heritable trait that increases an organisms fitness

adaptation

Process of selection conducted under human direction

natural selection

Biological evolution that occurs by chance

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

parasitism

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

secondary succession

relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected

mutualism

relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

primary succession

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

commensalism

relationship in which two or more species benefit

5.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to the correct description.

Speciation

Species that colonize newly exposed land

fitness

how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment

Extinction

An organism that consumes nonliving organic matter

pioneer species

Disappearance of a species

detritivore

Formation of a new species

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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.

pioneer species

predictable series of changes over time

photosynthesis

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

cellular respiration

species that colonize newly exposed land

succession

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

chemosynthesis

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

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

omnivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals

invasive species

An organism that is a primary consumer and eats plants

carnivore

Nonnative organism that spreads widely in a community

herbivore

An organism that relies on others for energy and nutrients

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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