Title: 5th 6 Weeks Review
15th 6 Weeks Review
2Which of the following is a living factor in the
environment?
- A animals
- B air
- C sunlight
- D soil
- Correct Answer A- Animals
3What is made up of the populations in an area?
- A niches
- B habitats
- C community
- D ecosystem
- Correct Answer C- Community
http//www.3dfoilart.com/images/serengeti.jpg
4What does the number of individuals in a
population that occupies an area of a specific
size describe?
- A clumping
- B size
- C spacing
- D density
- Correct Answer D- Density
www.westhouston.org/coh_demographics.htm
5Which of the following animals is an example of a
herbivore?
- A wolf
- B moss
- C tree
- D rabbit
- Correct Answer D- Rabbit
6What term best describes a symbiotic relationship
in which one species is helped and the other is
harmed?
- A mutualism
- B parasitism
- C commensalisms
- D consumerism
- Correct Answer B- parasitism
www.brilliant-creations.com/parasite.htm
7Which of the following conditions tends to
increase the size of a population?
- A births exceed deaths
- B population size exceeds the carrying capacity
- C movements out of an area exceed movements into
the area - D Severe drought
- Correct Answer A- births exceeds deaths
8Which of the following is most likely to be a
limiting factor in a population of fish living in
the shallow water of a large lake?
- A sunlight
- B water
- C food
- D soil
- Correct Answer C- food
http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ecosystems/or1
sam.jpg
9Which of these organisms is a producer?
- A mole
- B owl
- C whale
- D oak tree
- Correct Answer D- oak tree
student.lakeareatech.edu/colclazj/intern/
10Which pairs of words is incorrect?
- A Black bear-carnivore
- B Grasshopper-herbivore
- C Pig-omnivore
- D Lion-carnivore
- Correct Answer
- A- Black Bear is a omnivore
http//www.windowsintowonderland.org/bears/images/
grizzly/eatelk.jpg
11What are tundra and desert examples of?
- A ecosystem
- B biomes
- C habitats
- D communities
- Correct Answer B - Biomes
12What is a hot, dry biome called?
- A desert
- B tundra
- C coral reef
- D grassland
- Correct Answer A - dessert
13Where would organisms that are adapted to live in
freshwater and salt water be found?
- A lake
- B estuary
- C open ocean
- D intertidal zone
- Correct Answer B - estuary
14Which biome contains the largest number of
species?
- A taiga
- B temperate decorous forest
- C tropical rain forest
- D grassland
- Correct Answer C tropical rain forest
- http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon
15Which biome contains mostly frozen soil called
permafrost?
- A taiga
- B temperate rain forest
- C tundra
- D temperate deciduous forest
- Correct Answer C - Tundra
16A new island is formed from a volcanic eruption.
Which species probably would be the first to grow
and survive?
- A oak trees
- B lichens
- C grasses
- D ferns
- Correct Answer B - Lichens
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichens
17What would the changes in communities that take
place on a recently formed volcanic island best
be described as?
- A primary succession
- B secondary succession
- C tertiary
- D magma
- Correct Answer A Primary Succession
18What is the stable stage of succession?
- A pioneer species
- B climax community
- C limiting factors
- D permafrost
- Correct Answer B Climax Community
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_community
19Which of the following aquatic ecosystems would
have the lowest salinity?
- A estuaries
- B rivers
- C coral reef
- D open oceans
- Correct Answer B - rivers
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers
20Which ecosystem would experience the most drastic
changes in a 24-hour period?
- A open ocean
- B intertidal zone
- C lake
- D coral reef
- Correct Answer B intertidal zone
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertidal_zone
21A farmer noticed a large quantity of aphids in
his garden. The next day he purchased a large
quantity of lady bugs and released them into his
garden. What is the likely hypothesis he was
trying to test?
22Answer is
23Give at least one reason why many animals that
live in the desert are able to survive without
directly drinking water.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_rat
24Answer is
- Desert animals get water from the plants they eat.