Unit 2 Test Review

Front

Give an example of a feature in each of the earth’s spheres.

Back

Geosphere - Land (earth’s core, mantle, mountains, sand, metals)

Hydrosphere - Water (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers

Atmosphere - Air (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, ozone, wind)

Biosphere - Life (plants, animals, insects, humans) 

Front

What is the cryosphere?

Back

1. The frozen part of the hydrosphere; glaciers & sea ice

Front

Give an example of two abiotic factors.

Back

1. Two non-living parts of the environment; ex) rainfall, temperature

Front

A group of organisms of the same species found in one area at a given time is a(n) _____. 

Back

1. Population

Front

“There were 4.2 inches of rainfall on Saturday” is which type of data?

Back

1. Quantitative

Front

What do you call the place where an organism lives?

Back

Habitat

Front

What is the difference in an animal’s fundamental and realized niche?

Back

1.  A fundamental niche is the role an organism can occupy without competition, and a realized niches is a smaller niche an organism occupies because of competition

Front

Koalas are found in areas that have eucalyptus trees to support their limited diet. Are they specialists or generalists?

Back

1. Specialists

Front

Where do autotrophs get their energy?

Back

1. The sun or chemical compounds

Front

An animal is hunted by a predator, killed, and then eaten immediately. Which type(s) of consumer(s) could have eaten it?

Back

1. A carnivore or omnivore