Diversity of Life Review - Shortened EOC

Diversity of Life Review - Shortened EOC

Multiple Choice

What was the first type of organism found on Earth?

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

Multiple Choice

What type of evolution is responsible for all the diversity of life on Earth currently?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Coevolution

• adpative radiations

Open Ended

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic?

Open Ended

Explain how energy flows in an ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Which species in the food web would be subject to the greatest biomagnification of pesticides applied to the grasses

• Hawks

• Deer

• Grasses

• Grasshoppers

Multiple Select

Invasive species

• Outcompete native species

• lack natural predators

• increase genetic diversity

• Can grow uncontrollably

• Good for ecosystem health

Multiple Choice

clownfish and anemone

The symbiotic relationship between an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) and a clownfish (Amphiron ocellaris) is a classic example of two organisms benefiting the other; the anemone provides the clownfish with protection and shelter, while the clownfish provides the anemone nutrients in the form of waste while also scaring off potential predator fish.

• Parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

Multiple Choice

barnacles and humpback whales.

The huge whales transport the tiny barnacles to plankton-rich waters, there is no benefit or harm to the whale.

• Parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

Multiple Choice

relationship between corals and sponges. Sponges are very abundant in coral reefs. If they become too successful, however, they take needed food and other resources from the corals that make up the reef. Sponges may outcompete corals for resources in the short term

• Parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

Multiple Choice

a leech sucking blood from a fish

• Parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

Multiple Choice

A population will grow if

• birth rate is less than death rate

• birth rate is higher than the death rate

• birth rate is equal to the death rate

Multiple Choice

What is carrying capacity

• the minimum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• the maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

Multiple Choice

What shift in population growth has taken place at point A

• Birth rates and death rates are equal

• The rate of emigration equals death

• The population size and the predator are equalized

• There will be more food available than the populations can consume