Ecology Review

Ecology Review

Multiple Choice

What causes the seasons?

• The distance of the Earth and Sun

• The tilt of the Earth's Axis

• The distance of the Earth and the Moon

• The tilt of the Earth's Equator

Multiple Choice

Which of these best compares the conditions at Location X and Location Y?

• It is day at Location X and night at Location Y.

• It is winter at Location X and summer at Location Y

• There are more hours of daylight at Location X than at Location Y

• The moon is brighter when viewed from Location X than when viewed from Location Y

Multiple Choice

What is the most important factor concerning seasons changing?

• Rotation

• Revolution

Multiple Choice

The Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when Earth is in —

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

When the Southern Hemisphere is in summer, what season is the Northern in?

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

When the moon is near the Sun what phase would be seen from Earth?

• New

• Full

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

When the moon is far from the Sun what phase would be seen from Earth?

• New

• Full

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

Multiple Choice

Which of these correctly compares the masses of different objects in the universe?

• A moon has less mass than a star and more mass than the planet it orbits.

• A planet has less mass than a galaxy and more mass than the star it orbits.

• A galaxy has less mass than a moon and more mass than a planet.

• A star has less mass than a galaxy and more mass than a planet.

Multiple Choice

A wave has wavelength of 4.87 x 10 -8. What kind of wave is most likely?

• microwaves

• ultraviolet

• x-rays

• radio waves

Multiple Choice

Investigators using a special telescope determined that a certain quasar was emitting waves with a frequency of 1.41 × 10 +9 Hz. An electromagnetic spectrum is shown.

The investigators were most likely using a telescope that detects —

• microwaves

• visible light

• x-rays

• gamma rays

Multiple Choice

Looking at this image, is this a balanced or unbalanced equation?

• Balanced

• Unbalanced

Multiple Choice

What is the net force in this equation?

Multiple Choice

two forces acting in opposite directions on an object, and do not cause a change in motion; equal in size

• Force

• Balanced Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Inertia

Multiple Choice

What is the net force?

• 400 N Up
• 400 N Down
• - 400 N Down
• 800 N Down

Multiple Choice

You and your dad are moving the couch from one side to another. Your dad pushes with a force of 35 N to the right and you push with a force of 25 N right. What is the net force on the couch?

• 60 N right
• 10 N left
• 60 n right
• 50 N left

Multiple Choice

Newtons first law states...

• An object at rest will remain at rest unless a force is applied

• An object is moving

• An object has stopped

• An moving object will keep going when a force is applied to it

Multiple Choice

What is the formula for the law of acceleration?

• M = F x A

• F = M x A

• A = F x M

Multiple Choice

Which is newtons 3rd law

• for every thing there is reaction

• for every reaction there is a unusual action

• For every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction

• for every reaction there is an good action

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of the law of action/reaction?

• A rocket taking off from Earth

• A crash test dummy flies through the windshield in a collision

• A small rock skips a pond faster than a large rock

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

Multiple Choice

What is the number of protons that the element in this image contain?

• 14

• 7

• 15

• 18

Multiple Choice

What does the 1.00794 stand for?

• Hydrogen

• atomic number

• atomic mass

• atomic explosion

Multiple Choice

A particle that moves around the nucleus is a(n)...

• Proton
• Neutron
• Electron
• Quark

Multiple Choice

Particles in an atom that are neutral and have no charge are

• negatrons

• electrons

• neutrons

• protons

Multiple Choice

The central region of an atom where its neutrons and protons are is its

• nucleus

• electron cloud

• core

• center

Multiple Choice

The positive particles of an atom are

• electrons

• positrons

• neutrons

• protons

Multiple Select

Nonmetals (select all that apply)

• are found on the right side of the periodic table.

• are found on the left side of the periodic table.

• are good conductors of heat and electricity.

• are brittle.

• can be solid, liquids, or gases at room temperature.

Multiple Select

Metals (select all that apply)

• are found on the right side of the periodic table.

• are found on the left side of the periodic table.

• are good conductors of heat and electricity.

• are brittle.

• are malleable and ductile.

Multiple Choice

A row on the Periodic Table of Elements

• family

• period

• row

• isotope

Multiple Choice

where are the metaloids found

• far left, vertical

• stair step/diagonal

• far right horizontal

• at the bottom

Multiple Choice

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water
• Sun
• Consumers
• Oxygen

Multiple Choice

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

• mutualism
• competition
• predator/prey
• parasitism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms in competition with the weasel for their food source?

• grass

• rabbit

• fox

• snake

Multiple Choice

What is a producer?

• Organism that makes its own energy
• Organism that breaks down dead organisms
• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are producers?

• Chemosynthetic bacteria and symbiotic bacteria
• Amphipods and zooplankton
• Tubeworms and zoarcid fish
• Octopuses and mussels

Multiple Choice

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• niche

Multiple Choice

The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

Multiple Choice

The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Producer
• Autotroph

Multiple Choice

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

Multiple Choice

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic

• Community

• Organism

• Reptile