Populations and Ecosystems

Multiple Choice

A tornado rips through the North Carolina mountains and destroys a huge forest. This decrease in the tree population is the result of a

• density dependent limiting factor.

• density independent limiting factor.

• type of punctuated equilibrium.

• primary succession limiting factor.

Multiple Choice

Any abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem that causes a population’s size to slow or decrease is a ____________ factor.

• limiting

• density dependent

• carrying

• growth

Multiple Choice

Gort (see image) lives her best life by removing the tongue of it's host fish and replacing it with herself. Gort then feeds on some of the nutrients that the fish eats. The fish loses some of the nutrients to Gort. This is an example of...

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predation

Multiple Choice

Bees are insects that belong to the group of:

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

Multiple Choice

The Sun is the source of all energy within an ecosystem. Plants depend on light from the sun in order to perform the process of photosynthesis. Sunlight is an example of what type of factor?

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

Multiple Choice

Up to 60% of an adult human is made up of water. Water is an example of what type of factor?

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

Multiple Choice

Nemo is a clown fish that was capture by scuba divers. Fish is an example of which type of factor?

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

Open Ended

What is the ultimate source of energy on Earth?

Multiple Select

Which of the following organism above are considered "Autotrophic"?

• Lemongrass

• Fox

• Apple Tree

• Rose Plant

• Sunlight

Match

Match the following

• Snake

• Rabbit

• Grass

Carnivore

Herbivore

Producer

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer