Environmental Science - Ecology

This is an example of....

• Abiotic factor
• Biotic factor
• Community
• Population

Which of the following mean " members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time"?

• Ecosystem
• Community
• Organism
• Population

Which of the following terms means "an inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment"?

• Adaptation
• Artificial Selection
• Resistance
• Evolution

The image represents ....

• A community
• A population
• An ecosystem
• Biotic factors only

Which of the following terms means "selective breeding of organisms by humans for desirable characteristics"?

• Artificial Selection
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Habitat

Which of the following would be an example of an abiotic factor?

• A dead leaf on the ground
• A fallen tree in the forest
• The egg of a bird
• A pencil used for writing

Which of the following means "an individual living thing"?

• Organism
• Species
• Population
• Abiotic factor

When a certain type of caterpillar is able to eat the leaves of corn plants sprayed with chemicals to prevent bugs but is not affected. This is called....

• Evolution
• Artificial Selection
• Resistance
• Adaptation

Which of the following terms means "gradual changes in characteristics of a population from one generation to the next"?

• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection
• Evolution

Which of the following terms means "the process by which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals"?

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection
• Adaptation