Environmental Science Chapter 4 Test Review

Which of the following describes soil and temperature in an ecosystem?

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• unnecessary factors

• selection factors

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Which of the following is part of an organism’s habitat?

• shelter

• food

• water

• all of them

Some snakes produce a powerful venom that paralyzes their prey. This poison is an example of

• coevolution

• an adaptation

• a reptile

• a biotic factor

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Natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presence or absence of:

• cell walls

• particular traits

• learned behaviors

• breeding

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The change in the genetic characteristics in a population from one generation to the next

• natural selection

• adaptation

• evolution

• artificial selection

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Process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• evolution

• artificial selection

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Trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• evolution

• artificial selection

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Trait that may be unintentionally selected by humans.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• artificial selection

• resistance

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Process that causes the characteristics of a population

to change without human control.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• evolution

• artificial selection

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Which of the following is a biotic factor

• soil

• water

• air

• plants