Env Sci, Thursday Bell Ringer Quiz, 1.17.19

Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Predator-Prey

Cows and pronghorn both eat the same types of food in areas of Utah. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Competition

Native sponges and introduced muscles are both filter feeders in many of the Great Lakes.  What is the ecological relationship?

• Predator-Prey
• Parasitism
• Carnivore
• Competition

Chickens will eat both insects and seeds. Which term best describes this feeding pattern?

• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Producer

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?

• exponential
• logistic
• S-shaped
• predator-prey

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow
• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population
• Sunlight
• Grass available

Competition, disease, predation, and parasitism are considered ___________ ____________ limiting factors

• Density-dependent
• Density-independent

Which option is abiotic?

• Plants
• Bacteria
• Water
• Fungi

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3