Intro to Ecology and Evolution Review

The smallest unit of ecological life is called...

• an organism

• a population

• a community

• the biosphere

What is it called when a group of the same organisms live together in the same place at the same time?

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Biotic and abiotic factors in a defined region at a specific time

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

The temperate deciduous forest, the tropical rain forest, the desert, and the tundra are all regions of similar habitats. These are all examples of...

• the biosphere

• biomes

• ecosystems

• communities

Jacobi is going to his grandparents' farm. On the farm is a stream where he likes to fish. When he is fishing, he sees many different species of fish as well as maple and oak trees and dragonflies. What Jacobi is describing is an example of what level of organization?

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• species

Highland Springs High School grounds includes the students, teachers, classrooms, trees, and air. Highland Springs High School is a(n)...

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• biosphere

When pollution caused the birch trees to darken, darker peppered moths had greater reproductive success. This describes...

• natural selection

• levels of organization

• their taxonomic system

• vestigial structure development

Humans have wisdom teeth that are not useful to the individual organism. Wisdom teeth are a

• vestigial structure

• physical adaptation

• physiological adaptation

• response to natural selection

Which of the following is NOT considered evidence of evolution?

• similar DNA

• similar behavior

• similar development

• vestigial structures

Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of food available. The beak is an example of a

• physical adaption

• physiological adaptation

• behavioral adaptation