8th Grade EOG Review Hydro & Eco

How would a large increase in the salinity of an estuary most likely affect the ecosystem of the estuary?

• All organisms would die

• All organisms would continue to live as they now do.

• The number of salt-tolerant organisms would increase, and the number of salt-intolerant organisms would decrease.

• The number of salt-intolerant organisms would increase, and the number of salt-tolerant organisms would decrease.

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Which would indicate the water in a lake is not safe for drinking?

• many varieties of fish in the lake

• high dissolved-oxygen levels in the lake

• cold water temperature of the lake

• high turbidity levels in the lake

In some environments, wolves prey on deer for their source of food. If all of the wolves were taken from the environment, what would most likely happen to the deer population?

• The deer population would increase and begin to compete for food.

• The deer population would become larger and healthier animals.

• The deer population would decrease, because there would be an increase in disease.

• The deer population would change color, because they would not have to hide from wolves.

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How are mutualism and parasitism different?

• Both organisms benefit in mutualism, while in parasitism only one organism benefits at the other’s expense.

• Both organisms benefit in parasitism, while in mutualism only one organism benefits at the other’s expense.

• Both organisms benefit in mutualism, while in parasitism one organism benefits, and the other is neither harmed nor benefits.

• Both organisms benefit in parasitism, while in mutualism one organism benefits, and the other is neither harmed nor benefits.

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Which best explains why all of the Earth’s freshwater is not available for human use?

• Most of Earth’s freshwater is only in lakes.

• Most of Earth’s freshwater is underground.

• Most of Earth’s freshwater is still in the water cycle.

• Most of Earth’s freshwater is frozen water.

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How can upwellings improve fishing for ocean fishermen?

• They cause the ocean water to get warmer.

• They cause ocean currents to remain calm.

• They bring nutrients from the cold, deep ocean waters.

• They bring ocean currents from the equator.

If a lake has excess levels of phosphates and nitrates in its water, what will most likely result?

• The temperature of the lake water will decrease

• The turbidity levels of the lake will decrease

• The dissolved-oxygen levels in the lake will increase

• The growth of algae in the lake will increase

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The table shows the food choices for two species of birds.

Which will most likely happen to Questors as a result of Wood Plaxers migrating to their habitat?

• The Questors will compete with the Wood Plaxers for food resources.

• The Questors will be forced to fly to a different habitat.

• The two species will become extinct.

• The two species will coexist with no competition.

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What happens to most of the energy as it moves throughout a food web?

• It is changed into light energy

• It is changed into heat energy

• It is changed into mass

• It is changed into decomposers

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Where do plants get the food they need for energy?

• They absorb it directly from the sun.

• They absorb it directly from the soil.

• They produce it during photosynthesis

• They receive it from atmospheric gases

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