Q2 Benchmark Review

Biodiversity refers to

• extinct species

• the variety of species in an ecosystem

• nonrenewable resources

• the rate of species decline

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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If 20,000 kcal of energy is available to the producers, how much energy will be available to the tertiary consumer?

• 20,000 kcal

• 2,000 kical

• 200 kcal

• 20 kcal

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

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Limiting factors which impact the size of a population no matter how large that population is.

• Density Independent Limiting Factors
• Density Dependent Limiting Factors
• Carrying Capacity
• Exponential Growth

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Limiting factors whose effects on the size or growth of the population vary with the population density.

• Density Independent Limiting Factors

• Density Dependent Limiting Factors

• Carrying Capacity

• Exponential Growth

All of the following are examples of density independent limiting factors EXCEPT

• disease/parasitism

• wild fire

• flood

• pollution

All of the following are examples of density dependent limiting factors EXCEPT:

• disease/parasitism

• competition

• natural disasters

• predation

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

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