Inherited traits, ecosystems

A gene is best described as -

• the release of energy

• A unit of heredity

• The waste produced by cells

• The storage of water

The inherited traits of an organism are governed by -

• leucocytes

• Genes

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

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What structure in a cell contains the genetic information?

• lysosome

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

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On what structures are genes located?

• chromosomes

• lysosomes

• Ribosomes

• Golgi Bodies

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Fish in a small pond will most likely depend on which of the following biotic factors to meet their needs?

• Plants that exchange gasses with the pond water

• Insects that feed on other insects in the pond

• Water birds that prey on amphibians and small fish

• Large predators that consume aquatic vertebrates

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Bromeliads are small plants that grow attached to the sides of large trees high above the ground in warm, damp, and densely crowded tropical rain forests. Bromeliads do this because they are in competition with other plants for –

• soil

• heat

• light

• water

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If it requires 1000 crustaceans to support 100 Herring fish then how many Mackerel could be supported?

• 1000

• 100

• 10

• 1

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Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the grasshopper population?

• There would be a decrease in the rat population

• There would be a decrease in frog population

• There will a decrease in the corn plant population

• there will be an increase in butterfly population

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Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up-

• Energy pyramid

• Food web

• Gain food chain

• None of the above

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What role do decomposers have in contributing to the survival of other organisms in their environments?

• Decomposers use sunlight to make food for other organisms

• Decomposers release nutrients that plants use into the soil

• Decomposers exhale oxygen through the process of respiration

• Decomposers give off water vapor into the air during transpiration

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