APES 1.1-1.3 Practice Quiz

An observer notes that the various birds in her yard feed on are using different parts of the tree for nesting sites and food. This is an example of _______________

• division of labor

• resource conservation

• resource partitioning

• mutualism

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An ecosystem contains

• only one species

• multiple species

• living and non-living components

• all the similar biomes across the world

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A population is best described as

• only one species

• multiple species

• living and non-living components

• all the similar biomes across the world

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation
• latitude and temperature
• elevation and latitude
• precipitation and temperature

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What do you call ALL the living things in the same environment?

• population
• community
• ecosystem
• biome

All the organisms on earth get their energy directly or indirectly from?

• Oxygen
• Water 
• Nitrogen
• The Sun

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In addition to temperature, a terrestrial biome is defined by

I. annual precipitation.

II. distinctive animal species

III. distinctive plant species.

• I, II and III

• II and III only

• I and III only

• I and II only

The precipitation line below the temperature line in a climate diagram shows?

• the primary growing season.

• when plants will grow the least.

• the biome is a desert or tundra.

• the season in which droughts are most likely to occur.

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Which of the following biomes has the highest soil nutrient levels?

• Woodland/shrubland

• Boreal forest

• Temperate rainforest

• Tropical rainforest

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Which of the following is a transitional desert to forest

• Taiga

• Savanna

• Shrubland

• Tundra