New 2022 Biology Finals

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

Individuals that can breed with one another make up a

• species
• population
• community
• ecosystem

Organisms that obtains its energy from abiotic sources, such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

• Autotroph
• Heterotroph
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

Mistletoe grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients:

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

What is the greenhouse effect?

• It is a phenomenon where the sun’s rays are absorbed by clouds.

• It is a phenomenon that occurs when heat escapes into space.

• It is when heat is trapped by gases, then sent back to earth’s surface.

• It describes the atmosphere’s composition.

Barnacles are animals that cannot move. In order to get food, they attach to whales and catch any floating plankton in the water. The whale is neither helped nor harmed in the interaction. What type of symbiosis is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Neutralism

The difference between weather and climate is that climate is:

• The average, year-to-year conditions

• The day-to-day conditions

• Described in terms of months at a time

• B and C are both correct