3rd Nine Weeks Quick Review

A plant is adapted to a rainforest with little sunlight. Identify the BEST adaptation this plant might have to ensure its survival.

• extremely long root system

• thick, waxy, spike covered leaves

• ability to attach to and grow upwards on taller trees

• shallow root system near the surface

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An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

A process through which the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artificial Selection

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Scientists have created larger and sweeter strawberries for humans to consume (eat). What process was used?

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

If a mouse population changes color from white to black over many generations due to their environment, what occurred?

• the mice changed their fur color to better match their environment

• the mice with white fur died and the mice with dark fur reproduced and passed on their fur color

• the mice chose to change their fur so they could camouflage better in their environment

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Which is an example of a biotic factor in a biome?

• composition of the sand

• amount of water

• population of birds

• air quality

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This biome has four distinct seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), is made up of trees that drop their leaves in the fall then regrow them in the spring, and has some animals that hibernate in the winter to avoid the cold.

• desert

• taiga (coniferous forest)

• temperate grasslands

• deciduous forest

What is climate?

• The home or environment of a plant or animal.

• The temperature and precipitation of a particular area.

• A major ecosystem made up of many habitats.

• A community of animals and plants that interact with their environment.

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All of the living AND non-living things in an particular area is called a(n):

• ecosystem
• population

• community
• habitat

This biome has permanently frozen soil (permafrost), can be found in the Arctic or Antarctic, has almost no plants, and is cold year round

• tropical rainforest

• tropical grassland (savanna)

• desert
• tundra

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