Unit 2 Test - Eco, Nutrients, Biomag, Monarchs

What is not an abiotic factor?

• phytoplankton

• sun

• water

• temperature

Which word describes a group of only biotic factors living and interacting together

• ecosystem

• organism

• community

• population

True or False: a population is a group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring

• True

• False

What is a group of the same species that live in the same place?

• ecosystem

• population

• organism

• community

A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next is:

• natural selection

• coevolution

• adaptive change

• evolution

Over long periods of time, natural selection leads to evolution

• True

• False

What is an example of an adaptation?

• rabbits having large ears to listen for predators

• oppossums having a prehensile tail that allows them to hang onto branches

• monarch butterflies are bright colors to scare off predators

• all of the above

True or False: we see artificial selection happening in nature all the time

• True

• False

True or False: Coevolution is the process where 2 species evolve in response to short-term interactions with each other

• True

• False

True or False: Resistance evolution causes bugs to be MORE susceptible (they'll die) to pesticide spray over time

• True

• False