Unit 2 Review

When can a species develop genetic diversity?

• Immediately

• Over a Short Period of Time

• Over Any Period of Time

• Over a Long Period of Time

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If the environment changes, what must a species do to survive?

• Remain the same

• Adapt

• Change the Environment Back

• Species cannot survive a change

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What caused the dark peppered moth to flourish after the Industrial Revolution?

• Darkening of the sky

• Darkening of the ground

• Darkening of the tree bark

• The ability to fly.

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What do plants do when they grow towards sunlight?

• Get smaller

• Get more sunlight

• Die faster

• live longer

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What can cause the extinction of a species?

• Having behavioral adaptations

• Quick adaptations to change.

• Adaptations that overcome challenges of the environment.

• Adaptations that do not overcome challenges of the environment.

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Which statement is true of abiotic changes within an ecosystem?

• The changes cannot be caused by natural events.

• The changes may affect more than one population within the ecosystem.

• The changes may have an impact on food chains, but not food webs.

• The changes will have no effect on living organisms.

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This graph shows how the lynx and snowshoe hare populations can vary over time.

How would the snowshoe hare population change if hunters killed most of the lynxes?

• It would increase.

• It would stay the same.

• It would decrease.

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Which environmental change occurs the fastest?

• Volcanic Eruption

• Regrowth of forest after volcanic eruption

• Pond Succession

• Decomposition of a tree

Which changes are environmental effects of farming?

Select all correct answers.

• soil erosion

• increased carbon dioxide levels

• desert formation

• habitat loss

• flooding

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What would be an immediate effect of the construction of roads and parking lots on the transfer of energy from producers to consumers in an ecosystem?

• An increase in the number of producers.

• A decrease in the number of consumers.

• An increase in the number of consumers.

• A decrease in the number of producers.

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