Biology S2: Mid-Unit 5 - Part 1

Which term names the group of all penguins living together in one area?

• Population

• Community

• Species

• Food Chain

During the summer in the Arctic, mosquitoes breed exponentially. When winter comes, the population decreases dramatically due to a limiting factor.

What is most likely the limiting factor in this situation?

• no vegetation

• more sunlight

• excess of food

• colder temperatures

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Which phrase best describes a community?

• the different types of predators in an area

• the various species of plants in an area

• all populations of organisms living in an area

• all biotic and abiotic factors in an area

Which element is an abiotic factor in a tropical rain forest?

• the top predator

• the rain

• the trees

• the plant life

Which phrase names an ecosystem?

• the wood of a rotting log

• a population of fish in a small lake

• an entire desert, including abiotic and biotic factors

• the community of organisms within a desert

Which consequence occurred when sea otters were overhunted along the Pacific Coast?

• Kelp came to grow out of control.

• The sea urchin population was reduced to dangerous levels.

• The population of sea otters on the Pacific Coast went extinct.

• Many fish lost their habitats as kelp was destroyed by sea urchins.

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To identify a biome, which types of information would be most helpful?

•  predator and prey type

• climate and plant and animal life

• longitude

• highest latitude measurement

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Which statement is true about biomes?

• Many types of water and land biomes exist on earth.

• Biome types only refer to areas on land, not water.

• There are many types of land biomes, but only one type of water biome.

• Land biomes are more complex than water biomes.

Which biome type occupies the largest area on earth?

• temperate grassland

• marine

• savanna

• desert

Ten square miles of temperate forest has a larger variety of organisms than 10 square miles of taiga.

What does the temperate forest have more of?

• producers

• abiotic factors

• succession

• biodiversity

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