SCI 130 (C) CORE ASSESSMENT (Life Science: Ecosystem Dynamics)

Full Name

School Location

• Albuquerque, NM
• Rio Rancho, NM
• Las Cruces, NM
• Las Vegas, NV

Class Period

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th

Quarter

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Teacher's Name

• Ayres, Vaughn
• Barger, William
• Chouinard-Jahant, Melissa
• Gallagher, Christopher
• Greeves, Amanda

S1 L1 2. The prefix "a" means without, or not. The prefix "bio" means life. Which parts of this ecosystem are abiotic?

• Sunlight, heat
• Insects, plankton

S1 L2 3. Based on this food web of a tundra biome, what type of interaction most likely happens among the herbivores (in green: pikas, musk ox, caribou, lemmings, and arctic hares)?

• predation of each other
• competition over food resources

S1 L3 4. Which graph shows what most likely would happen to the population of a certain animal if a new predator were introduced at time “A”?

• (1)
• (3)

S1 L2 5. A tick feeding on a dog is parasitism because...

• both organisms are harmed.
• one organism benefits while the other is harmed.

S1 L2 6. Bees gather nectar from flowers to make food. The bees then spreads the pollen on other flowers to help flowers grow. Because both organisms benefit, this is...

• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation