Living Things and the Environment Quiz

Groundhogs inhabiting a meadow environment drink water and rely on plants for food. Which of the following terms describe both the water and the plants that the groundhogs consume?

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Resources

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What is the correct order of levels of ecological organization from the least complex (the smallest) to the most complex (the biggest)?

• Population, biome, ecosystem, community, organism, biosphere

• Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Organism, ecosystem, biome, biosphere, population, community

Which of the following describes a population?

• 85 great white sharks off Cape Cod

• thousands of dolphins and whales around Hawaii

• a pair of seagulls migrating to an island

• corals, sponges, algae, reef fish, lobsters, and giant clams

Which of the following is a biotic factor that might limit a population?

• water for the mice to drink

• rainy weather that floods the mice's nests

• owls that prey on the mice

• rocks in which the mice can hide from predators

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In terms of its effect on population, which factor is most similar to birth rate and it will increase the population?

• immigration

• density

• emigration

• carrying capacity

Select all of the following that make up a community in a forest. Check all that apply.

• Deer

• Water

• Trees

• Owls

• Rocks

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Which of the following would cause a population to increase?

• The death rate is higher than the birth rate

• The birth rate is higher than the death rate

• Limiting factors are causing the population to decrease

• Predators are hunting the population

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In a forest, the population of white-tailed deer has increased drastically due to the absence of natural predators. Which of these can become a limiting factor for the further growth of its population?

• increase in food supply

• increase in vegetation

• more resources become available

• decrease in food supply

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An ecosystem is

• all the biotic factors in an area

• all the abiotic factors in an area

• both the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

• a biome

• a biosphere

The earth is a

• biosphere

• biome

• population

• ecosystem

• community