Ecosystem Disruptions

Ecosystem Disruptions

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Ecosystem Disruptions

Ecosystem Disruptions

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-3, HS-LS2-6

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?

Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees

Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses

Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees

Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

A pioneer species is...

large organism

the first organisms to adapt to a new environment 

best organism 

Abiotic organisms 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

First species to arrive in an area

invasive species

abiotic components

pioneer species

parasites

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Would a long-term increase in the average temperature of a region be considered a significant disturbance in the ecosystem?

Yes, because such a change could have a large-scale impact on wildlife.

Yes, because any slight change in temperature is considered a disruption.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A low impact disturbance in an ecosystem may include

filling in and paving over a lake for a parking lot.

A tree falling over in a thunder storm

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which change would create a new ecosystem?

a dam flooding a valley

a lake freezing over

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An introduced organism that is able to grow in population with no natural controls is a(n)...

Intrusive species

Invasive species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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