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Which is an example of where primary succession could occur?

• a glacier melts and exposes new rocks

• natural fire burns a prairie

• a corn field is abandoned and left to overgrow

• flood covers a piece of land

What would happen within a few months after the formation of a volcanic island?

• pioneer species would grow

• no pioneer species would grow

• trees and large plants would grow

• rich, organic soil would be present

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90% of the energy that gets lost as you move up a food pyramid or chain gets lost as

• Pollution to the environment

• Energy for decomposers

• Heat to the environment

• Gets recycled

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A keystone species...

• Raises Biodiversity

• Lowers Biodiversity 

• Takes over the Ecosystem

• None of the above

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Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

• There would be a decrease in the mice population.

• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Ancestor

• Natural selection

This scientist came up with the idea of natural selection.

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Malthus

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What do we call a change in a species over time?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Environmental influences

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Ostrich wings are examples of

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• adaptations

• traits

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What is embryology?

• the age of organisms

• the oldest stage of development

• the life span of an organism

• the earliest growth stage of development

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