Unit 9 Test Review

Which external stimuli cause plants to bend and grow toward it?

• A light source

• A magnetic field

• A source of water

• A source of minerals

Which of the following refers to a 24-hour cycle in the physiological process of living things, including plants, animals, fungi, and cyanobacteria, and aids to life processes?

• Diurnal rhythms

• Circadian rhythms

• Ultraviolet rays

• Photosynthesis

All living things, or once living, things that directly or indirectly affect an organism or its environment are considered which of the following?

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Extraterrestrial factors

• Non-Existential factors

Biotic and abiotic factors determine the types and number of organisms of a species in an ecosystem are called which of the following?

• Communities

• Niches

• Limiting factors

• Inorganic resources

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The interaction between consumers that hunt, capture, and consume another consumer is known as which of the following relationships? (choose 2)

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Mutualism

When members of a population interact with each other for basic resources such as which of the following?

• Mating

• Territory

• Maturation

• Cooperating

• Hibernation

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Drag and drop the correct term that describes each of the symbiotic relationships below.

• Acacia trees and ants help each other.

• Mutualism

• Remoras eat leftovers, shark not affecte

• Parasitism

• Heartworms harm dogs by feeding inside.

• Commensalism

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Match the symbiotic relationships to the correct smiley faces.

a

b

c

Parasitism

Mutalism

Commensalism

Many species of bacteria live inside and on the human body. What determines the types of symbiotic relationships that bacteria form with humans?

• If they are helping, harming, or not impacting the human

• How many individuals are in the population

• If there are many species of bacteria to compete with

• If the human can take an antibiotic to kill the bacteria

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Classify the following terms as either Abiotic or Biotic.

Groups:

(a) Abiotic

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(b) Biotic

• Fish

• Salinity

• Whale

• Carbon

• Zooplankton

• Oxygen

• Water

• Phytoplankton