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WorksheetsES Ch. 5 Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A landslide causes part of a mountainside to fall away, leaving bare rock. In the years immediately following the landslide, the area will experience
a)
primary succession
b)
secondary succession
c)
tertiary succession
d)
a climax community
2.
If these are present in a new environment, a species is unlikely to become invasive.
a)
Predators, parasites, and competitiors
b)
cane toads, kudzu, and zebra mussels
c)
exotic species
d)
symbiotic and commensalist species
3.
A reintroduced population of wolves in a national park is 90 percent grey and 10 percent black, consistent with the wolf population in other regions. After several generations in isolation, the national park's wolf population is 60 percent grey and 40 percent black. The wolf population has likely experienced
a)
natural selection
b)
genetic drift
c)
mutations
d)
migration
4.
In Madagascar, several species of lemur eat bamboo, but each species specializes in one part of the bamboo- one species eats mature bamboo stalks, one species eats bamboo shoots, and one species eats leaves. This is an example of
a)
speciation
b)
resource partitioning
c)
competition
d)
niche partitioning
5.
One species of lemur eats only bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots contain a high level of cyanide, a toxic chemical. This lemur species has developed a tolerance for a certain amount of cyanide. What do you think will happen over time?
a)
The level of cyanide in the bamboo population will increase
b)
The level of cyanide in the bamboo population will decrease
c)
The level of cyanide in the bamboo population will remain the same
d)
The level of cyanide in the lemur population will decrease
6.
When energy is transferred between trophic levels, the amount of available energy lost is about
a)
90 percent
b)
50 percent
c)
25 percent
d)
10 percent
7.
Humans are generally
a)
carnivores
b)
herbivores
c)
omnivores
d)
detrivores
8.
Any being that uses the sun's energy to create sugars is a
a)
primary producer
b)
secondary producer
c)
primary consumer
d)
secondary consumer
9.
Which best describes evolutionary success?
a)
A successful organism possesses adaptive traits and is able to pass those traits on to numerous offspring which then reproduce
b)
A successful organism possesses tratits that are different from traits in the rest of the population and that allow the organism to compete more successfully
c)
A successful organism produces more offspring than others in the population
d)
A successful organism possesses adaptive traits and produces more offspring than survive
10.
Around 65 million years ago, 95 percent of the planet's species were wiped out, and the age of the dinosaurs ended. Which of the following best explains why we still have numerous species today?
a)
The species that exist today were those that were not wiped out when the dinosaurs died
b)
The species that exist today evolved from surviving species to fill niches left vacant by the dinosaurs
c)
The species that exist today speciated due to separation among different populations
d)
The species that exist today have the potential to be as numerous as the ones that went extinct
11.
In the years immediately after a fire, a forest will experience
a)
primary succession
b)
secondary succession
c)
tertiary succession
d)
a climax community
12.
Which of the following best describes a successful individual in evolutionary terms?
a)
A successful individual possesses traits that are different from the traits of the rest of the population
b)
A successful individual produces many offspring that possess unique traits
c)
A successful individual is well adapted to its environment and produces offspring that survive to pass on genes
d)
A successful individual will be well adapted to its environment and produce a few high quality offspring
13.
When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt, what will occur?
a)
evolution
b)
speciation
c)
genetic drift
d)
extinction
14.
Two species of finch live in the same environment. Over time, one develops a larger beak to consume larger seeds, while the other develops a narrow beak to consume more delicate seeds. This is an example of
a)
resource partitioning
b)
character displacement
c)
coevolution
d)
competitive exclusion
15.
An interaction in which an individual of one species kills and consumes an individual of another is called
a)
predation
b)
parasitism
c)
herbivory
d)
symbiosis
16.
In the western United States, at the southern edge of their range, moose are sometimes so severely infested with ticks that they die. The tick/moose relationship is best described as
a)
predatory
b)
parasitic
c)
symbiotic
d)
mutualistic
17.
A beehive depends on pollen from flowers to survive. Flowers depend on bees to pollinate them. Humans tend bee hives, offering the bees a place to live in exchange for some of their honey. The relationship among these 3 sets of organism is
a)
parasitic
b)
commensalist
c)
symbiotic
d)
mutualistic
18.
The ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem in which deer eat grass and coyotes eat deer is
a)
the grass
b)
the sun
c)
the deer
d)
chemosynthesis
19.
In a food web that consists of grass, mice, deer, coyotes, and hawks, which species is likely to have the greatest biomass?
a)
grass
b)
mice
c)
coyotes
d)
hawks
20.
A niche restricted by competition is a
a)
fundamental niche
b)
realized niche
c)
resource partitioned niche
d)
displace niche
21.
In the history of the world, how many mass extinctions have occurred?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
10
d)
13
22.
In a mass extinction, the rate of extinction exceeds
a)
99%
b)
85%
c)
the rate of environmental change
d)
the rate of background extinction
23.
A deer browsing on a shrub is an example of
a)
predation
b)
parasitism
c)
herbivory
d)
symbiosis
24.
The first level of all food pyramids
a)
consists of primary producers
b)
consists of primary consumers
c)
is chemosynethesis
d)
is photosynthesis
25.
A species with a restricted tolerance for environmental conditions is
a)
a specialist
b)
a generalist
c)
highly completitive
d)
an autotroph
26.
An _____ species is a species that has been introduced to a new area and lacks limiting factors.
a)
endangered
b)
extinct
c)
invasive
d)
autotrophic
27.
On islands off the coast of Siberia, paleontologist have found the remains of pygmy mammoths. These populations were likely separated from mainland mammoth populations and became a new type of mammoth through allopatric
a)
adaptation
b)
speciation
c)
cascade
d)
selection
28.
An organism that depends on another without killing it is a
a)
predator
b)
parasite
c)
prey
d)
detritivore
29.
A nation where most of the people eat a primarily vegetarian diet will be able to support a _____ population than it would if the people ate a lot of meat.
a)
lower
b)
higher
c)
equal size
30.
In a woodland, a rabbit eats grass, and a coyote eats the rabbit. The coyote is a
a)
primary producer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
primary consumer
d)
tertiary consumer
31.
Two populations of a deer species are separated when a glacier forms. After the glacier melts, the two populations have become different species. This is an example of allopatric
a)
selection
b)
speciation
c)
adaptation
d)
cascade
32.
Communities that are powered by the sun depend on _____ for their energy.
a)
chemosynthesis
b)
bacteria
c)
autosynthesis
d)
photosynthesis
33.
A _____ occurs when one species has an indirect effect on species at a different level of the energy pyramid.
a)
food web cascade
b)
trophic cascade
c)
energy cascade
d)
food chain cascade
34.
Animals gathering around a water hole in a drought-prone area and establishing hierarchies of access to the water is an example of
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
d)
competition
35.
You have many species of bacteria living in your gut that help you with digestion. This relationship is best defined as
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
36.
_____ is an accidental change in DNA.
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Mutation
d)
Homeostasis
37.
You visit the state fair and see a display of 17 breeds of chicken. These chickens are the result of
a)
allopatric speciation
b)
natural selection
c)
artificial selection
d)
genetic drift
38.
A species of butterfly that lives in rocky, high-altitude areas and pollinates a specific flower, which in turn is eaten by certain bird, goes extinct. There is now a vacant _____ in the ecological community.
a)
habitat
b)
species
c)
niche
d)
trophic level
39.
Chemosynthesis and photosynthesis use different energy sources, but each uses water and _____ to produce sugars
a)
ammonia
b)
oxygen
c)
glucose
d)
carbon dioxide
40.
_____ is a close, long-term association between 2 organisms.
a)
Evolution
b)
Symbiosis
c)
Allopatric speciation
d)
Mutation
41.
A species introduced to a new environment without limiting factors could become
a)
native
b)
invasive
c)
pioneer
d)
successive
42.
The twenty varieties of heirloom tomatoes available at your local farmers' market are the result of
a)
natural selection
b)
allopatric speciation
c)
artificial selection
d)
niche occupancy
43.
_____ is an interaction in which an animal eats a plant.
a)
Herbivory
b)
Carnivory
c)
Detritivory
d)
Scavenging
44.
The ability to perform photosynthesis or chemosynthesis defines a
a)
predator
b)
heterotroph
c)
consumber
d)
producer
45.
An organism's _____ describes its use of resources and functional role in a community.
a)
niche
b)
habitat
c)
symbiosis
d)
trophic level
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