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Chapter 54, 56, 58 MINI QUIZ

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The branch of science that deals with the relationships among living things and their environments.

a)

Ecology

b)

Biome

c)

Community

d)

Environmental science

2.

Which of the following is a BIOTIC factor?

a)

pH

b)

predators

c)

temperature

d)

water

3.

The distribution and abundance of organisms is limited by physical features of the environment:

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Climate is the short term "weather" pattern in a region

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Climate is determined by:

(select all that apply)

a)

topography

b)

speciation

c)

solar radiation

d)

air and ocean circulation

6.

Temperature _______________ as latitude increases

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

remains the same

7.

Which of the following is the naturally occurring process responsible for keeping Earth warm?

a)

Gaseous effect

b)

Greenlight effect

c)

Global effect

d)

Greenhouse effect

8.

Global warming is the gradual _______________ of the Earth's ______________

a)

increase, water salinity

b)

decrease, sea level

c)

increase, temperature

d)

decrease, pressure range

9.

Warm air ________ and cool air _______

a)

sinks, rises

b)

rises, rises

c)

rises, sinks

d)

sinks, sinks

10.

Water heats and cools quicker than the land

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Temperature decreases as elevation ________________

a)

increases

b)

decreases

12.

Acid rain is rain with a pH less than _________

a)

6.9

b)

7.0

c)

5.6

d)

3.2

13.

Weather determines the occurrence of different biomes:

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

a broad geographical area with similar climate and similar communities

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

biome

d)

habitat

15.

Lentic habitats are "flowing water" biomes while lotic habitats are "still, deep water" biomes

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

what??

16.

What is the relationship between two species which is beneficial to both species

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Predation

d)

Parasitism

17.

A relationship which is beneficial to one species, but neutral to the other

a)

Mutualism

b)

Predation

c)

Commensalism

d)

Parasitism

18.

What is the relationship between a host and another species which feeds off of it, detrimental to the host.

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutalism

d)

Commensalism

19.

When one species consume another through hunting.

a)

Parasitism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Predation

d)

Mutualism

20.

Which relationship is an example of parasitism

a)

Cat and mouse

b)

Frog and pond

c)

Flea and dog

d)

Grass and tree

21.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.  What kind of relationship is this?
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Parasitism 
c)
Commensalism 
22.
In this picture, the ZEBRA is the __________________
a)
predator
b)
prey
23.
What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
24.
What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
25.
Logistic growth has 3 phases. In Phase 1, the population grows rapidly. In Phase 2, population grows slowly. In Phase 3, growth stops. What causes growth to stop in the 3rd phase of logistic growth?
a)
Emigration
b)
Immigration
c)
Exponential Growth
d)
Carrying Capacity
26.

Which of the following determines the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

a)

the most limited resources required for survival

b)

the amount of disease affecting organisms in the ecosystem

c)

the amount of rainfall the habitat receives

d)

the number of predators in the area

27.
A population is...
a)
A group of one species in one area
b)
Multiple species that live in one area
c)
All of the living and nonliving things in an area
d)
None of these
28.
What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?
a)
grow
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same
d)
None of these
29.
Refer to the diagram of the survivorship curve.
Which curve best describes an organism that invests a lot of energy in parenting?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
this is not a survivorship curve
30.
Which survivorship curve represents a species where most of the individuals live through their lives and die of old age?
a)
Type 1
b)
Type 2
c)
Type 3
31.

If you have a lot of offspring but do not provide parental care you are described as...

a)

K- selected

b)

r- selected

c)

Q- selected

d)

w- Selected

32.
Carrying capacity is represented by which letter?
a)
r
b)
L
c)
K
d)
c
33.
Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.
a)
Exponential Growth
b)
Logistic Growth
c)
Outstanding Growth
d)
Minimal Growth
34.
Which dispersion pattern is described by organisms being spaced out equally?
a)
Uniform
b)
Random
c)
Clumped 
d)
None of these
35.
Which dispersion pattern usually is a result of resources not being evenly spread out in the environment?
a)
Uniform
b)
Random
c)
Clumped
d)
None of these
36.
What type of growth is represented behind?
a)
exponential
b)
logistics
c)
a good kind
d)
representative
37.
Describes the distribution pattern where the the presence of one individual does not affect the location of another 
a)
dispersed
b)
clumped
c)
uniform
d)
random
38.

groups of same-aged young

a)

quadrant

b)

pack

c)

cohort

d)

friends

39.

Ecological footprint is the amount of productive land needed to support the average individual

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.
What effect does biodiversity have on a community?
a)
It makes destruction by insects impossible. 
b)
It makes primary succession more likely.   
c)
 It enables species to survive in a desert.
d)
It enables the community to withstand changes.
41.
Groups of species that live in a given area and interact are called a(n)...
a)
Community
b)
Colony
c)
Population
d)
Ecosystem
42.

Species richness is the number of species in a community

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

What is an advantage of a biodiverse ecosystem?

a)

Can withstand changes in resources

b)

Can recover more quickly from a natural disaster

c)

Can withstand the immigration of a new predator

d)

all of the above

44.
The number of species in a given area is known as:
a)
biodiversity
b)
species evenness
c)
species richness
d)
variability
45.

Diversity is

a)

GOOD

b)

BAD

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