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Common Assessment Quarter 2 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will increase.
b)
It will decrease.
c)
It will stay the same.
d)
It will fluctuate.
2.
What type of growth is shown in the diagram?
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth 
c)
predator-prey cycle
d)
boom-bust curve
3.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
4.
What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?
a)
1.8 million
b)
1.25 million
c)
1.6 million
d)
1.o million
6.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
7.
What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?
a)
10000
b)
8000
c)
800
d)
600
8.

If a country has a death rate of 30 and a birth rate of 45 the change in population would show the population growth is ______.

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Staying the same

d)

Fluctuating too much

9.
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
10.
Why has the human population been able to grow so quickly in such a short period of time?
a)
Doctors have developed easier and safer ways to have babies
b)
People needed more help to work their farms so they had more children
c)
Because people stayed in one place and only moved when crowded out
d)
Because of medical care, clean water and better access to nutritious food
11.

Regarding population dispersion patterns, which of the following does not match

a)
random—not evenly spaced
b)
uniform—evenly spaced
c)
clumped—clustered in space
d)
random—clustered in space
12.
Which kind of dispersion is #1?
a)
clumped
b)
random
c)
uniform
13.

As resources in a population become less available, population growth

a)

increases slowly.

b)

reaches carrying capacity.

c)

enters a phase of exponential growth.

14.
Which symbols best describe commensalism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
0,0
15.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
16.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.
a)
Mutualsim 
b)
Parasitism 
c)
Commensalism 
17.

The number of wild horses per square kilometer in a prairie is the horse population’s

a)

density.

b)

dispersion.

c)

size.

d)

birth rate.

18.

Which of the following species has the highest reproductive potential?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

In which type of interaction between species does ONE species BENEFIT by HARMING ANOTHER species but not killing it?

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

20.

A species of plant has exponential growth after it is introduced into an area where it has never lived. Which statement BEST DESCRIBES EXPONENTIAL GROWTH?

a)

Each individual plant grows much larger than usual.

b)

The population immediately decreases.

c)

Within a few years, the population increases dramatically.

d)

The species’ reproductive potential declines.

21.
The formula used to calculate growth rate is:
a)
Births + Deaths
b)
Births - Deaths
c)
Births x Deaths
d)
Births / Deaths
22.
The following image shows which dispersion pattern?
a)
Clumped
b)
Even
c)
Random
d)
Even/Odd
23.
In which of the following pairs do both organisms belong to the same population?
a)
a rose and a carnation
b)
a zebra and a horse
c)
two residents of New York City
d)
two similar species of monkeys
24.
What type of relationship is shown here
a)
Commensalism
b)
Predation
c)
Parasitism
d)
Mutualism 
25.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
26.

A bear eats fish out of the river.

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

predation

d)

commensalism

27.
In the relationship between a lion and a gazelle, who is the prey?
a)
Gazelle
b)
lion
c)
grass
d)
none
28.
What type of symbiosis?
*
The tick lives on dog and feeds on its blood and tissue.
*
  The dog gets skin irritation and can pick up diseases carried by tick.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predfation
29.

Remoras eat scraps leftover from sharks, while the shark is not affected by the remora. This relationship can be represented by...

a)

+/-

b)

+/0

c)

+/+

d)

0/0

30.

Parasites are similar to predators because...

a)

both have to hunt or find food.

b)

both keep their food source alive.

c)

both kill their food source.

d)

both A and B are correct.

31.

A population of wolves is 500. This number describes the population's...

a)

density.

b)

dispersion.

c)

size.

d)

distribution.

32.

A city park has 30 squirrels per square mile. This number describes the population's ...

a)

density.

b)

dispersion.

c)

size.

d)

distribution.

33.

Which of the following would stop a rabbit population form growing out of control?

a)

Unlimited space for a habitat.

b)

No competition from other species.

c)

Introduction of a predator, such as hawks.

d)

Unlimited food resource.

34.

A population of lions has 5 births and 2 deaths. What is its change in population size?

a)

+5

b)

-3

c)

+3

d)

-2

35.

A population of leopards has 100 births and 150 deaths. The change of population size is _______ and the population is experiencing ______ growth.

a)

-50...Negative

b)

250...Positive

c)

50...Positive

d)

0...Zero

36.

The current human population is 7.4 billion people, and is increasing rapidly! How could a growing human population impact our resources?

a)

Less available clean water

b)

Increase need for food production

c)

Increase in habitat destruction

d)

All of the above

37.

Red tailed hawk and Barn Owl both try to eat a mouse at the same time. The relationship between the hawk and the owl is...

a)

predation.

b)

symbiosis.

c)

competition.

38.

What groups of organisms are most in danger of extinction?

a)

Animals that have many offspring.

b)

Species that are only found in a few places on earth.

c)

Species that live far away from humans.

d)

Species that adapt quickly to changing environments.

39.

What is the best method to preserve biodiversity?

a)

Creating large parks to protect many species

b)

Freezing fertilized eggs

c)

Setting aside small plots of land

d)

Unlimited hunting

40.

What is an invasive species?

a)

Foreign organism that takes over an ecosystem.

b)

An organism that might become endangered.

c)

An organism that has many natural predators.

d)

An organism that cannot adapt to a new environment.

41.

If all the sea otters died in the diagram above, what would happen?

a)

The ecosystem would be stable and healthy.

b)

The sea urchin population would decrease.

c)

The kelp populations would disappear.

d)

The kelp population would increase.

42.

The sea otter is a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend. If it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. This means the sea otter is a ...

a)

Endangered Species

b)

Keystone Species

c)

Endemic Species

d)

Invasive Species

43.

Parasites are similar to predators because...

a)

both have to hunt or find food.

b)

both kill their food source.

c)

both keep their food source alive.

d)

both A and B are correct.

44.

In White Meadow Lake, 50 duck eggs were laid, but only 20 of the eggs actually hatched. Unfortunately, 10 ducks that hatched were killed by predators. Later, 2 died from old age, and 2 died from disease. Calculate the change in population size.

a)

+6 ducks

b)

-6 ducks

c)

+36

d)

-36

45.

You catch, tag, and release 20 goldfish from a pond. The next day, you catch 20 goldfish from the pond and count 10 recaptures. Estimate the population size.


First Sample X Second Sample/#recaptured

a)

4 goldfish

b)

40 goldfish

c)

10 goldfish

d)

400 goldfish