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Serengeti Ecology Lesson 2 REVIEW EDITION

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement best describes the trend in the data?
a)
As temperatures increase, ice cream cone sales increase.
b)
As temperatures increase, ice cream cone sales decrease.
c)
As temperatures decrease, ice cream cone sales increase.
d)
There is no trend in the data.
2.
What is climate?
a)
What's happening in space at a time and place.
b)
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
c)
The average weather over many years
d)
The average temperature over many years.
3.
Which city has the highest rainfall in July? 
a)
Iquitos ( Graph on Left)
b)
Monrovia (Middle Graph)
c)
Normanton (Graph on Right)
d)
None of the above
4.

What is the most common precipitation?

a)

sleet

b)

freezing rain

c)

snow

d)

rain

5.

All conditions surrounding an organism.

a)

adaptation

b)

genes

c)

environment

d)

succession

6.

Struggle of organisms for same limited resources.

a)

succession

b)

genes

c)

quidditch

d)

competition

7.
Struggle between organisms of the same or different species for food, space, light, water, etc.
a)
Interdependence
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Adaptation
d)
Competition
8.
What word describes the process of having the advantageous traits that helps an organism survive  and reproduce?
a)
natural selection
b)
adaptation
c)
mutation
d)
genetic engineering
9.

What is biomass energy?

a)

any organic matter that can be used by burning wood and other plant life.

b)

Radiant energy emitted by the sun.

c)

a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

d)

made by tapping into steam or hot water reservoirs underground; the heat is used to drive an electrical generator.

10.

Is biomass energy a renewable energy source?

a)

Yes, always, because you can grow trees again.

b)

No, it's just like fossil fuels.

c)

It depends, only if the source is not overharvested.

d)

No, because manure is not renewable.

11.

When two different species compete for resources, it is ____________ competition.

a)

interspecific

b)

habitat

c)

symbiosis

d)

intraspecies

12.

When two organisms from the same species compete for resources, it is ______________ competition.

a)

intraspecies

b)

predation

c)

commensalism

d)

interspecific

13.

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

a)

1000

b)

8000

c)

800

d)

600

14.

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

a)

The population keeps growing

b)

The population starts to die off

c)

The entire species will go extinct

d)

The carrying capacity just increases

15.

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

a)

carrying capacity

b)

emigration

c)

immigration

d)

population density

16.

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

a)

around 500

b)

more than 800

c)

less than 300

d)

around 700

17.
Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
a)
increase in predators
b)
disease
c)
increase in available food
d)
drought