WorksheetsUnit 2 Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 18mins
The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's...
Habitat
Population
Biome
Niche
"Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them."
Invasive species
Destructive species
Unwelcomed species
Infected species
The differentiation of niches and resources that enables similar species to coexist in a community
character displacement
climax community
resource partitioning
pioneer species
Succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life
Ecological succession
Primary succession
Secondary succession
Character displacement
The process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed
Primary succession
Ecological succession
Secondary succession
Resource partitioning
A species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established
Climax community
Species-area effect
Character displacement
Pioneer species
A community that, after a process of ecological succession, has reached a generally stable state
Climax community
Pioneer species
Resource partitioning
Character displacement
Which of the following is NOT an example of primary succession?
Volcanic islands rising from sea
Hurricanes hitting coastal areas
Strip mined quarries
Volcanic eruptions
Which type of succession takes LONGER than the other?
Primary
Secondary
Which of the following is NOT an example of secondary succession?
Wild fires
Flooding
Volcanic eruptions
Mudslides
A Kudzu vine is transported to the US and outcompetes all of the American grapevines by blocking out their sunlight. Which of the following is considered the invasive species?
Kudzu vine
American grapevines
Which of the following is a characteristic of a non-native species?
aggressive
feeds native organisms
poisonous
outcompetes native species
Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.
Predation
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
One organism hunts and eats another organism.
predation
mutualism
carnivore
parasitism
This occurs when niches overlap between species and they have to compete for resources.
competition
interspecific
parasite
intraspecies
The type of pioneer species that breaks down rock during primary succession and slowly turns it to soil.
moss
algae
lichen
grass
Removal of which species would be most devestating to the ecosystem?
Blue whale
Plankton
Penguin
Seagull
