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chapter 4 Organization of Life

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The place an organism lives is called its (a)  

2.

A change in the genetic characteristic in a population from one generation to the next

(a)  

3.

When new members join a population.

(a)  

4.

Process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans.

(a)  

5.

A trait that increases an organism's chance of survival.

(a)  

6.

When a trait selected for by humans results in a population that has (a)   . An example would be a bacteria that is not easily controlled by antibiotics.

7.

Process of selecting which organism survives based on traits that best suit it for it's natural environment. Humans are NOT involved in the selective process.

(a)  

8.

When members of a population leave.

(a)  

9.

An organism's ecological role. Sometimes simply describe as "how it makes a living".

(a)  

10.

Which of the following are vertebrates?

a)

clams

b)

wolves

c)

worms

d)

insects

11.

Archaebacteria and Eubacteria are...

a)

two kingdoms

b)

in the same kingdom

c)

belong to the protist kingdom

d)

belong to the fungi kingdom

12.

Which of the following would be an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem? Make sure you mark all that apply.

a)

water

b)

bacteria

c)

moose

d)

sunlight

13.

Natural Selection is the unequal survival resulting from the presence or absence of ...

a)

cell walls

b)

particular traits

c)

learned behaviors

d)

breeding

14.

Which of the following best describes a population?

a)

Members of the same species living in the same place at the same time.

b)

All of the birds in an area that have red coloring.

c)

All types of organisms living in the same place.

d)

All the members of the same species.

15.

A desert ecosystem contains....(check all that apply).

a)

air

b)

sand

c)

cacti

d)

hot temperatures

16.

Bacteria that are no longer killed by an antibiotic have....Check all that apply.

a)

evolved

b)

developed unwanted adaptations.

c)

developed a resistance to antibiotics.

d)

traits that are not useful to the bacteria

17.

Which of the following kingdoms include mosses?

a)

plants

b)

fungus

c)

protists

d)

eubacteria

18.

Single-celled organisms that mostly live in water, like paramecium and amoeba, belong to which kingdom?

a)

animal

b)

plant

c)

fungus

d)

protist

19.

Which two kingdoms contain organisms that can use energy from the sun to make food?

a)

protists

b)

plants

c)

animals

d)

fungusm

20.

Which two kingdoms contain organisms that break down dead organisms' bodies into smaller chemical parts to be released back into the ecosystem?

a)

eubacteria

b)

fungi

c)

animals

d)

plants