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Chapter 4 Quiz enviro

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Biotic factors are

a)

the unliving factors in an ecosystem

b)

the living factors in an ecosystem

c)

factors that make an individual more likely to survive

d)

factors that make an individual resistant to pesticides

2.

Abiotic factors

a)

nonliving factors

b)

living factors

c)

resistance to change

d)

ability to survive

3.

A community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.

a)

community

b)

biome

c)

ecosystem

d)

population

4.

A place where an organism lives is scientifically known as

a)

home

b)

habitat

c)

ecosystem

d)

biome

5.

Charles Darwin's discoveries help him develop the theory of

a)

evolution

b)

adaptation

c)

the big bang

d)

natural selection

6.

The process by which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do.

a)

natural selection

b)

evolution

c)

adaptation

d)

resilience

7.

a change in the characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.

a)

natural selection

b)

evolution

c)

adaptation

d)

resilience

8.

An anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population’s ability to survive.

a)

natural selection

b)

evolution

c)

adaptation

d)

resilience

9.

the ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent.

a)

natural selection

b)

evolution

c)

adaptation

d)

resistance

10.

Co-evolution is

a)

process of two species evolving in response to long-term interactions with each other

b)

process of one species evolving in response to long-term interactions with another species

c)

process of two species evolving in response to short-term interactions with each other

d)

process of one species evolving in response to short-term interactions with another

11.

the selective breeding of organisms, by humans, for specific desirable characteristics.

a)

evolution

b)

artificial selection

c)

natural selection

d)

cloning

12.

the scientific study of naming, defining and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.

a)

taxonomy

b)

biology

c)

optometry

d)

meteorology

13.

Correct order of classifying organisms from broad > specific

a)

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

b)

domain, kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species

c)

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, domain

d)

species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

14.

Which of the following is not a Kingdom?

a)

protists

b)

fungi

c)

archaebacteria

d)

Chordata

15.

the following are characteristics of which Phylum? a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail

a)

Chordata

b)

Mollusca

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Porifera

16.

Flowering plants the produce seeds in the form of cones

a)

gymnosperm

b)

angiosperm

17.

Flowering plants the produce seeds in fruits

a)

gymnosperm

b)

angiosperm

18.

Levels of ecological organization in the correct order from smallest to largest

a)

biosphere, community, organism, population, ecosystem

b)

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

c)

organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere

19.

Phylum that includes insects, crustaceans like lobsters and crabs, arachnids, beetles, centipedes, crabs, butterflies, sea spiders ect. Bilateral symmetry.

a)

Arthropoda

b)

Chordata

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Mollusca

20.

phylum of sponges, the simplest animals.

a)

Echinodermata

b)

Porifera

c)

Mullusca

d)

Cnidaria

21.

the phylum to which segmented worms and earthworms belong

a)

chordata

b)

echinodermata

c)

mollusca

d)

annelida

22.

a group of invertebrates with radial symmetry and tentacles with stinging cells jellyfish sea anemone, hydra, and coral.

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Mollusca

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Arthropoda

23.

The skeletal structure is made primarily from calcium carbonate. include sea stars, sea cucumbers, sand dollars, and sea urchins

a)

Chordata

b)

Echinodermata

c)

Annelida

d)

Porifera

24.

soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical, segmented, coelomate animals; usually shelled having a mantle, ventral foot, anterior head, and a dorsal visceral mass.

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Mollusca

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Arthropoda

25.

Humans are part of which phylum?

a)

Echinodermata

b)

Mollusca

c)

Chordata

d)

Annelida