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Chapter 10

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which study would best be done in a labratory

a)

Counting all the insects that live in a certain area

b)

Measuring the temperature of a soil sample

c)

Analyzing the DNA of a certain species

d)

Observing the interactions of carnivores with their prey

2.

Parts of the environment that are not living (sunlight, climate, soil, water, air)

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

3.

Parts of the environment that are or were alive (bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals)

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

4.

Ecology is the study of how living organisms ___________________________.

a)

interact with each other

b)

interact with their environment

c)

interact with each other and their environment

5.

Ecology includes which fields of science?

a)

Genetics

b)

Geology

c)

Physics

d)

Biology

e)

All of the above

6.

How do plants obtain their energy?

a)

Eating

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

From bacteria

d)

From animals

7.

Abiotic and biotic factors are both necessary for a thriving ecosystem.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A group of individuals that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

9.

Organisms belonging to the same species that live in the same area and interact with each other.

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

10.

All the populations of different species that live in the same area and interact with each other. (All the biotic factors of an area.)

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

11.

All the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors in an area.

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

12.

Number of individuals in a population.

a)

Population size

b)

Population density

c)

Dispersion

d)

Growth rate

13.

Number of individuals per area.

a)

Population size

b)

Population density

c)

Dispersion

d)

Growth rate

14.

The spacing of the individuals (clumped, clustered, or evenly spaced).

a)

Population size

b)

Population density

c)

Dispersion

d)

Growth rate

15.

A resource or other factor in the environment that can lower the population growth rate

a)

Biotic factor

b)

Abiotic factor

c)

Limiting factor

d)

Ecosystem

16.

Exponential growth (select all that apply)

a)

J-shaped curve

b)

S-shaped curve

c)

Limiting factors are present

d)

No limiting factors

17.

Logistic growth (select all that apply)

a)

J-shaped curve

b)

S-shaped curve

c)

Limiting factors are present

d)

No limiting factors

18.

A decrease in growth rate can be caused by ____________.

a)

Increase in death rate

b)

Decrease in birth rate

c)

Migration

d)

All of the above

19.

What is the current population of humans on the Earth?

a)

Over 7 billion

b)

Over 8 billion

c)

Over 10 billion

d)

Over 12 billion

20.

The human population shows what kind of growth? (select all that apply)

a)

J-shaped growth

b)

S-shaped growth

c)

Exponential growth

d)

Logistic growth

21.

Competition between organisms of the same species.

a)

Intraspecific competition

b)

Interspecific competition

c)

Territorial competition

d)

Unique competition

22.

Competition between organisms of different species.

a)

Territorial competition

b)

Intraspecific competition

c)

Interspecific competition

d)

Unique competition

23.

According to the competitive exclusion principle, less suited species will ________________.

a)

Adapt

b)

Move from the area

c)

Die

d)

All of the above

24.

When a predator kills and eats its prey.

a)

True predation

b)

Grazing

c)

Parasitism

d)

Camouflage

25.

The predator eats part of the prey but does not usually kill it.

a)

True predation

b)

Grazing

c)

Parasitism

d)

Camouflage

26.

Appearance (color, shape, or pattern) that helps an organism blend into the background.

a)

Camouflage

b)

Mimicry

c)

Population

d)

Ecosystem

27.

When one species copies or mimics another species.

a)

Camouflage

b)

Mimicry

c)

Competition

d)

Predator

28.

Symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Competition

29.

Symbiotic relationship where 1 species benefits and the other is not affected.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Competition

30.

Symbiotic relationship where 1 species benefits and the other species is harmed.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Competition

31.

A parasite usually kills its prey.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Symbiosis is a general term for any close long-term relationship between different species.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Which of the following are types of symbiotic relationships? (select all that apply)

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

True Predation

e)

Grazing