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BIO SOL Review Day 5 - Evolution and Ecology Postassessment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The German physician Robert Koch provided evidence to support the germ theory of infectious disease. Koch isolated bacteria from a cow with anthrax, then injected the bacteria into a healthy mouse. To support germ theory, what must have happened to the healthy mouse?

a)

It became immune to viral infections

b)

It spread smallpox

c)

It became sick

d)

It produced antibiotics

2.
Which fossil is relatively the oldest?
a)
Trilobite
b)
Ammonite
c)
Crinoid
d)
Gastropod
3.

The absolute age of a rock is the approximate numerical age of when that the rock or fossil formed. The absolute age of an igneous rock can best be determined by

a)

comparing the amounts of decayed and undecayed radioactive isotopes in the rock

b)

comparing the sizes of the crystals found in the upper and lower parts of the rock

c)

examining the rock's relative position in a rock outcrop

d)

examining the environment in which the rock is found

4.
A large herd of goats lives in a field full of poison ivy.  Some goats are able to eat the poison ivy while others have become sick when they eat it. Over time the herd as a whole will tend to
a)
Become more likely to eat poison ivy.
b)
Become less likely to eat poison ivy.
c)
Not change in the proportion of goats that can and can not eat poison ivy.
d)
Eat all the poison ivy and leave only plants all the goats can eat.
5.
The hypothesis that evolution of a species occurs in periods of rapid change separated by periods of little or no change is called
a)
divergence
b)
gradualism
c)
punctuated equilibrium
d)
isolation
6.

What energy level would be at the bottom (the producers)?

a)

1 kg

b)

10 kg

c)

100 kg

d)

1000 kg

7.

A fire destroys a forest. Overtime, small mosses and plants bloom overtime. This would be an example of

a)

primary succession

b)

climax community

c)

secondary succession

d)

biodiversity

8.

Which statement best describes the role of photosynthesis and respiration in the carbon cycle?

a)

Respiration and photosynthesis both add carbon to the atmosphere

b)

Respiration and photosynthesis both remove carbon from the atmosphere

c)

Respiration adds carbon to the atmosphere, while photosynthesis removes it

d)

Photosynthesis adds carbon to the atmosphere, while respiration removes it.

9.

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

70

d)

40

10.

Coyotes cross the winter pack ice and enter Newfoundland. The moose population starts to decline.

a)

Density-Dependent: Competition

b)

Density-Independent: Competition

c)

Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

d)

Density-Independent: Predator-Prey