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8CCS_Midterm 2 Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Competition occurs among the population of same species or even different species when they share a _______.

a)

A. food

b)

B. Water

c)

C. niche

d)

D. partner

2.

Organisms that share the same habitat often have _______ that enable them to reduce competition.

a)

A. adaptations

b)

B. predation

c)

C. competition

d)

D. niche

3.

The struggle between organisms to survive as they use the same limited resources is called _______.

a)

A. adaptation

b)

B. competition

c)

C. predation

d)

D. parasitism

4.

Which is NOT an example of adaptations of predators and preys? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

A. Camouflage

b)

B. Warning colors

c)

C. Ability to run fast

d)

D. Sharp teeth

5.

What is “symbiosis"?

a)

A. The relationship between two species that one hunt the other.

b)

B. The relationship between two species living close together.

c)

C. The relationship between two species helping each other.

d)

D. The relationship between two species harming each other.

6.

A tick is attaching itself to a dog and suck blood from it. The tick is a ______.

a)

A. host

b)

B. parasite

c)

C. prey

d)

D. predator

7.

Is it TRUE or FALSE? No species gets benefit in parasitism.

a)

A. TRUE

b)

B. FALSE

8.

What is the relationship between the bee and the flower?

a)

A. Mutualism.

b)

B. Predation.

c)

C. Commensalism.

d)

D. Parasitism.

9.

Is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped or harmed.

a)

A. Mutualism.

b)

B. Predation.

c)

C. Commensalism

d)

D. Parasitism

10.

Which one defines ‘Invasive species?

a)

A. A species that enters a new ecosystem that does not belong there.

b)

B. A group of similar organisms that can breed and reproduce.

c)

C. A species that has evolved and belongs in a specific ecosystem.

d)

D. The struggle between organisms to survive.

11.

Which is NOT a ‘threat to biodiversity?

a)

A. Climate change

b)

B. Removal of resources

c)

C. Increased levels of carbon dioxide gas

d)

D. Captive breeding

12.

Which activities cause most of the harm to habitats and ecosystem?

(a)  

13.

Which of the items below is NOT a way humans can protect biodiversity?

a)

ntroducing invasive species to an ecosystem to give it more diversity.

b)

Captive breeding programs for endangered species.

c)

Laws protecting endangered species

d)

Habitat preservation

14.

Biodiversity is the ______ and _______ of different species in an area.

a)

diversity

b)

number

c)

life

d)

variety

15.

Biodiversity determines the health of an ecosystem.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Healthy ecosystems may provide resources and materials that organisms need.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

_________is related to the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services that humans take from ecosystems.

a)

economic value

b)

ecological value

c)

environmental value

d)

ecosphere

18.

Resources that are consumed from an ecosystem provide a ________.

a)

direct

b)

indirect

c)

priceless

d)

definite

19.

Each species within an ecosystem has the ecological values that promote and enhance the ____of that ecosystem.

a)

healthy

b)

balance

c)

population

d)

biodiversity

20.

Is a species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.

a)

consumer

b)

Keystone species

c)

producer

d)

apex predator

21.

Changes to physical and biological factors of an ecosystem affect all of the _______ within an ecosystem.

a)

ecosystem

b)

population

c)

consumers

d)

community