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Ch. 5 and 6 Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will increase.
b)
It will decrease.
c)
It will stay the same.
d)
It will fluctuate.
2.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
3.
What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?
a)
1.8 million
b)
1.25 million
c)
1.6 million
d)
1.o million
4.
In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?
a)
Squirrel Population
b)
Sunlight
c)
Grass available
5.
Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.
a)
Exponential Growth
b)
Logistic Growth
c)
Outstanding Growth
d)
Minimal Growth
6.
A population is...
a)
A group of one species in one area
b)
Multiple species that live in one area
c)
All of the living and nonliving things in an area
d)
None of these
7.
What type of growth is represented behind?
a)
exponential
b)
logistics
c)
a good kind
d)
representative
8.
What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.

Which of the following are density dependent factors?

a)

competition for resources

b)

predation

c)

disease

d)

natural disasters

10.

Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

a)

forest fire

b)

seasonal cycles

c)

storms

d)

disease

11.

What type of factor has an increasing impact as the population size increases?

a)

density-independent

b)

density-dependent

c)

cohort effect

d)

survivorship factor

12.

What type of growth model is shown in image A?

a)

Exponential

b)

Logistic

13.

Which choice most closely approximates the deer population's carrying capacity based on the graph?

a)

100

b)

80

c)

60

d)

10

14.

The Florida Panther is a large cat that is native to the southern parts of Florida. Recently, the panther's main food source, rabbits, have been infected with a deadly disease that only affects rabbits. How would this most likely affect the population of panthers in the coming years?

a)

The panther population will decrease since they won't have access to as much food

b)

The panther population will not be affected because they will adapt to eating other food

c)

The panther population will increase because they will produce more offspring to make up the difference

d)

The panther population will decrease because they will contract the disease.

15.
Nesting birds often space themselves evenly from other nests. This pattern is called
a)
clumped dispersion.
b)
uniform dispersion.
c)
random dispersion
d)
scatter dispersion
16.
The way in which individuals of a population are spread out is called
a)
population density
b)
survivorship
c)
population dispersion
d)
logistic curve
17.

The average number of individuals of the same species per unit of surface area at a given time is the ……………………

a)

population density

b)

population growth

c)

population birth rate

d)

population size

18.
Which kind of dispersion is #1?
a)
clumped
b)
random
c)
uniform
19.
A human & a Tape Worm: The tape worm gets a place to live in the intestines of the human and food from the human. The human loses weight and nutrients from the tape worm.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
20.
Bird & Tree: A bird builds a nest in a hole in the trunk of the tree. It is protected from the rain and predators. The tree is not harmed or helped by the bird.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
21.
What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
22.
Tree kangaroos live in the upper branches of trees in the rainforests of Queensland, as well as on the island of New Guinea. This is an example of the tree kangaroos ___.
a)
niche
b)
habitat
c)
community
d)
population
23.
What is the name of an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals?
a)
producer
b)
prey
c)
predator
d)
decomposer
24.

Groups of different populations that live in a given area and interact are called a(n)...

a)

Community

b)

Colony

c)

Population

d)

Ecosystem

25.
Rabbits and deer eat lettuce leaves from a garden.
What ecological interaction describes the relationship between rabbits and deer?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predation
26.
Two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food. Members of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of
a)
Community
b)
Competition
c)
Mutualism
d)
Commensalism
27.
1.  The type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not harmed or helped?
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasatism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mullerian
28.
_______ is when 2 or more species live in close association. 
a)
predation 
b)
competition 
c)
symbiosis 
d)
food web 
29.
According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same:
a)
Habitat
b)
Niche
c)
Territory
d)
Range
30.
Resource partitioning is best described by which of the following statements?
a)
Competitive exclusion results in the success of the superior species.
b)
Slight variation in niche allows closely related species to coexist.
c)
Two species can coevolve and share the same niche.
d)
Species diversity is maintained by switching between prey species.
31.
Evidence shows that some grasses benefit from being grazed. Which of the following terms would best describe this plant-herbivore interaction?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Competition
32.
This outcome of competition often leads to the extinction of one of the competing species
a)
Character Displacement
b)
Competitive Exclusion
c)
Resource Partitioning 
d)
Brood Parasitism
33.
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
a)
primary succession
b)
eutrophication
c)
secondary succession
d)
intermediate
34.
Which catastrophic event will most likely have the effect of returning an ecosystem to primary succession?
a)
A tornado
b)
A volcanic eruption
c)
A flood
d)
A drought
35.
succession that occurs in an area with no soil
a)
ecological succession 
b)
primary succession 
c)
secondary succession
d)
pioneer speciles
36.
succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present
a)
ecological succession 
b)
primary succession 
c)
secondary succession
d)
pioneer speciles
37.
How do lichens contribute to primary succession?
a)
Lichens decompose organic matter from animals and plants
b)
Lichens begin to break down rock to form soil
c)
Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria
d)
Lichens convert carbohydrates into fossil fuels.
38.

The picture shows what type of succession?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quadanary

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