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Ecology Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

. A science class is planning a field trip to a local farm that has a large pond. Which of the following lists the order of biological organization from smallest to largest that the students can expect to find at the pond?

a)

Organism, community, population, ecosystem

b)

Organism, population, community, ecosystem

c)

Population, organism, community, ecosystem

d)

Population, organism, ecosystem, community

2.

A group of similar ecosystems with the same type of physical environment

is called a (a)   .

3.

The part of our planet where all life exists including all of the environments on

Earth that support life.

(a)  

4.

Which biome could be represented by this climatogram?

a)

Desert

b)

Rainforest

c)

Tundra

d)

Taiga

5.

A climatogram shows a biome's ___________ and ___________.

a)

temperature and precipitation

b)

temperature and plant life

c)

precipitation and rainfall

d)

precipitation and cloud cover

6.
Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:
a)

non-living things

b)

always plants

c)

living things

d)
soil
7.

___ is a cold, dry biome where the soil stays frozen the entire year and has very little precipitation.

a)

Savannah

b)

Boreal Forest

c)

Tundra

d)

Desert

8.

What biome is this?

a)

deciduous forest

b)

taiga

c)

desert

d)

grassland

9.

Marine ecosystem that connects a river with the ocean

a)

estuary

b)

salt marsh

c)

mangrove swamp

d)

coral reef

10.

What is the aphotic zone?

a)

the portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or no sunlight

b)

the portion of a lake or ocean where there is sunlight

11.

Ocean acidification is

a)

the ongoing decrease in the pH value of the Earth's oceans

b)

a change in the properties of ocean water that can be harmful for plants and animals

c)

All of the above

12.

What is a gyre?

a)

a circular ocean current formed by wind patterns and the rotation of the Earth

b)

a Greek sandwich

c)

a patch of garbage

d)

a vortex created by the different ocean temperatures