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Ecology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Demography is the science that studies

a)

Population using vital statistics such as births, deaths, ages…

b)

How things change overnight in the news

c)

How people react to their climate zones

d)

When people want to leave the country

2.

In one year, 35 giraffes are born to a population. What does this number represent?

a)

Growth rate

b)

Emigration

c)

Immigration

d)

Birth rate

3.

A square kilometer of forest has 200 deer. What is the term that is used to describe this number?

a)

Density-Dependent

b)

Birth rate

c)

Limiting factors

d)

Population Density

4.

Which two factors can both cause a population to increase?

a)

birth rate and emigration

b)

birth rate and immigration

c)

death rate and immigration

d)

death rate and emigration

5.

Predict what might happen to a population that is experiencing little immigration and emigration, low birth rate, and high death rate.

a)

The population decreases.

b)

The population increases.

c)

The population grows too much too fast.

d)

The population grows outside of its habitat.

6.

The great hornbill and the toucan both eat the same fruit, insects, and nuts. They both live in the rainforest. Their large bills function to get food and also as warning coloration. Which of the following is a limiting factor to the toucan population?

a)

overlapping breeding seasons

b)

bill coloration

c)

genetic variability

d)

competition

7.
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.
8.
If the number of births is greater than 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.
9.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
10.
Plants and animals that are not native to a habitat (nonindigenous)...
a)
predators
b)
biological magnification
c)
invasive species
d)
prey
11.
What do you call a period of rapid growth?
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth
c)
emigration
d)
predator-prey cycle
12.
What is the order of succession shown in this figure?
a)
A, B, C, D
b)
B, A, D, C
c)
C, D, A, B
d)
D, A, B, C
13.

Primary succession occurs in an area that has:

a)

Has Soil

b)

Has No Soil

c)

Has Some Soil

d)

none of these

14.

___ are the first organisms to colonize an area and begin the process of ecological succession.

a)

foundational organisms

b)

introductory organisms

c)

primary organisms

d)

pioneer species

15.

In which type of symbiotic relationship do both species benefit?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

16.

In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other species is unaffected?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

17.

In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other species is harmed?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

18.

In which type of symbiotic relationship does the predator eat it's prey?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

19.

A certain species of bird follows cows through a pasture and eats insects that cows stir up. The cows are not affected. Which type of symbiotic relationship is described?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

20.

A shrimp is warned of danger by a fish and the fish gets a home dug by the shrimp. Which type of symbiotic relationship is this?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation