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Unit 9 Test 5-9-24

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A clownfish receives shelter from predators and the anemone receives nutrients and protection from the clownfish:

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

2.

Dodder grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients:

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

3.

What would happen within a few months after the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980?

a)

pioneer species would grow

b)

no pioneer species would grow

c)

trees and large plants would grow

d)

rich, organic soil would be present

4.

What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

a)

carnivore

b)

detrivore

c)

decomposer

d)

herbivore

5.

Which organisms would be at the top or last trophic level?

a)

plant

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

carnivore

6.

The giraffe would be a

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

primary consumer

d)

secondary consumer

7.

Introduced species can disrupt ecosystems because they are a/an

a)

Keystone Species

b)

Endemic Species

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Native Species

8.

Which is an example of where secondary succession could occur?

a)

a glacier melts and exposes new rocks

b)

natural fire burns a prairie

c)

a corn field is abandoned and left to overgrow

d)

flood covers a piece of land

9.

Barnacles do not affect whales as they grow, but receive the benefit of a food source. This is

a)

parasitism

b)

mutualism

c)

commensalism

d)

neutralism

10.

Mice might grow in population and destroy the community by eating all of the berry bushes if

a)

wolves and snakes were removed from the food web

b)

another predator migrated in to the community

c)

the snake population grew

d)

none of these

11.

Which event would cause primary succession?

a)

forest fire

b)

flooding of a valley

c)

volcanic lava flow

d)

tornado

12.

A lion that eats a zebra that eats grass is a

a)

primary consumer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

tertiary consumer

d)

quaternary consumer

13.

What percentage of energy is passed on to the next trophic level?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

90%

14.

Biotic can be defined as

a)

the living parts of an ecosystem

b)

non-living parts of an environment

c)

rocks and water

d)

snakes and water

15.

Abiotic can be defined as?

a)

An organism that is alive

b)

Non-living parts of an ecosystem

c)

Living Parts of the environment

d)

A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

16.

Is rain an abiotic or biotic factor?

a)

abiotic

b)

biotic

17.

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

a)

keystone

b)

invasive

c)

engineer

d)

predator

18.

A producer is something that:

a)

Eats plants

b)

Makes its own food

c)

Eats animals

d)

Eats plants and animals

19.

Consumers...

a)

Make their own food

b)

Go through photosynthesis

c)

Eat other organisms

d)

Breathe in carbon dioxide

20.

Which of these things is NOT a consumer

a)

Human

b)

Whale

c)

Tree

d)

Chicken

21.

Mushroom (Fungus)

a)

Decomposer

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

22.

Falcon

a)

Decomposer

b)

Consumer

c)

Producer

23.

Cactus

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

24.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
25.

How would you calculate population density?

a)

area/number of species

b)

Number of individuals/total area

c)

population x carrying capacity

d)

(total area)x(number of species)/habitat types

26.

One of the nutrient cycles moves from an atmospheric gaseous form to the soil through both abiotic and biotic processes, moves through the food web, then is returned to the soil or to the atmosphere. Which cycle fits this description?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Water

27.

What organism is responsible for nitrogen fixation?

a)

plants

b)

humans

c)

bacteria

d)

viruses

e)

mice

28.
How do  animals get nitrogen?
a)
the atmosphere 
b)
eating other organisms
c)
bacteria
d)
lightning 
29.
Plants and animals need nitrogen to make __________.
a)
Protein
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Lipids
d)
Nucleic Acids
30.

What Niche would a Groundhog have?

a)

Swimming in shallow waters.

b)

Creating burrows.

c)

Hunting large birds.

d)

Breaking down dead plants and animals.

31.

When a population arrives and goes INTO a habitat

a)

niche

b)

emigration

c)

death rate.

d)

immigration

32.

What Habitat would a frog have?

a)

marshes and ponds

b)

eats insects

c)

trees

d)

tadpole

33.

At what generation was carrying capacity met?

a)

15

b)

12

c)

400

d)

8

34.

Logistic population growth can be described as

a)

growth when resources are limited

b)

a s-shaped curve

c)

reaching carrying capacity

d)

all of the above

35.

Density-independent limiting factors to population growth includes

a)

stress from overcrowding

b)

parasitism

c)

competition

d)

natural disasters

36.

What is a population ?

a)

Disturbance has removed vegetation but left soil intact.

b)

The natural birth, growth and development of ecosystem.

c)

All organisms of a species that live in the same area.

d)

A community of interacting organisms and their environment.

37.

Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

a)

human activities

b)

unusual weather

c)

competition for food

d)

natural disasters

38.

The end result of ecological succession is usually a(n)

a)

land biome.

b)

aquatic biome.

c)

unstable community.

d)

climax community.

39.

. Which of the following is an example of primary succession?

a)

lichens growing on rocks following a volcanic eruption

b)

grasses growing after a forest fire

c)

oak trees replacing pine trees in a forest

d)

non-native species introduced into a climax community

40.

Identify the type of population growth shown on the graph.

a)

logistic growth

b)

exponential growth

c)

predator-prey cycle

d)

boom-bust curve

41.

List a biome, and the kinds of plants and animals that live there, as well as a threat it faces

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42.

A person is driving from L.A. California to Washington D.C. list the biomes they would encounter in order

a)

Desert -> Grassland -> Deciduous forest

b)

Deciduous forest -> Grassland -> Deciduous forest -> Desert

c)

Deciduous forest -> Desert -> Grassland

d)

Grassland -> Desert -> Deciduous forest

43.

Climate is ________ and Weather is ________

a)

a long term pattern, day-to-day

b)

a day-to-day condition, a long term pattern

c)

high, low

d)

regional, specific

44.

An ecological footprint is...

a)

the sum total of life on earth

b)

a type of dance

c)

how dependent humans are on natural resources

d)

a path an animal takes to get food

45.

A garden spider hunts for prey among plants, this is its'

a)

abiotic factor

b)

niche

c)

habitat

d)

ecosystem

46.

Smooth sumac grows in a wide range of areas including open woodlands, prairies, dry rocky hillsides, canyons, and protected ravines, this is its preferred

a)

biotic factors

b)

niche

c)

habitat

d)

biome

47.

The increase of CO2 in the atmosphere would

a)

do nothing

b)

decrease the the average temperature

c)

increase the average temperature

d)

greenhouse gas

48.

Who would the population of Uganda be based on this age demographic

a)

Mostly elderly people, no kids under 10

b)

Mostly middle aged men, no women beyond 40

c)

Mostly young women, no older men as age decreases

d)

mostly young children, fewer adults as age increases

49.

How do animals get the nitrogen that bacteria in the soil fix from the atmosphere?

a)

They roll around on the ground to absorb nitrogen in the soil through osmosis

b)

They eat lions which have lots of nitrogen in them

c)

They eats plants

d)

They eat the dirt the bacteria live in

50.

What biome has lots of rain, a wet and a dry season, mild climate, and hosts most of the biodiversity on earth?

a)

Temperate grassland

b)

Tropical rainforest

c)

Tundra

d)

Taiga