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SCLT Q2 review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is species richness?

a)

When an area has a high diversity in species

b)

When an area has species that share an area evenly

c)

When species have similar niches that separate limited resources

d)

When one organism harms another organism while it benefits

2.

What is symbiosis?

a)

Close ecological relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact with one another

b)

A relationship between an organism that benefits from another organism that is unaffected by the first organism

c)

A relationship between two organisms that both benefit from one another

d)

When an area has a diversity in species

3.

What symbiotic relationship is the following displaying? Colonial birds clean the teeth of alligators, who in turn protect the birds from predators in the wetlands.

a)

mutualistic

b)

commensalistic

c)

parasitic

d)

predator

4.

Which of the following will NOT affect species richness?

a)

Mining of the area

b)

The adding of a new species to the area

c)

The removal of a plant species in the area

d)

Heavy metal contamination in the water supply

5.

What kind of organism would be found in the identified trophic level?

a)
Producers
b)

herbivores

c)

secondary consumers

d)

primary consumers

6.

Cancer is caused by the...

a)

Mutated germ cell from parent to offspring

b)

Mutated somatic cell from parent to offspring

c)

Synthesis of DNA

d)

The uncontrolled growth/division of cells

7.

Succession is a series of steps in which...

(a)  

8.

Which of the following is NOT a phase in interphase of the cell cycle?

a)

Gap 1 (G1)

b)

Gap 2 (G2)

c)

M phase

d)

S phase

9.

Which checkpoint in the cell cycle is responsible for checking that DNA has been properly replicated?

a)

G2 checkpoint

b)

S phase checkpoint

c)

M phase checkpoint

d)

G1 checkpoint

10.

Which of the following describes species evenness?

a)

When an area has a high diversity in species

b)

When an area has species that share an area evenly

c)

When species have similar niches that separate limited resources

d)

When one organism harms another organism while it benefits

11.

Primary succession begins with...

a)

With soil still on the ground

b)

A disturbance that leaves organisms like grasses and mosses behind

c)

No soil

d)

A disturbance that leaves soil behind

12.

What symbiotic relationship is the following displaying? Copepods attach themselves to Greenland shark corneas and feed on the eyes, causing them to go blind.

a)

parasitic

b)

mutualistic

c)

commensalitic

d)

competition

13.

G1 phase is in charge of cell…

a)

growth

b)

dna replication

c)

synthesis of dna

d)

mitosis

14.

Biodiversity is…

a)

The limitation of different species represented in an ecosystem or given area

b)

The relative abundance of each species in an ecosystem

c)
  1. The variety of species within an ecosystem

d)

All living or once living components of an ecosystem

15.

Describe the competition in terms of ecosystems.

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16.

Name three limited resources for a population of blue jays.

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17.

What stage in the cell cycle leads to DNA synthesis?

a)

M phase

b)

S phase

c)

G1 Phase

d)

G2 Phase

18.

From what source do plants absorb their energy?

a)

Water

b)

Sun

c)

Soil

d)

Acid rain

19.

This is an example of a(n)...


a)
  1. Logistic growth graph

b)

Exponential growth graph

c)

Survivorship curve

d)

Slope growth curve

20.

A producer absorbs 32,000 J of energy from its environment. How much energy would an organism from the 2nd trophic level absorb?

a)

3200 J

b)

320 J

c)

32000 J

d)

3.2 J

21.

Which of the following would NOT be a possible reason for cancer to occur in an individual?

a)

All are possible reasons for cancer to develop

b)

toxic waste exposure

c)

genetic mutation

d)

UV exposure

22.

The maximum population that can be supported by a particular environment in terms of resources is called

a)

Carrying capacity

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Density-independent factors

d)

density-dependent factors

23.

Cells spend most of their lifetime in which phase?

a)

Interphase

b)

mitosis

c)

M phase

d)

S phase

24.

T/F: Abiotic factors are any living or once living factors in an ecosystem.

a)

True

b)

False