SCIENCE SOL REVIEW

Ecology and Interdependence
 


Multiple Choice: Read each question and chose the best answer.

1. Populations of different organisms and the abiotic factors which affect them are known as a(n):
    
    a. community
    b. territory
    c. ecosystem
    d. population

2. An instinct is an example of:

    a. innate behavior
    b. earned behavior
    c. imprinting
    d. conditioning

3. All populations in an area make up:

    a.  a niche
    b.  a habitat
    c.  a community
    d.  an ecosystem

4. An example of a herbivore is a:

    a.  wolf
    b.  moss
    c.  tree
    d.  rabbit

5. The relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is harmed is known as:

    a. mutualism
    b.  parasitism
    c. commensalism
    d.  symbiosis

6. The responsive inactivity and slowed metabolism that occurs during cold conditions is:

    a.  hibernation
    b.  imprinting
    c.  migration
    d.  circadian rhythm

7. All of the following are abiotic factors except:

    a.  animals
    b.  air
    c.  sunlight
    d.  soil

8. The number of individuals in a population occupying an area of a specific size describes the population's:
 
    a.  clumping
    b.  size
    c.  spacing
    d.  density

9. The level of the food chain with the most energy contains:

    a. omnivores
    b. herbivores
    c. decomposers
    d. producers

10. Returning wolves to Yellowstone National Park adds _____  to the food web.

    a.  a producer
    b.  an herbivore
    c.  a top carnivore
    d.  a decomposer

11. The climate of an area is determined by:

    a. plankton
    b. succession
    c. limiting factors
    d.  abiotic factors

12. Freshwater biomes include all of the following except:

    a.  lakes
    b.  ponds
    c.  rivers
    d.  estuaries

13. Eucalyptus trees produce energy from sunlight. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves for energy. This is an example of:

    a.  competition
    b.  food chain
    c.  mutualism
    d.  food web

14. All of the following are examples of grasslands except:

    a.  pampas
    b.  prairies
    c.  steppes
    d. estuaries

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