Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What word describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an
environment?
a. | abiotic | c. | the biosphere | b. | the population | d. | biotic |
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A community is several species of animals interacting, while a population
is
a. | members of one species in an area. | b. | the biotic and abiotic elements of an
area. | c. | the nonliving elements of a habitat. | d. | a single
organism. |
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The five levels of organization in the environment, from first to fifth level
are
a. | organism, population, biosphere, ecosystem, community. | b. | organism,
population, biotic elements, abiotic elements, community. | c. | organism,
population, community, ecosystem, biosphere. | d. | organism, population, biosphere, abiotic
elements, ecology. |
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Which of the following is abiotic?
a. | a gar | c. | grass | b. | an alligator | d. | water |
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Grass is eaten by a prairie dog. The prairie dog is eaten by a coyote. This is
an example of
a. | an abiotic element. | c. | a herbivore. | b. | an omnivore. | d. | a food chain. |
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The largest population an environment can support is its
a. | carrying capacity. | c. | population. | b. | limiting factor. | d. | symbiosis. |
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Rocks, temperature, and water are what part of the environment?
a. | biotic | c. | population | b. | abiotic | d. | living |
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What do several different populations living together make?
a. | a biosphere | c. | a community | b. | an organism | d. | an ecosystem |
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Grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of a
a. | consumer. | c. | decomposer. | b. | parasite. | d. | producer. |
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Limiting factors determine an area’s carrying capacity because
a. | the number of animals is limited. | c. | animals need resources to
survive. | b. | ecosystems are small. | d. | the number of animals is unlimited. |
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What is the lowest level of environmental organization that three male egrets
would all belong in together?
a. | individual organism | c. | community | b. | population | d. | ecosystem |
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If scientists are studying the egrets, herons, marsh crabs, and cordgrass, but
not the water or rocks in a salt marsh, what level of organization would they be studying?
a. | individual organism | c. | community | b. | population | d. | ecosystem |
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An environmental study reporting on the way temperature, water quality, and
minerals affect the animals in a salt marsh would be considering which level of organization?
a. | individual organism | c. | community | b. | population | d. | ecosystem |
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A scientist studying the way egrets, herons, and crabs interact, who is not
interested in abiotic factors such as the rocks, water, and temperature, is studying what level of
environmental organization?
a. | population | c. | community | b. | ecosystem | d. | biosphere |
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Rocks, temperature, and water are what kind of things?
a. | biotic | c. | population | b. | abiotic | d. | living |
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What level of organization comes after population?
a. | biosphere | c. | community | b. | organism | d. | ecosystem |
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What word describes a community of organisms and their environment?
a. | individuals | c. | population | b. | ecosystem | d. | community |
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When there is a lot of pollution, rain can be acidic, harming plants and
animals. What is this an example of?
a. | competition between a population and a community | b. | a mutualistic type
of symbiosis | c. | an abiotic factor affecting an ecosystem | d. | an individual
affecting a community |
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Which of the following is a biotic factor in a biome?
a. | the quality of soil | c. | the presence of ponds and lakes | b. | the amount of
rainfall | d. | the kinds of
grasses |
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The base of the ocean’s food chains is formed by
a. | blue whales. | c. | plankton. | b. | coral reefs. | d. | sargassums. |
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Which of the following is NOT a key abiotic factor in marine ecosystems?
a. | water temperature | c. | amount of sunlight | b. | water depth | d. | amount of
plankton |
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The place where the ocean recieves no sunlight is the
a. | intertidal zone. | c. | oceanic zone. | b. | neritic zone. | d. | deep zone. |
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The area that has warm, sunlit water and extends over the continental shelf is
the
a. | intertidal zone. | c. | oceanic zone. | b. | neritic zone. | d. | benthic zone. |
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Many plants can grow in the littoral zone of a lake because
a. | sunlight reaches its bottom. | c. | there are no
animals. | b. | there are no algae. | d. | there is both salt water and fresh water. |
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What is an important difference between rivers and ponds
a. | rivers contain still water | c. | kinds of algae. | b. | water
depth. | d. | rivers contain
moving water |
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What would be the main producer of a lake.
a. | fish | c. | algae | b. | water | d. | scavengers |
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Which of the following subtract carbon from the atmosphere ?
a. | combustion | c. | the ocean | b. | animals | d. | driving a car |
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Use the following terms to complete the concept map below:| carnivores | energy | | herbivores | omnivores | | producers | | | |
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