Transcript Interdependence of Organisms

Interdependence of Organisms
1.
• The area in which
certain types of plants
or animals can be found
living in close proximity
to each other is called a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Habitat.
Community.
Niche.
Kingdom.
2.
• A British ecologist stated
the importance of
realizing an organism’s
role in the ecosystem as
follows: “When an
ecologist sees a badger,
they should include in
their thoughts some
definitive idea of the
animal’s place in the
community to which it
belongs.” What does this
statement describe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
An animal’s habitat
An animal’s niche
An animal’s community
An animal’s ecosystem
3.
• The giant noctule bat
(Nyctalus laslopterus)
preys mainly upon insects
during the summer
months, and on migrating
songbirds during the
autumn and spring. It
attacks the birds at night
from several hundred
meters in the air. During
the day, the bat roosts in
trees. What do these
sentences describe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Community
Habitat
Biome
Niche
4.
• Nitrogen, oxygen, and
carbon dioxide are
among the most
biologically important
atmospheric gases.
What are these called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abiotic factors
Biotic factors
Biospheric factors
Habitat factors
5.
• A hinny is the offspring
of a male horse and a
female donkey. Like
mules, hinnies are
almost always sterile
(unable to breed). This
confirms that
A. A mule and a donkey
are different species.
B. A mule and a hinny are
different species.
C. A horse and a donkey
are different species.
D. A horse and a hinny
are different species.
1.
• The relationship
between two members
of a community in
which one member
harms another by its
presence is
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parasitism.
Commensalism.
Mutualism.
Dependency.
2.
• A bee goes from flower to
flower, gathering nectar.
At each stop, the furry
body and legs accumulate
pollen from the flower,
which the bee transfers as
it moves. The flower
needs pollen to
reproduce and the bee
needs nectar to eat.
What kind of relationship
is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predation
3.
• A mother cuckoo lays her
egg in the nest of a warbler,
then flies away. The
warbler raises the baby
cuckoo along with her own
babies. The cuckoo baby
grows quickly, becoming
massive compared to the
warbler babies. At some
point, the baby cuckoo
pushes the warbler babies
out of the nest in order to
make more room for itself.
What does this scenario
describe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parasitism
Predation
Intraspecies competition
Interspecies competition
4.
• Which of the following is
not true regarding
predation?
A. Predation helps maintain
an ecological balance.
B. Predators keep the
numbers of prey animals
under control.
C. Predators choose the sick
and weak prey because
they are easier to catch.
D. Predators choose the sick
and weak prey because
they are trying to maintain
ecological balance.
1.
• A density-dependent
factor
A. Limits a population in
a given area regardless
of size.
B. Limits the population
when the population
reaches a certain size.
C. May include weather
or natural disaster.
D. Often affects small,
sparse populations.
2.
• Orangutans are highly
territorial primates.
What is the most likely
population distribution
pattern for them to
maintain?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Clumped
Communal
Random
Even
3.
• A population will tend to
grow if
A. It has a random
population distribution.
B. The number of births
exceeds the number of
deaths.
C. The number of deaths
exceeds the number of
births.
D. It is at carrying capacity.
4.
• An active volcano under
the ocean erupts, and
the build-up of cooled
lava eventually forms a
new island. What type
of succession will
immediately occur on
the newly formed
island?
A. Primary succession
B. Secondary succession
C. Both primary and
secondary succession
D. No succession
1.
• What are biotic factors?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Living factors
Lipids factors
Non-living factors
Always unicellular
2.
• What are abiotic
factors?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Decomposers
Living factors
Non-living factors
Photosynthetic factors
3.
• What is a place where a
member of a
community lives and
finds food called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pond
Biome
Habitat
Residence
4.
• How will unusual weather
affect populations?
A. It will affect all
populations regardless
of size.
B. It will only affect small
populations of
organisms.
C. It will only affect large
populations of
organisms.
D. It will have no effect on
populations.
5.
• Red foxes are nocturnal
and live in meadows and
forest edges. They are
predators to small
mammals, amphibians,
and insects. The scraps
that red foxes leave
behind provide food for
scavengers and
decomposers. The
preceding sentences
describe the red fox’s
A.
B.
C.
D.
Community.
Prey.
Niche.
Food web.
6.
• Man-of-war fish cluster
around the venomous
tentacles of jellyfish to
escape larger predators.
The presence of the
man-of-war fish does
not harm or benefit the
jellyfish. What is this
type of relationship
called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parasitism
Commensalism
Succession
Mutualism
7.
• In nature, why might
organisms have the
clumped distribution?
A. They are greedy and like
to compete for space.
B. They want to be located
near a resource.
C. An organism secretes a
hormone that causes
individuals close by to
move away.
D. They want to learn to
live in close knit
communal groups.
12.
• A symbiotic relationship
means
A. The energy cycle is not
involved.
B. No one benefits.
C. The solar system is
involved.
D. One or both parties
benefit.
13.
• What item below is the
best limiting factor in a
desert?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sunlight
Warm temperatures
Water
Animals
14.
• Which situation best
describes a mutualistic
relationship?
A. Cleaner fish eat
parasites off larger
fish.
B. Sharks hunt and
consume smaller fish.
C. Barnacles hitch a ride
on a blue whale.
D. Tape worms feed off
nutrients inside a
human.
15.
• A honey bee farmer
increases his colony by
2,000 bees in a season.
What statement must
be true?
A. There were more
deaths than births
B. More bees moved out
of the colony than into
it
C. There were more
births than deaths
D. The bees experienced
a limiting factor