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5) What level of ecology is concerned with groups of individuals of the same species?
A) community
B) organism
C) ecosystem
D) population
population
6) What level of ecology is concerned with groups of individuals of different species?
A) community
B) organism
C) ecosystem
D) population
community
7) What is a population?
A) a group of organisms living in a particular geographic area
B) a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular geographic area
C) a community as well as all the abiotic factors in a particular geographic area
D) all of the organisms of a species existing at a particular time
a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular geographic area
8) Which of these is a community?
A) all of the Staphylococcus aureus(a species of bacteria) living on your skin
B) all of the organisms living in your home
C) all of the people living in your neighborhood
D) all of the nut grass (considered a weed) in my backyard
Staphylococcus aureus
(a species of bacteria) living on your skin
B) all of the organisms living in your home
C) all of the people living in your neighborhood
D) all of the nut grass (considered a weed) in my backyard
all the organisms living in your home
10) Which of the following organisms are not ultimately dependent on sunlight for energy?
A) species that live in hydrothermal vent habitats
B) predators
C) marine species that live in the aphotic zone
D) bacteria that feed on dead organic matter
species that live in hydrothermal vent habitats
11) Aquatic organisms .
A) have a waxy coating to prevent water loss
B) may experience problems with water balance
C) typically have a plentiful supply of nitrogen
D) never find light to be in short supply
may experience problems with water balance
12) Which nutrients often limit the distribution and abundance of photosynthetic organisms?
A) water and oxygen
B) nitrogen and phosphorus
C) carbon dioxide and nitrogen
D) water and carbon dioxide
nitrogen and phosphorus
13) What term applies to the physical and physiological changes experienced by astronauts who spend months in space?
A) acclimation
B) adaptation
C) cosmosation
D) accreditation
acclimation
14) Which of the following is a behavioral response to environmental variability?
A) migrating to a different location
B) acclimation
C) endothermy
D) “flagging” by trees
migrating to a different location
15) In an aquatic ecosystem, what name is given to the region where photosynthesis can occur?
A) pelagic zone
B) aphotic zone
C) benthic zone
D) photic zone
photic zone
16) Wetlands .
A) are important in improving water quality
B) include rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes
C) are an example of a marine biome
D) are found in the intertidal zone
are important in improving water quality
17) What are estuaries?
A) a type of freshwater biome
B) areas near the start of a river
C) regions where ocean meets land
D) a transition area between a river and the ocean
a transition area between a river and the ocean
18) Which of these biomes is one of the most biologically productive of all biomes?
A) open oceans
B) estuaries
C) temperate grasslands
D) coniferous forests
estuaries
19) What name is given to the region where sea meets land?
A) pelagic realm
B) intertidal zone
C) benthic realm
D) aphotic zone
intertidal zone
20) What name is given to the open ocean?
A) pelagic realm
B) intertidal zone
C) benthic realm
D) photic zone
pelagic realm
21) In what part of the ocean are phytoplankton found?
A) pelagic realm
B) intertidal zone
C) benthic realm
D) aphotic zone
pelagic realm
22) What name is given to the seafloor?
A) pelagic realm
B) intertidal zone
C) benthic realm
D) aphotic zone
benthic realm
23) The temperate zones .
A) have the coolest climates on Earth
B) are relatively wet
C) are relatively dry
D) are the zones closest to the equator
are relatively wet
24) Which of the following can moderate climate by absorbing heat when the air is warm and releasing heat when the air is cold?
A) clouds
B) glaciers
C) mountains
D) oceans
oceans
25) Water-storing plants and deeply-rooted shrubs are plants that characterize .
A) tropical forests
B) chaparral
C) deserts
D) savanna
deserts
26) The Sahara Desert and the Negev Desert belong to the same .
A) community
B) abiota
C) biome
D) biota
biome
27) Long, snowy winters as well as evergreen trees such as pine and fir are found in .
A) chaparral
B) temperate broadleaf forest
C) coniferous forest
D) temperate grasslands
coniferous forest
28) are the dominant herbivores of savanna ecosystems.
A) Antelopes
B) Zebras
C) Buffalo
D) Insects
Insects
29) What is one important difference between savannas and temperate grasslands?
A) Savannas only rarely experience fires
B) Savannas have trees
C) Savannas are inhabited by grazing mammals
D) Savannas have very fertile soil
Savannas have trees
30) Which of these biomes is maintained by fire?
A) temperate deciduous forest
B) chaparral and savanna
C) desert and chaparral
D) savanna and temperate grassland
chaparral and savanna
31) Permafrost, or permanently frozen subsoil, characterizes .
A) temperate deciduous forest
B) chaparral
C) tundra
D) coniferous forest
tundra
32) Most of the temperate grassland in North America has been converted to .
A) cities
B) farmland
C) national parks
D) suburbs
farmland
33) Water moves from land to the atmosphere through .
A) precipitation only
B) transpiration only
C) transpiration and evaporation
D) evaporation and precipitation
transpiration and evaporation
34) With regard to the environment as a whole, when is the worst time to apply pesticide to your lawn?
A) when it is raining, or is about to rain
B) when it is cold, or is about to get cold
C) at the same time you apply fertilizer
D) at night
when it is raining, or is about to rain
35) What fraction of Earth’s surface has been altered by human use?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 95%
75%
36) The greenhouse effect causes an increase in global temperatures. This increase is primarily due to .
A) CO₂ and other greenhouse gases allowing more solar radiation to penetrate Earth’s surface
B) CO₂ and other greenhouse gases slowing the escape of UV radiation from Earth
C) the loss of ozone that trapped cooling UV radiation in the atmosphere
D) CO₂ and other greenhouse gases slowing the escape of heat from Earth
CO₂ and other greenhouse gases slowing the escape of heat from Earth
37) Temperature increases due to global warming have been greatest .
A) close to the poles
B) in the sea
C) in the tropics
D) in deserts
close to the poles
38) The effect of deforestation has been to .
A) decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
B) increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
C) increase the rate at which carbon dioxide is incorporated into organic material
D) increase the rate of carbon dioxide production through cellular respiration
increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
39) In the oceans, global warming has .
A) decreased the amount of oxygen available
B) benefited corals
C) made the water more basic
D) made the water more acidic
made the water more acidic
40) Which of the following is not a result of global warming?
A) changes in the breeding seasons of some species
B) decreasing sea levels
C) melting permafrost
D) shifts in the ranges of some species
decreasing sea levels
41) Which of the following actions would increase your carbon footprint?
A) reusing or recycling items
B) eating more vegetables and less meat
C) eating more beef and less chicken
D) walking instead of driving
eating more beef and less chicken
Art Questions
1) Examine the figure below. Which part of Earth receives the greatest intensity of solar radiation?
A) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
B) equator
C) North and South Poles
D) all parts of Earth receive the same intensity of solar radiation.
equator
2) Examine the figure below. Phytoplankton live in the _.
A) photic zone and aphotic zone
B) aphotic zone
C) benthic zone
D) photic zone
photic zone
3) Examine the figure below. Globally, the largest amount of water moves from .
A) the oceans to the atmosphere by evaporation
B) land to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration
C) the atmosphere to land by precipitation
D) land to the oceans by surface and groundwater runoff
the oceans to the atmosphere by evaporation
Scenario Questions
1) The physiological response that allows salmon to survive in fresh water, then in salt water, and then fresh water again is an example of .
A) a behavioral response
B) evolution
C) acclimation
D) an anatomical response
acclimation
2) At different times in their lives, salmon can be found in all of the following except .
A) a freshwater biome
B) a chaparral
C) the pelagic realm
D) an estuary
a chaparral
What is a population?
A) a group of organisms that occupy the same general area
B) a group of individuals of a single species that occupy the same general area
C) a group of individuals of a single species that occupy the same general area and all the abiotic factors that affect them
D) all of the organisms of a single species existing at a particular time
all of the organisms of a single species existing at a particular time