Chapter 5.1 Formative Assessments

1. Chapter 5.1 Formative Assessments I can explain the environment's role in an organism’s survival and reproduction

2. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of biological evolution • Mutations • Migration • Natural Selection • Survival of the Fittest • Genetic drift

3. This is the process by which traits that improve an organism's chance for survival • Mutations • Migration • Natural Selection • Survival of the Fittest • Genetic drift

4. Changes in DNA are called • Mutations • Migration • Natural Selection • Survival of the Fittest • Genetic drift

5. Biological evolution that occurs by chance due to an unusual event • Mutations • Migration • Natural Selection • Survival of the Fittest • Genetic drift

6. The seasonal movement of organisms in and out of an area • Mutations • Migration • Natural Selection • Survival of the Fittest • Genetic drift

7. Change in the gene pool from organisms moving out of an area • Migration • Emigration • Immigration • Extinction • Speciation

8. Having stripes as a fish enables them to blend in with their surroundings and avoid predation is an example of • Mutations • Adaptation • Natural Selection • Survival of the Fittest • Genetic drift

9. Which two processes combine to produce the diversity of life on earth? • Fitness and adaptation • Natural Selection and Artificial Selection • Speciation and Extinction • Emigration and immigration • Genetic drift and mutation

10. Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor for survival • Water • Predation • Shelter • Adaptation • Mutation

11. Chapter 5.2 Formative Assessment I can explain how species interact in nature

12. Can occur between members of the same or different species. They seek the same limited resources • Tolerance • Resource portioning • Competition • Predation • Parasitism

13. This is the process by which an individual species hunts another • Population Cycles • Predation • Parasitism • Herbivory • Evolution

14. One organism depends on the host for nourishment or some other benefit • Symbiosis • Mutualism • Herbivory • Parasitism • Commensalism

15. The interaction in which an animal feeds on a plant • Symbiosis • Mutualism • Herbivory • Parasitism • Commensalism

16. A relationship in which two or more organisms benefit • Symbiosis • Mutualism • Herbivory • Parasitism • Commensalism

17. A long lasting and physically close relationship in which at least one organism benefits • Commensalism • Mutualism • Herbivory • Parasitism • Symbiosis

18. A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected (+/0) • Symbiosis • Mutualism • Herbivory • Parasitism • Commensalism

19. Chapter 5.3 Formative I can explain how energy and nutrients move through communities

20. This organism captures energy from the sun or from chemicals and store it in the bonds of sugars making energy available to rest of the community • Heterotroph • Autotroph • Consumer • Chemosynthesis • Decomposer

21. Which of the following is NOT considered a consumer? • Herbivores • Carnivores • Omnivores • Decomposer • Autotroph

22. A consumer obtains energy by undergoing this process • Cellular Respiration • Chemosynthesis • Photosynthesis

23. If I have obtained 1% of the primary producers energy which trophic level am I in? • 1st level consumer • 2nd level consumer • 3rd level consumer • 4th level consumer

24. A bear is an example of • Omnivore • Carnivore • Decomposer • Herbivore

25. An apple tree is an example of • Carnivore • Omnivore • Herbivore • Autotroph • Heterotroph

26. The best way to show the feeding relationships in a community is • Food chain • Food web • Energy level pyramid • Linear feeding relationship

27. If a sea otter becomes extinct what would happen? • Increase of kelp, decrease in sea urchins • Decrease in sea urchins, decrease in kelp • Increase in both sea urchins and kelp • Decrease in kelp, increase in sea urchins

28. Chapter 5.4 Formative I can describe how communities respond to disturbances

29. The largest population size a given environment can sustainably support is known as its • Limiting factor • Carrying capacity • Population cap • Population capacity

30. A pond slowly fills in as algae and other plants die and fall to the bottom. This is an example of: • Primary succession • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Pioneer species

31. Water, space, food, predators, and disease are all examples of: • Primary succession • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Carrying capacity • Succession

32. A small symbiotic organism secretes acid into the rock to anchor itself in place. • Climax community • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Pioneer species • Succession

33. A forest of pine trees is burned over a 10 mile area when lightning strikes a tree. In the spring, a few seedlings begin to sprout. This is an example of: • Primary succession • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Pioneer species • Climax communities

34. A glacier has scraped all soil from a rocky area. As it slowly retreats, some of the rock is broken down by weathering. Some moss begins to grow a year later. This is an example of: • Primary succession • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Pioneer species • Climax communities

35. The old growth forest has remained the same combination of hickories and oakes for 100 years. This is an example of: • Primary succession • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Pioneer species • Climax communities

36. A volcano erupts creating a new island. After a few years, small plants begin to grow. This is an example of: • Primary succession • Limiting factors • Secondary succession • Pioneer species • Climax communities

37. A non native species is introduced into a new area. The species is kept in check. This is an example of: • Invasive species • Pioneer species • Exotic species

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39. An autotroph found deep in the ocean would use this process to make its own food • Photosynthesis • Chemosynthesis • Speciation • Extinction • Cell respiration

40. A fern uses energy from the sun to convert it into useable energy in this process • Photosynthesis • Chemosynthesis • Speciation • Extinction • Cell respiration

41. A single species is eliminated permanently from the rain forest. This is an example of: • Photosynthesis • Chemosynthesis • Speciation • Background Extinction • Mass extinction

42. What did the holes represent in the water lab? • How did it affect efficiency?

43. A hawk is considered a scavenger. What is another way to describe this organism? • Autotroph • Parasite • Detritivore • Decomposer • Keystone species

44. If this organism is eliminated from an ecosystem, there will be wide reaching impact on a community. • Autotroph • Parasite • Detritivore • Decomposer • Keystone species

45. _________ is another term for consumer. • Autotroph • Heterotroph • Primary producer • Fitness • Gene

46. ______________ describes how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment. • Autotroph • Heterotroph • Primary producer • Fitness • Gene

47. A sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait is a(n): • Adaptation • Evolution • Primary producer • Fitness • Gene

48. Describe what form vs function means. Use an example to explain.

49. A general term that means change over time: • Adaptation • Evolution • Primary producer • Fitness • Gene

50. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cabbage are all derived from the same single plant, Brassicaoleracea. This is an example of: • Natural selection • Allopatric speciation • Artificial selection • mutation • migration