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Final Exam Review # 6
Test Description: This is the sixth set of questions to review for the Living Environment final examination.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What type of ecosystem would be characterized by a complex food chain and high biodiversity?
A
Unstable
B
Endangered
C
Stable
D
Lunar
2) Temperate Deciduous Forests of New York State, and other areas that have similar climatic conditions, plants, and animals are all part of the same
A
Biome
B
Carrying capacity
C
Habitat
D
Community
3) All of the different populations of living organisms in an area make up the
A
habitat
B
ecosystem
C
niche
D
troposphere
4) Sunlight, temperature, rocks, water and air are all
A
Biotic factors
B
Pioneer species
C
Essential nutrients
D
Abiotic factors
5) The stable assemblage of plants and animals that can arise through the process of ecological succession is the
A
Climax community
B
Intermediate species
C
Carrying capacity
D
Pioneer species
6) What process describes changes that occur in the community of a particular area over long periods of time?
A
Ecological succession
B
Natural selection
C
Genetic isolation
D
Mitosis
7) Ecosystems that have climax communities will remain stable unless there is some sort of
A
Disruption
B
Overproduction of offspring
C
Carrying capacity
D
Biome
8) What type of growth has the human population shown in the last 60 years?
A
Incremental
B
Decreasing
C
Exponential
D
Logistic
9) What is the major cause of the depletion of Earth’s resources and an increase in environmental damage?
A
A decrease in energy consumption
B
A decrease in carnivore populations
C
An increase in the sun’s light production
D
Human population growth
10) What human activity has caused the disruption of balance in many ecosystems and the endangerment of many species?
A
Cellular respiration
B
Pollution
C
Nutrient limitation
D
Resource conservation
11) The emission by factories of which two gases is the major source of acid rain?
A
Carbon dioxide and water vapor
B
Oxygen and methane
C
Pesticides and helium
D
Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxides
12) Destruction of which of earth’s atmospheric layers allows more potentially damaging ultraviolet rays to reach Earth?
A
Hemisphere
B
Ozone
C
Lithosphere
D
Hydrosphere
13) The increase of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, in the troposphere have led to
A
Increased genetic diversity
B
Acid rain
C
Global warming
D
Ozone depletion
14) When a species is moved from its native habitat into a new ecosystem it is referred to as an
A
Equilibrated species
B
Introduced species
C
Embryonic species
D
Environmental species
15) Why can introduced species be very detrimental to the ecosystems they are released into?
A
They provide a food source for predators
B
They compete for mates with native species
C
They are never problematic
D
They can cause imbalance in the food web
16) When more organisms need the same resource that is available in limited quantities, what process occurs to determine who gets the resource?
A
Evolution
B
Competition
C
Mitosis
D
Cellular respiration
17) What term describes the number of individuals that can survive on the resources that are present in an ecosystem?
A
Survivability
B
Exponential growth
C
Resource potential
D
Carrying capacity
18) When we use one type of living organism to control the population growth of a different type of organism, this is called
A
Selective breeding
B
Biological control
C
Chemical regulation
D
Biochemical warfare
19) Scientific problems are a description of what is being investigated and are always written in what form?
A
If…then statement
B
Reverse logic
C
Exclamation
D
Question
20) The research question can be turned into a sentence that is a testable statement. This important piece of the scientific method is called a
A
Conclusion
B
Independent variable
C
Hypothesis
D
Hypotenuse
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