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Ch 8
Test Description: Microhabitats, ecological succession, biomes
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.
A
watershed
B
biome
C
succession
D
ecosystem
2) Relates to or results from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
A
limiting factor
B
carrying capacity
C
abiotic
D
biotic
3) Factors that are physical rather than biological factors.
A
carrying capacity
B
limiting factors
C
abiotic
D
biotic
4) The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
A
biogenous
B
biological
C
biogeographical
D
biodiversity
5) Which biome receives very little rain?
A
desert
B
taiga
C
deciduous forest
D
tropical rain forest
6) How do lichens contribute to primary succession?
A
creates energy through photosynthesis for herbivores to consume
B
produces seeds that will grow into trees
C
helps with repopulation by attracting animals that eat lichen to the area
D
break down rock to form soil
7) Which biome receives large amounts of rain and has dense growths of tall, leafy trees?
A
temperate rain forest
B
tropical rain forest
C
grassland
D
deciduous forest
8) Which biome is where grasses are the dominant plants?
A
grass biome
B
prairieland
C
prairie biome
D
grassland
9) When a rabbit uses a palm leaf for shade from the noonday sun, it is interacting with a/an __________.
A
biotic factor
B
biodiverse factor
C
limiting factor
D
abiotic factor
10) How are microhabitats best able to support a variety of organisms?
A
they all have primary succession
B
they have similar biotic and abiotic factors
C
they all have large amounts of rain
D
they all have oceans
11) temperature, light, air, water, and sun are all _______ parts of the environment
A
eutrophication
B
limiting
C
abiotic
D
biotic
12) What makes an ecosystem sustainable?
A
a high carrying capacity for deer
B
water resources
C
high biodiversity
D
high numbers of individuals in a population
13) What is NOT an example of a freshwater ecosystem?
A
microhabitat
B
community
C
biome
D
ecosystem
14) A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another is a _____.
A
wetland
B
stream/river
C
pond
D
ocean
15) What is the first species to colonize new or undisturbed land?
A
pioneer species
B
secondary species
C
climax species
D
primary species
16) What is the final result when freshwater ecosystems change?
A
climax community
B
land ecosystem
C
aquatic succession
D
stable community
17) What happens if an existing ecosystem is destroyed?
A
aquatic succession
B
primary succession
C
secondary succession
D
pioneer succession
18) Which is NOT a biotic factor?
A
tree
B
dead hog
C
rock
D
insect
19) Which catastrophic event will NOT have the effect of returning an ecosystem to primary succession?
A
meteor strike
B
tornado
C
volcanic eruption
D
glacial retreat
20) After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?
A
annual plants, grasses, hardwood trees, shrubs
B
lichen, grasses, shrubs, trees
C
small annual plants, grasses, shrubs, hardwood trees
D
grasses, annual plants, shrubs, trees
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