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Questions about our HMS Ecology unit for the seventh grade.
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Which of the following is an example of COMMENSALISM?
A hawk eats a fish
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
2
What is SYMBIOSIS?
A jealous relationship
A greedy relationship
A distant relationship
A close relationship
3
Which of the following is NOT a good example of a BIOME?
Temperate Forest
Desert
Street
Taiga
4
Burning fuel to produce energy, but also CO2 as a waste
Combustion
Transpiration
Respiration
Evaporation
5
Which of the following is NOT an effect of HABITAT LOSS?
Less trees can damage the soil
Birds and insects have more places to live
Biodiversity is lowered
Organisms loose their homes
6
Which of the following is NOT a type of renewable energy?
Natural Gas
Solar Panels
Wind Turbines
Hydroelectric
7
Which is the proper order for the FIVE LEVELS that environments are organized into.
Organism, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Biome
Biome, Organism, Ecosystem, Population, Community.
Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism.
Community, Population, Organism, Biome, Ecosystem.
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What is the MEASURE of the how tightly packed a population is?
Population Density
Population Landscape
Population Clarity
Population Area
9
The best tool to show energy passing from ALL organisms in an ecosystem.
Food Line
Food Chain
Food Store
Food Web
10
Which of the following is NOT a good example of COOPERATION?
A wolf pack hunting a deer
A school of fish evading a shark
A lion stealing a kill from hyenas
Humans building homes for each other
11
What is the smallest grouping of similar organisms called?
Pod
School
Family
Species
12
When an organism has adapted to fulfill a specific role in an ecosystem.
Job
Profession
Niche
Occupation
13
Which of the following events does NOT release pollution into the air?
Throwing bottles and cans into landfills
Burning trash to destroy it
Cars and factories burning gas
St. Helens volcano erupting
14
Which choice is not a usual reason for competition in nature?
Over anger
Over shelter
Over mates
Over food
15
The physical location that an organism lives
Habitat
Crib
Pad
Location
16
When water vapor is released from liquid water
Evaporation
Evapotranspiration
Precipitation
Transpiration
17
Which of the following would be a good example of a RENEWABLE RESOURCE?
Solar Power
Gasoline
Natural Gas
Coal
18
Which is incorrect for why birds and insects disappear during the winter?
Too many people active
Little food available
Temperature is too cold
Difficult to find unfrozen water
19
A group of the same species living in the same area
Population
Family
Species
Density
20
Which of the following could not happen to a LANDFILL?
Methane is released from the trash
It can fill up with trash
Chemicals can leak into the groundwater
Trash of all types will eventually break down
21
Which of the following is an example of MUTUALISM?
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A hawk eats a fish
A tick drinks blood from a dog
22
Which of the following is NOT a good example of PREY?
Cows
Grubs
Humans
Fish
23
Which is NOT one of the three main types of POLLUTION?
Physical
Ground
Water
Air
24
The struggle between individuals or populations for a limited resource.
Competition
Fight
Struggle
Argument
25
A negative result of organisms staying close together.
Difficult for predators to pick out one target.
Can work together to find or catch food.
More likely to fight with other animals.
Easier to find a mate.
26
Which word cannot be used to describe a PREDATOR?
Meat eater
Carnivoire
Consumer
Herbivoire
27
Which of the following is NOT a reason why our human population is growing so large?
Cleaner water supplies
Humans produce a lot of trash
More medicines
Better production of food
28
What is the study of organisms and their environment called?
Psychology
Geology
Biology
Ecology
29
What is the main difference between a CONIFEROUS tree and a DECIDUOUS tree
Deciduous trees never loose their leaves
Coniferous trees eat meat
Coniferous tree never loose their leaves
Deciduous trees live in very cold places
30
The living factors in an ecosystem
Rebiotic
Abiotic
Unbiotic
Biotic
31
Which of the following is the best definition of an ESTUARY?
Lower end of a river that leads to ocean
Lower end of ocean that leads to a river
The deepest part of the ocean
Starting area of a stream
32
What is the best answer for a COMMUNITY?
Many people living across the world.
A college where people go to learn more about the world.
Group of populations living in the same place.
One population living in a single spot.
33
Which of the following is NOT one of the four ABIOTIC factors in an ecosystem?
Water
Plants
Light
Soil
34
Which organism would you never find in a FRESHWATER BIOME?
Salamanders
Snails
Great White Shark
Frogs
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Which of the following is an example of PARASITISM?
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A hawk eats a fish
