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Environmental Science Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz
Environmental Science Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz
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Pearson Environmental Science Chapter 5 #vocabulary
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When a community must be built from scratch because of a very severe disturbance that is...
Tertiary Succession
Secondary Succession
Application
Primary Succession
2
Biological _____ can occur through mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection.
Photosynthesis
Mutation
Drift
Evolution
3
When competing species divide resources for the benefit of all of them it is called...
Resource Partitioning
Tolerance
Interaction
Competition
4
A heritable trait that increases an individual's fitness is called an...
Artificial Selection
Extinction
Adaptation
Mutation
5
The process where energy from the sun is used to convert CO2 and water into sugars...
Chemosynthesis
Omnisynthesis
Hydrosynthesis
Photosynthesis
6
The process where energy from hydrogen sulfide is used to convert CO2 and water into sugar...
Chemosynthesis
Exosynthesis
Hydrosynthesis
Photosynthesis
7
The process by which a new species is generated is called...
Mutation
Speciation
Artificial Selection
Genetic Drift
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An organism's __________ describes its use of resources and its role in the community.
Niche
Speciation
Extinction
Competition
9
An unexpected change in DNA that creates genetic variation among individuals is called a...
Invasive Species
Drift
Gene Flow
Mutation
10
The process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy of sugars...
Hydrosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
11
A species that has a very strong impact on a community is a...
Primary Species
Keystone Species
Pioneer Species
Common Species
12
The total amount of living tissue contained in a particular trophic level is called...
Community
Energy
Biomass
The Ten Percent Rule
13
A species that is the first one to colonize bare land is a...
Consumer
Secondary Species
Pioneer Species
Development
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The process where two species evolve in response to changes in each other..
Predation
Coevolution
Herbivory
Parasitism
15
When a community must rebuild after a disturbance that didn't destroy all living things it is..
Tertiary Succession
Application
Secondary Succession
Primary Succession
16
Organisms that can use energy from sun/chemicals to make energy for the community are...
Consumers
Carnivores
Herbivores
Primary Producers
17
Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy and nutrients are called heterotrophs or...
Children
Producers
Consumers
Pioneer Species
18
An organism's rank in its feeding hierarchy is called its...
Community
Trophic Level
Food Web
Food Pyramid
19
This general term means "change over time."
Origin
Biology
Science
Evolution
20
Relationships in which neither organism is harmed would include...
Mutualism
Commensalism
Herbivory
Parasitism
21
Niche includes which of the following?
What other organisms it interacts with.
Habitat where an animal lives.
How and when it reproduces.
Food an animal eats.
22
The process where traits that improve an organism's chance for survival are passed on more...
Natural Selection
Migration
Mutations
Fitness
23
A ____ is a sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait.
Gene
Mutation
Drift
Migration
24
Without limiting factors, a species introduced to a new area can become _________.
Invasive
Extinct
Limited
Trophic
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A series of predictable changes that a community experiences is a...
Stability
Extinction
Succession
Disturbance
