Living Earth Unit 1 Test

Biotic or abiotic?

What is primary succession?

When two organisms compete for the same limited resource, like food or water.

Where one specie "benefits" (+) and the other specie is neither "helped" NOR "harmed" (=).

A measure of the number of different species found within a specific area.

Which growth pattern is also called S-shaped growth?

A hurricane is an example of a human-caused (anthropogenic) disturbance

Where one specie "benefits" (+) and the other specie is "harmed" (-).

What is secondary succession?

Which of the following technologies would NOT likely involve an environmental engineer to design and build?

Biotic or abiotic?

Which type of limiting factor limits the size of a population regardless of its density?

A measurement of the number of individuals living in a defined space is called population _____.

Which of the following is the sphere in which human-caused activity is seen?

Biotic or abiotic?

The picture shows secondary succession

A single species that has an especially strong effect on an entire ecosystem.

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

Which of these factors would be a density-dependent limiting factor that could decrease the carrying capacity?

Which level of organization includes all of the living and nonliving factors in an area?

The inputs seen in this diagram are

The human body is an example of a(n)

Which growth pattern involves a population size increasing dramatically over a period of time?

Which of the following is not a type of population dispersion?

Rodents are introduced to a remote island & the population reaches the carrying capacity. Birth and death rates are __.

Which of the following are factors in determining the stability of a community? Select any correct answer.

An ecosystem that can survive and come back from a disturbance is

Which of these option is not referring to the Engineering Design Process?

A close ecological relationship between two or more organisms of different species is _____________.

Temperature and precipitation are important abiotic factors in determining which organisms can exist in an biome.

Biotic or abiotic?

A mushroom's ________ is decomposing plants and animals more quickly.

According to the graph, in what year did the population begin to stabilize?

What other effects will clear-cutting of forests have on this ecosystem? Select any correct answer.

Which of these are pioneer species for primary succession? Select any correct answer.

The tundra and desert are examples of _______________ .

Which of these best describes a climax community that results from succession?

If there are 200 deer in an area of 10² km, what is the population density?

Which two factors will increase a population size?

The study of the interaction of living organisms and the environment is called ___________ .

Which is NOT an example of a density-dependent limiting factor?

An antelope population has a NEGATIVE growth rate. Which would be true?

A gray fox's ________ is described as the food it eats, the dens that it uses and the air temperature.

A prototype doesn't address the client's needs. What might be a possible next step in the process?

You and a partner have brainstormed a design for a desalination device to help remove salt from ocean water. Next step?

All the organisms that belong to the same species living together

________ is the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support.

All living things have the characteristics of all BUT the following:

The first step of the Engineering and Design Process

What conditions may occur when a population is in exponential growth?

Where BOTH species "benefit" (+).

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on plants.

Which type of population growth is more likely to experience a population crash?