HMH The Living Earth: Unit 1 Test - 1.1-1.4

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

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

The picture shows secondary succession

Biotic or abiotic?

Where BOTH species "benefit" (+).

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Which two factors will increase a population size?

Biotic or abiotic?

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

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

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

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

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

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on plants.

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

Which growth pattern is also called S-shaped growth?

Biotic or abiotic?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If there are 200 deer in an area of 10 km², what is the population density?

An insect usually has many offspring but few are expected to survive.

The first step of the Engineering and Design Process

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

What is secondary succession?

What is a Primary succession?

What is the ONE criteria that an engineer should NOT consider when designing a technology to protect a natural resource?

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

All the organisms that belong to the same species living together

Biotic or abiotic?

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

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

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

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

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

The tundra and desert are examples of _______________ .