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1

Habitat can best be defined as
A)The place an organism lives
B)The study of how organisms interact with their environment
C)The assessment of what an organism needs to survive
D)All of the above
2

Which of the following is correct?
A)A population is wide spread and a species is located in a specific geographic region
B)A species is wide spread and a population is located in a specific geographic region
C)Individuals of a population contain the same genes
D)Individuals of a species contain the same genes
3

Commensalism is
A)A community structure in which all organisms share resources
B)A type of symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected
C)A form of parasitism
D)None of the above
4

Primary consumers are
A)Herbivores
B)Carnivores
C)Herbivores and carnivores
D)None of the above
5

Secondary consumers are
A)Herbivores
B)Carnivores
C)Herbivores and carnivores
D)None of the above
6

Which of the following is a producer?
A)Flower
B)Ant
C)Deer
D)Cow
7

Detritus food chains do not exist in the deep ocean.
A)True
B)False
8

Approximately 80% of the gas in the air we breathe is made up of
A)Oxygen
B)Nitrogen
C)Air
D)Carbon
9

In addition to burning fossil fuels, which activity has caused significant changes to the carbon cycle?
A)Damming of major rivers
B)Conversion of forests to agricultural lands
C)Use of fertilizers
D)Building of urban areas
10

The environment of organisms contain biotic and abiotic components.
A)True
B)False
11

If eating fish from the Great Lakes, in order to reduce metal intake it is best to eat big fish.
A)True
B)False
12

Fertilizer use by farming areas in the central US results in fish death in the Gulf of Mexico.
A)True
B)False





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