Untit 2 Exam 7th (Book C)

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Unit 2
Exam: Resource Availability in Ecosystems and Patterns of Interaction

Read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The graph shows the population of a group of rabbits in a restricted area studied over a period of
five years.
Which statement might explain why the population leveled off as shown in the graph?
A. The resources in the area ran out.
B. The rabbits encountered a new disease.
C. Predators were introduced into the area.
D. Competition for resources limited the rabbit population.
2. Which of these events would lead to an increase in the size of a population of squirrels?
A. More squirrels are born than die.
B. Some squirrels emigrate in search of food.
C. New predators are added to the ecosystem.
D. A large number of squirrels die because of a forest fire.
3. Which of these is the most likely reason that a population in an ecosystem could have a sharp
decline?
A. The number of prey suddenly increases.
B. The number of predators suddenly decreases.
C. The competition for the same resource suddenly drops.
D. The abiotic resources in the environment suddenly drops.
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4. A student is making a graph of the size of an animal population over time. He plots the size of the
population on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. How will the shape of the graph look
if it shows the logistic growth of the animal population in the ecosystem?
A. It will be a vertical line.
B. It will be an essentially flat, horizontal line.
C. It will be a straight line that slants sharply upward.
D. It will be a straight line that slants sharply downward.
5. Without other changes to a population, which of these will cause a population to increase in size?
A. The birth rate equals the death rate.
B. The birth rate is less than the death rate.
C. The birth rate is greater than the death rate.
D. The birth rate and the death rate both equal zero.
6. Which statement describes a difference between predators and prey?

A. Prey are types of plants, whereas predators are types of animals.
B. Prey remain in one place, but predators move around within the ecosystem.
C. Prey get energy only from plant materials, and predators eat only animals.
D. Prey are hunted for food, and predators capture and eat other animals to get energy
7. Every five years, certain kind of oak trees experience “masting,” in which they produce and drop
hundreds of acorns. How can masting affect organisms such as black bear, deer, and squirrels that
feed on them?
A. The oak population and the populations of organisms that eat acorns will both decline.
B. The number of acorns available will not affect the black bear, deer, or squirrel populations.
C. The population of oak trees, black bear, deer, and squirrels will all show a slight increase.
D. The oak population will decline, while the population of black bear, deer, and squirrels will
increase.
8. Grizzly bears’ diets consist of roots, tubers, berries, nuts, fungi, insects, rodents, and fish. What
ecological role best describes grizzly bears?
A. producers
B. carnivores
C. omnivores
D. herbivores
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9. The diagram shows how a manatee gets its energy.
10. What provides the energy for the sea grass, the manatee, and most life on Earth?
11. What role does the sea grass play in this food chain?
12. According to this diagram, what type of consumer is the manatee?
Directions: Read the passage, then answer the questions that follow.
The Dust Bowl and Carrying Capacity
During the 1930s, a large region of the Great Plains experienced the most severe drought in recorded history for the
region. This drought was called the Dust Bowl because it turned grasslands into dust.
13. How did the drought most likely affect populations of grasshoppers living in the grassland ecosystems?
A. The insects adapted to eat other available foods instead of grass.
B. Populations increased because other insects were eliminated from the environment.
C. Populations decreased because the resources the grasshoppers needed were not available.
D. Populations of grasshoppers were not affected because the size of a population cannot change over time.
14. How did the drought most likely affect the carrying capacity for populations of farm animals?
A. The populations increased at first and then decreased as time went on.
B. The populations decreased because the environment no longer had enough resources.
C. The populations stayed the same because they depended on biotic factors, not abiotic factors.
D. The populations increased because there was more room for animals once the plants were gone from the
environment.
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Directions: Read the passage, then answer the questions that follow.
Carrying Capacity and Deer Population

A population of deer in a forest ecosystem has exceeded the carrying capacity for the ecosystem.
15. Explain what logistic growth means and what will happen to the size of the deer population over
time.
16. Give an example of an event that might cause exponential growth in the deer population and explain
your reasoning.
17. Give an example of an event that might decrease the population of the deer and explain your
reasoning.

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Exam: Resource Availability in Ecosystems and Patterns of Interaction

6. Which statement describes a difference between predators and prey?

12. According to this diagram, what type of consumer is the manatee?

The Dust Bowl and Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity and Deer Population

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