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2025 - Env Sys REVIEW: Ch 5 - Evolution & Community Ecology

Authored by Rachel Brownlee Kurita

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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2025 - Env Sys REVIEW: Ch 5 - Evolution & Community Ecology
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1.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A landslide causes part of a mountainside to fall away, leaving bare rock. In the years immediately following the landslide, the area will experience (a)  

primary succession
secondary succession
a climax community

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Which of the following, if present in a new ecosystem, can reduce the likelihood of a non-native species becoming invasive?

natural enemies such as predators and parasites

invasive species like kudzu and cane toads

introduced species

mutualistic and commensal organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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A reintroduced population of wolves in a national park is 90 percent grey and 10 percent black, consistent with the wolf population in other regions. After several generations in isolation, the national park's wolf population is 60 percent grey and 40 percent black. the wolf population has likely experienced ________________

natural selection
genetic drift
mutations
migration

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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In Madagascar, several species of lemur eat bamboo, but each species specializes in one part of the bamboo - one species eats mature bamboo stalks, one species eats bamboo shoots, and one species eats leaves. This is an example of ________________

speciation
resource partitioning
competition
niche partitioning

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

In Madagascar, one lemur species eats only bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots contain a high level of cyanide, a toxic chemical, which they create as a defense mechanism. This lemur species has developed a tolerance for a certain amount of cyanide. What do you think will happen over time?

the level of cyanide in the bamboo population will increase
the level of cyanide in the bamboo population will decrease
the level of cyanide in the bamboo population will remain the same
the level of cyanide in the lemur opoulation will decrease

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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When energy is transferred between trophic levels, the amount of available energy lost is about ______________

90 percent
50 percent
25 percent
10 percent

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Humans are generally ______________

carnivores
herbivores
omnivores
detritivores

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