Review Vocabulary Quiz 2

1. Sampling is

A method of estimating

The type of estimating that you are performing when you use the quadrat or transect method of estimating

All of these.

2. Survival of the fittest

Causes mutations

Is what introduces environmental stresses

None of these

3. If we count the number of cows on a farm and divide that by the number of acres of land that the cows inhabit, the resulting number represents

The carrying capacity of the farm

The population of cows on the farm

The population density of cows on the farm

The community of cows on the farm

4. A molecule

Can be made of all the same kind of atoms

Can be made of different atom types

Is the smallest part of a compound that still has the properties of that compound

All of these

5. An atom

Is the smallest piece of an element

Can join with another atom of its kind to form a molecule and still be considered an element

Can join with another atom of a different kind to make up a compound

All of these

6. In our Bird Diversity activity, our habitat was able to support more than one type of bird because

There was no competition for food

The birds were able to mutate in order to change the carrying capacity of the habitat

Surviving bird species were able to find a specific niche to reduce competition with other birds

All of these

7. When intelligent, persistent and hardworking Joe, (the caveman) was testing his theory that "All things fall down" and came across a balloon that fell up, he wasn't sure what to do with that information. If he never came across another balloon (or anything else that "fell up") for the rest of his life, he most likely would have

Considered the balloon an outlier and kept his theory the same

Thrown out his theory and started over

Given up trying to make sense of the world

8. The black peppered moth population became more common during the industrial revolution in Europe as they were better camouflaged against the darkened trunks of the trees. The shift in the population from primarily white to primarily black is an example of

Natural selection

A limiting factor

Survival of the fittest

An adaptation

9. The shift of color in the peppered moths referred to in the previous question most likely began with a

Mutation that made a single black moth better adapted to survive in the changing ecosystem

A symbiotic relationship that gave the white peppered moth an advantage

A series of steps in the germination process

A radicle surviving in the changing ecosystem

10. A cotyledon

Is one of the radicles of a germinating seed

Is one of the first true leaves

Is found on the periodic table

Stores food for the developing embryo in a seed and is considered a "seed leaf".

11. Which one do you like?

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

Review Vocabulary Quiz 2

1. Sampling is

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Survival of the fittest

3. If we count the number of cows on a farm and divide that by the number of acres of land that the cows inhabit, the resulting number represents

4. A molecule

5. An atom

6. In our Bird Diversity activity, our habitat was able to support more than one type of bird because

8. The black peppered moth population became more common during the industrial revolution in Europe as they were better camouflaged against the darkened trunks of the trees. The shift in the population from primarily white to primarily black is an example of

9. The shift of color in the peppered moths referred to in the previous question most likely began with a

10. A cotyledon

11. Which one do you like?