Chapter 5 Multiple Choice Questions
Name: ____________________________________________________________
1)
Extinction is ________.
A)
a natural process
B)
not caused by human disturbance
C)
the loss of communities from the planet
D)
proceeding more slowly now than at any other time
E)
something that occurs only rarely
Diff: 1
Objective:
5.3 Evolution results in biodiversity
2)
Most extinction is ________.
A)
the result of catastrophe
B)
gradual
C)
the result of slow climate change
D)
problematic for generalists
E)
not often a problem for endemics
Diff: 2
Objective:
5.3 Evolution results in biodiversity
3)
The two processes that determine the world's current biodiversity are ________.
A)
allopatric and sympatric speciation
B)
mutation and cleavage
C)
endemism and climate change
D)
extinction and speciation
E)
breeding and ecotourism
Diff: 2
Objective:
5.3 Evolution results in biodiversity
4)
A population is a ________.
A)
group of individuals of interacting species that live in one area
B)
group of individuals of interacting species that interact in multiple ecosystems
C)
group of individuals of a single species that live in one area
D)
subset of bacteria that grow on a petri dish
E)
group of cells that have similar function
Diff: 1
Objective:
5.4 Levels of ecological organization
5)
Endemic species ________.
A)
are generalist organisms
B)
cause disease
C)
are invasive species that cause extinction
D)
have high rates of mutations that lead to large numbers of offspring species
E)
are found only in one place on the planet
Diff: 1
Objective:
5.6 Concepts of population ecology
6)
The functional role of a species in its community is its ________.
A)
habitat
B)
place in the food chain
C)
selection
D)
niche
E)...