Lesson 4.7.1.1
4.7.1.1 Communities Quiz: AQA Combined Science, Unit 7
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What two key components interact to form an ecosystem?
- plants and animals
- biotic and abiotic
- producers and consumers
- predator and prey
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What do plants in a community typically compete for?
- prey and shelter
- oxygen and glucose
- mates and territory
- light and space
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What three resources do animals within a community commonly compete for?
- light, space, water
- food, mates, territory
- minerals, soil, air
- shelter, pollen, seeds
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What term describes species depending on each other for food, shelter and pollination?
- interdependence
- extinction
- classification
- adaptation
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What feature defines a stable community?
- rapid evolution
- zero competition
- constant migration
- constant population sizes
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What happens across an ecosystem if a single interdependent species is removed?
- populations double
- affects whole community
- abiotic factors vanish
- nothing changes
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Which is the smallest level of organisation in an ecosystem?
- atoms of carbon
- cell organelles
- molecules inside cells
- individual organisms
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From what two sources do organisms obtain the materials they need to survive?
- water and oxygen
- sunlight and soil
- air and minerals
- surroundings and organisms
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Two bird species eat the same seeds in one woodland. What are they competing for?
- pollination
- seed dispersal
- food
- sunlight
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Plants on a shaded forest floor grow tall. What are they competing for?
- light
- carbon dioxide only
- no resource
- nitrogen gas
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In a pond, fish eat algae and herons eat fish. Which concept is shown?
- abiotic decline
- classification
- adaptation
- interdependence
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The decline of a plant species following the loss of pollinators demonstrates what?
- bioaccumulation
- interdependence
- mutation
- competition
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A student considers competition in a desert. What is most likely being competed for?
- pollination
- seed dispersal
- decomposers
- water
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What scientific skill involves studying organisms directly in their habitat?
- first-hand observations
- genetic sequencing
- chemical analysis
- fossil dating
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Which two key processes shape interactions between species within biological communities?
- competition and interdependence
- diffusion and osmosis
- mitosis and meiosis
- photosynthesis and respiration
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What can happen when two species strongly compete for the exact same limited resource?
- instantaneous speciation
- population reduction
- mutual cooperation
- population increase
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Why does high interdependence make a biological community more vulnerable to species loss?
- widespread secondary effects
- constant population sizes
- increased genetic mutation
- reduced solar radiation
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What do ecological sampling studies of community interactions primarily focus on?
- Organisms
- Soil minerals
- Weather patterns
- Abiotic factors
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What defines a stable biological community?
- balanced environmental factors
- constant maximum population
- zero predator presence
- rapid seasonal fluctuation
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An ecosystem is the interaction of a community of living organisms with what?
- non-living environment
- predatory mammals only
- microbial spores only
- artificial structures
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