Quiz 3

Science 10

I. Multiple Choice. Read the following statements and questions carefully and encircle the letter
of your answer.
1. How does an ecosystem support living organism?
a. provides a well-balanced process to sustain life
b. provides energy to all struggling organism
c. helps the producers and predators to interact with each other
d. helps the producers to transfer energy at the expense of other organisms
2. Which of the following is NOT a cause of habitat destruction?
a. forest fires b. afforestation c. farming d. building roads
3. Why do animals hibernate?
a. cannot adapt to extreme hot conditions
b. needs to be safe from cold weather conditions
c. to hunt food and to escape extremely weather conditions
d. to prepare themselves for transferring from one place to another
4. Which of the following ways one can minimize human impact from the environment?
a. farming practices b. immigration c. overgrazing d. reforestation
5. Which of the following factors does NOT affect the carrying capacity of species i9n the
environment?
a. overpopulation b. amount of living space
c. environmental conditions d. can manufacture their own food
6. It denotes the maximum number of individuals of a given species that an areas resource can
sustain indefinitely without degradation.
a. biological diversity b. ecosystem diversity
c. carrying capacity d. population density
7. How does species diversity increase using structural adaptation?
a. hibernate b. camouflage
c. availability of resources d. deep sleep during summer
8. It refers to the physical structure of 2 organisms that have the same evolutionary origin and
positions.
a. fossils b. genetic c. homologous d. vestigal
9. Which of the following environmental factors is considered the lifeblood of organism to
survive?
a. air b. light c. temperature d. water
10. Which category of land use is increasing most rapidly that contributes to plant and animal
extinction?
w a. increased amount of pollution b. loss of agricultural lands
c. urbanization d. wildlife habitat destruction

II. True or False. Write T if the following statements are true and F if it is false.
_____1. Charles Darwin proposed the Theory of Natural Selection.
_____2. Embryology is evidence when there is a similar appendage on 2 species.
_____3. Deforestation and Glaciation is one of the causes of animal extinction.
_____4. Carbon dating is a technique used to determine the age of fossilized organisms.
_____5. Vestigial refers to the physical structure of 2 organisms that have the same evolutionary
origin and positions.
_____6. Gene Traits is a factor that leads to evolution.
_____7. Seed is a special structure of plants for adaptation.
_____8. Ecosystem is a level of biological diversity that includes deserts, marine and tundra.
_____9. Biodiversity is the foundation of life on earth.

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