Limiting Factors Natural Selection QUIZ Mr Perez Take

Limiting Factors & Natural Selection QUIZ Mr. Perez

• Take the first 10 minutes of class to review for your quiz. • Make sure you memorized the four principles of natural selection (not the one word version) • Make sure you can define limiting factor, abiotic factor, and carrying capacity • Be able to give examples of limiting factors PREPARE

On your sheet of paper, write: Your name Today’s date Class period Title your paper: Natural Selection and Limiting Factors Quiz

• Which of the following best defines a limiting factor: A. Non-living parts of the environment B. Biotic or abiotic factors that restrict the number of individuals in a population C. Living, or once living, organisms in an environment D. The largest number of individuals of a particular species that the environment can handle #1

• In the jungle, monkeys must hide from jaguars in order to avoid being eaten. In this case, the jaguar is what type of limiting factor? A. Competitor B. Disease/parasite C. Predator D. Prey #2

• When the resources in an environment decrease, you can expect the predator population to ________: A. Decrease B. Increase C. Remain the same D. Can’t tell from this information #3

• Weather is considered to be a limiting factor. Which of the following is not a weather-related limiting factor? A. Drought B. Disease C. Flooding D. Natural disasters #4

• In the following figure, where would you find the carrying capacity? C A B D #5

• List Darwin’s FOUR principles of natural selection in order. Do not write the oneword version, write the entire sentence. • Hint: 1. Variation 2. Overproduction 3. Competition 4. Survival of the fittest (Worth 4 points) #6

• Read the following scenario. Identify Darwin’s four principles within the scenario. • In ostriches, there are 2 types: one that runs fast and one that runs slowly. The fast birds can reach up to 40 miles an hour. Jackals love to eat ostrich, and they can reach speeds of up to 35 -40 miles per hour. A flock of ostrich will lay about 10 eggs (each mother only lays 1), but many rodents break into the eggs and eat the fetus before they hatch. (Worth 4 points) #7

• Who proposed theory of evolution by natural selection? #8

• Name an organism that is an example of natural selection at work. (we read these in class together —there were 10 of them) http: //dsc. discovery. com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10 -examples-naturalselection. htm #9