Chapter 29:
Origin and Distribution of Communities
Practice Test
1.
What is the very first stage of a community undergoing primary succession?
a.
pioneer stage
b.
intermediate stage
c.
climax stage
d.
beginning stage
Hint
2.
What are animals in the oceans that can move freely in the water under their own power?
a.
benthos
b.
pioneer organisms
c.
nekton
d.
plankton
Hint
3.
What are animals that live on or in the ocean floor?
a.
nekton
b.
plankton
c.
benthos
d.
pioneer organisms
Hint
4.
What is the part of the neritic zone closest to shore?
a.
benthic zone
b.
oceanic zone
c.
unlighted zone
d.
littoral zone
Hint
5.
Which of these is an adaptation that plants have made to life in a desert?
a.
Seeds can remain dormant for 50 years, then germinate after a good rainfall.
b.
Trees reach 30 to 40 meters in height. Some trees poke out above the canopy to find enough sunlight.
c.
Small perennial plants sprout and quickly flower in short summers.
d.
Trees lose their leaves each autumn to conserve water during the winter.
Hint
6.
What is the type of succession that occurs when the plant community has been disrupted, for example, after a forest fire?
a.
climax succession
b.
primary succession
c.
tertiary succession
d.
secondary succession
Hint
7.
What is all of the world's biomes, along with oceans and freshwater ecosystems?
a.
the geosphere
b.
Earth's interior
c.
the atmosphere
d.
the biosphere
Hint
8.
What is the series of changes in a community over time?
a.
growth
b.
aging
c.
ecological succession
d.
development
Hint
9.
What is a small part of a larger community that grow under slightly different envrionmental conditions than other parts of the community?
a.
a microcommunity
b.
a pond
c.
a microenvironment
d.
a climax community
Hint
10.
What is the area of the ocean that lies above the continental shelf?
a.
neritic zone
b.
oceanic zone
c.
unlighted zone
d.
pioneer zone
Hint
