Limiting Factors & Natural Selection QUIZMr. Perez

PREPARE

• 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, biotic factor, and carrying capacity• Be able to give examples of limiting factors

On your sheet of paper, write:Your name

Today’s date Class period

Title your paper:Natural Selection and Limiting

Factors Quiz

#1

• Which of the following best defines a limiting factor:

A. Non-living parts of the environmentB. Biotic or abiotic factors that restrict the

number of individuals in a populationC. Living, or once living, organisms in an

environmentD. The largest number of individuals of a

particular species that the environment can handle

#2

• 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. CompetitorB. Disease/parasiteC. PredatorD. Prey

#3

•When the resources in an environment decrease, you can expect the predator population to _______________:

A. DecreaseB. IncreaseC. Remain the sameD. Can’t tell from this information

#4

•Weather is considered to be a limiting factor. Which of the following is not a weather-related limiting factor?

A. DroughtB. DiseaseC. FloodingD. Natural disasters

#5

• In the following figure, where would you find the carrying capacity?

A

B

C

D

(Worth 4 points) #6

• List Darwin’s FOUR principles of natural selection in order. Do not write the one-word version, write the entire sentence.• Hint:1. Variation2. Overproduction3. Competition4. Survival of the fittest

(Worth 4 points) #7

• 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.

#8

•Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

#9

•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-natural-selection.htm