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Terms Quiz #5



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The maximum number of offspring an organism can produce under ideal conditions...
a.
biotic potential
c.
balance of nature
b.
hypolimnon
d.
gestation
 

 2. 

The tendency of ecosystems to reach a general state of equilibrium.
a.
balance of nature
c.
carrying capacity
b.
biotic potential
d.
anadromous
 

 3. 

Collective term for the petals of a flower....
a.
calyx
b.
corolla
c.
stamen
d.
leaf
 

 4. 

Active during the daytime rather than at night...
a.
nocturnal
b.
crepuscular
c.
commensalism
d.
diurnal
 

 5. 

The period of time in which the female is sexually receptive to a male...
a.
lactation
b.
estrus
c.
gravid
d.
conception
 

 6. 

Long-winged birds of prey that hung other birds, such as waterfowl, in open country....
a.
falcons
b.
accipiters
c.
cache
d.
diving ducks
 

 7. 

Two species of wildlife that live together for the benefit of both...
a.
parasitism
c.
commensalism
b.
mutualism
d.
polygamy
 

 8. 

Infant; juvenile: very young...
a.
precocial
b.
neonate
c.
niche
d.
sessile
 

 9. 

The specific place that a wildlife species occupies in nature...
a.
estrus
b.
niche
c.
edge effect
d.
role
 

 10. 

Rivers that contain both fresh and salt water, includes estuaries, tidal basins, and some bays...
a.
brackish
b.
piscivorous
c.
omnivorous
d.
anadromous
 

 11. 

The animals of a region or area...
a.
population
b.
niche
c.
fauna
d.
catkins
 

 12. 

A group of ecosystems within a region that have similar types of vegetation and climatic conditions.
a.
biota
b.
biome
c.
biosphere
d.
aerie
 

 13. 

A small flock of quail or partridges that are often members of the same family group.
a.
cud
b.
cygnet
c.
covey
d.
demersal
 

 14. 

An organ located in the digestive tracts of birds and some other organisms where food is stored before it is digested.
a.
crop
b.
caviar
c.
gizzard
d.
fauna
 

 15. 

A community of living organisms in addition to all of the nonliving features of the environment such as water, air, sunlight and soil.
a.
ecosphere
b.
conservation
c.
family
d.
ecosystem
 

 16. 

A cold-blooded animal that depends on the surrounding environment for its body heat.
a.
endotherm
b.
ectotherm
c.
radiotherm
d.
envirotherm
 

 17. 

A warm-blooded animal that obtains its body heat from the metabolism of its food.
a.
endotherm
b.
ectotherm
c.
radiotherm
d.
envirotherm
 

 18. 

The plants that are found in a particular region or environment.
a.
botany
b.
flora
c.
family
d.
fauna
 

 19. 

A young goose.
a.
duckling
b.
cygnet
c.
gosling
d.
chick
 

 20. 

The tendency of some animals to prefer the company of their own kind, and to spend their time together in flocks, colonies or herds.
a.
haploid
b.
gregarious
c.
homologous
d.
leptocephali
 

 21. 

A tendency of newts and other organisms to metamorphose directly to the sexually mature adult stage from the larval stage, without entering a land-based stage of development.
a.
eft
b.
elapid
c.
neotenic
d.
niche
 

 22. 

The lower shell of a turtle or tortoise.
a.
carapace
b.
polliwag
c.
plastron
d.
scute
 

 23. 

A large, bony plate that is found on the head, back or sides of an animal, such as the outer covering of a sturgeon.
a.
plastron
b.
shad
c.
carapace
d.
scute
 

 24. 

The process of reproduction in fish in which females deposit eggs on the bed of a stream, pond or lake, and males discharge sperm on the surface of the eggs.
a.
transpiration
b.
spawning
c.
salinity
d.
promiscuity
 

 25. 

A relationship between two organisms in which each organism receives benefits from its association with the other organism.
a.
symbiosis
b.
allantois
c.
anadromous
d.
centriole
 



 
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