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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
Quarter 2 Week 7
BIOTIC POTENTIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE

Directions: Reach each questions and encircle the correct answer.

1. It is the ability of a population of a particular species to proliferate under ideal environmental


conditions
A. carrying capacity C. environmental factor
B. biotic potential D. environmental resistance
2. What is the relationship between biotic potential and environmental resistance?
A. Biotic potential decreases the population of a species while environmental resistance increases its growth.
B. Biotic potential increases the population of a species while environmental resistance limits its growth.
C. Biotic potential and environmental resistance are both factors that limit the population growth of species.
D. Biotic potential and environmental resistance are both factors that increase the population of species.
3. It refers to the maximum capacity of an ecosystem to sustain a population of organisms without deteriorating.
A. biological capacity C. environmental potential
B. biotic potential D. carrying capacity
4. Which of the following organisms will have the highest biotic potential assuming that they are all found in the same
environment?
A. gazelles C. lions
B. moths D. elephants
5. Which of the following are examples of environmental resistance?
I. Numerous predators may compete for the same prey.
II. Climate change such as change in seasons can affect behaviour of organisms.
III. Drought limits the growth of producers as there is no available water.
IV. Desert ecosystems have limited organisms due to extreme arid conditions.
A. I and II C. I and III
B. II and IV D. II and III
6. Which of the following reasons does not explain why different organisms have different biotic potentials?
A. Organisms that dwell in the same environment will have the same potentials.
B. Numerous organisms have different proliferation rates.
C. Different organisms will have different reproductive life spans.
D. Offsprings will have different survival rates.
7. Which of the following examples refers to an abiotic factor for environmental resistance?
A. A certain prey has numerous predators to keep the population in check.
B. A tadpole is in competition with numerous fishes for eating microalgae in ponds.
C. Plants are dependent on the availability of sunlight and water in an ecosystem.
D. Bubonic plague (Black Death) which was caused by a certain bacteria in mice slowed the growth of humans.
8. Which of the following describes environmental resistance?
A. Inability to adapt environmental change.
B. Ability to hide from or defend from predator.
C. Ability to adapt environmental change.
D. Suitable habitat.
9. Which of the following does not belong to the group about biotic potential?
A. High reproductive rate. C. Adequate food supply.
B. Specialized niche. D. Ability to resist diseases.
10. Which of the following statement describes a population?
A. A group of organisms of the same species that live in a defined area.
B. A group of organisms of the same instinct that live in an undefined area.
C. A group of organisms living in the same place having a particular character.
D. A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

PERFORMANCE TASK

Directions: Explain how the biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem are interdependent on one another for
survival. Give concrete examples. (5 points)

Criteria 3 2 1
Completeness Complete detail Lacking in detail No answer.
Grammar N/A Perfect grammar Errors in grammar

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