Ecology Review

Front

Using the artic food web shown, which group of organisms is not represented in the food web? Options: Decomposers, Herbivores, Consumers, Producers

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Decomposers

Front

What explains the difference in the amount of available energy in the trophic levels of the desert ecosystem?

Back

There is more energy in the producers because they provide energy for all the consumers in the ecosystem.

Front

Energy pyramids show the amount of energy in different trophic levels in an ecosystem. The diagram shows a simplified energy pyramid for the Florida Everglades. Which level contains the most energy? Options: Grass, Gray fox, Marsh rabbit, Florida panther

Back

Grass

Front

Why is only a small amount of energy stored in food available to the next organism in a food chain?

Back

Most of the available energy is used by the organism or released as heat.

Front

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? Options: Combustion, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Death

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

Back

Non-renewable Energy Resource

Front

Which of the following is a renewable resource? Oil, Solar, Coal, Natural Gas

Back

Solar

Front

What is the best description for a nonrenewable resource?

Back

A resource that cannot be replaced naturally and reused again.

Front

2 factors which increase population size

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Birth Rate, Immigration

Front

A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that this particular living organism depends on:

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Abiotic Factors