4/21 - Blitz - Environment

Blitz - Environment

Multiple Choice

Abiotic can be defined as?

• An organism that is alive

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Living Parts of the environment

• A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

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Biotic can be defined as

• the living parts of an ecosystem

• non-living parts of an environment

• rocks and water

• snakes and water

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Temperature is a(n) _________factor

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• living

• cool

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Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

• Coyote

• air

• elephant

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Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Temperature, sunlight, oxygen, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive

• biotic 

• abiotic

• living

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What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses

• sunlight, water,  and air

• elephants, plants, trees 

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What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.

• The different amount of species in an area

• All abiotic life

• Nitrogen fixation

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A plant nursery only grew one type of tomato. All of their tomatoes died from the same disease. What was most likely true of the tomato plant population?

• a. It had too little biodiversity

• b. It had a lot of resistance to disease

• c. It had a few plants that were resistant to disease

• d. It had too much genetic variation

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Why is biodiversity so important?

• Because all species depend on each other to survive, so if one becomes extinct another species that relies on it could go extinct as well

• Because it’s better to have only one variation of each species.

• Because it better to only have a few species on Earth.

• Honestly, I have no idea what biodiversity is!

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Currently sharks are on a rapid decline due to overfishing. If sharks go extinct will this affect the biodiversity of the ocean?

• No, sharks are not important.

• No, sharks will only affect the seal populations.

• Yes, it will disrupt the entire food chain in the ocean.

• Yes, but only a little.

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Which ecosystem is more biodiverse?

• Desert

• Grassland

• Tundra

• Rainforest

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Why is biodiversity important in fighting disease in food crops?

• It prevents one disease from wiping out an entire food crop.

• It prevents habitat loss of native species.

• It provides different foods for different populations.

• It prevents fungal disease from wiping out corn crops.

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A small marine area has phytoplankton as its only producer.  Should the marine biologist be concerned about this ecosystem?

• No the fish do not need the phytoplanton. Since there are so many fish, there is high biodiversity.

• Yes, this ecosystem has low biodiversity.  Without a producer the herbivores will die out leaving no food.

• Yes, this system has high biodiversity; however the fish can adapt and get food from another source.

• Yes, the fish will overate to get all of the phytoplankton that is left, then they will die.

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Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk

• Spider

• Grasshopper

• Shrew

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Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket

• frog

• hawk

• shrew

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What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.

• The number of primary consumers would increase.

• The number of plants would increase.

• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

• mutualism

• competition

• predator/prey

• parasitism

Multiple Select

Which of these are producers in this food web?

• Phytoplankton/algae

• Crabs

• Clams

• Copepods

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Which organism in this food chain is a producer?

• Seaweed

• clam

• starfish

• seagull

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If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?

• The squirrel

• The shrew

• The deer

• The rabbit

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In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?

• The snakes will increase.

• The grasshoppers will decrease.

• The eagles will remain the same.

• The grasshoppers will increase.

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Which of these are consumers in this food web (multiple answers)?

• Phytoplankton

• Crabs

• Clams

• Copepods

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Which of these consumers are herbivores (multiple answers)?

• Caterpillar

• Rabbit

• Snail

• Eagle

• Lizard

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Which of the organisms are most likely to compete for water, minerals, and sunlight (multiple answers)?

• The shrub

• The shrew

• The tree

• The rabbit

• The grass

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Which organism is considered a primary consumer?

• Heron

• Snail

• Frog

• Water lily

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What percent of the energy from the producer level is available to the herbivores?

• 100%

• 90%

• 10%

• 1%

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The largest group of organisms with the most energy found in an energy pyramid would be:

• Primary Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Tertiary Consumers

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According to the energy pyramid, the organism that obtains the least energy is the ___

• Garter Snake

• Field Mouse

• Red-tailed Hawk

• Alfalfa

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In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

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In this energy pyramid, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Top Predator

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The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The diagram is intended to show relationships in an ecosystem. What do the arrows represent?

• The direction of population migration

• Differences in dietary habits

• Progressively smaller organisms

• The direction of the energy flow

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Primary or secondary ecological succession?

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Primary or secondary ecological succession?

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Primary or secondary ecological succession?

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Primary or secondary ecological succession?

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Primary succession begins in an area with:

• Bare Rock

• Soil

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Secondary succession begins in an area with:

• Bare Rock

• Soil

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The first species to appear in an area:

• discovering species

• pioneer species

• new species

• colonizing species

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What is formed during primary succession that doesn't need to be formed during secondary succession?

• soil

• grass

• pioneer species

• lichen

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Which of the following is NOT a source of pollution in the ocean?

• Fertilizers used on land.

• Sand drifting along the bottom of the ocean floor.

• Oils found on city streets.

• Emissions from gas-burning vehicles.

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Which piece of evidence BEST explains why trash has accumulated in the ocean?

• Humans manufacturing and quickly discarding plastic products has caused the garbage patches to grow.

• The best way to discard plastic trash is to dump it in the ocean.

• Only plastic that cannot be recycles is found in the ocean.

• Trash has not accumulated in the ocean.

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What is a fertilizer runoff?

• When fertilizer runs into a body of water.

• When water makes fertilizer.

• When algae grows rapidly.

• The industrial production of fertilizers.

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What happens when a fertilizer runoff happens?

• Fish get bigger.

• Algae grow rapidly.

• The water becomes very clear.

• The oxygen level in the water increases.

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What happens to the fish if there is fertilizer runoff?

• The fish thrive because of increase in Nitrogen and Phosphorous.

• The fish die because of lack of oxygen.

• Nothing happens to the fish.

• The fish thrive because there is more algae to eat.

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Which of the following is the cause of dead zones in the ocean? (select all that apply)

• An increase in the number of fish.

• An increase in runoff from fertilizer

• An increase in oxygen

• A decrease in oxygen

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Fisheries renew themselves naturally each year, but __________________ has caused a shortage of fish in some areas.

• Aquaculture

• Fishing regulations

• Overfishing

• Global warming

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Review the graph showing marine fishing rates.If the fishing rate in Asia continues to grow, what will most likely happen as a result?

• The fish population will continue to rise.

• A wide range in ocean temperatures will be seen worldwide.

• The U.S. human population will decline.

• The overfishing will cause an imbalance in marine ecosystems.

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What is one way humans are trying to positively impact the ocean?

• Fishing

• Drilling for oil and natural gas

• Creating artificial reefs

• Transporting goods in ocean vessels

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The ______________ natural reefs in some places has led to people building "artificial" ones.

• increase of

• multiplication of

• lack of

• rise of

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A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper

• Pine

• Spruce

• Fir

Multiple Choice

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion

• Wind Scorpion

• Daddy long legs

• Scorpion

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What is the name of bird Z?

• Certhidea

• Geospiza

• Camarhynchus

• Platyspiza

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Which leaf is shown in the drawing?

• Magnolia

• Redbud

• Sweetgum

• None of the above