Bio Ch 2 Review

Open Ended

Think about how energy decreases as we go higher up in the energy pyramid. Why do you think there can't be more trophic levels above the hawk?

Multiple Choice

What is an ecosystem?

• The interactions among living and non-living things in an environment.

• A type of organism that can only be seen with a microscope.

• A bunch of moving parts that do work.

• The newest craze in social media.

Multiple Choice

What is the biosphere?

• A layer of the atmosphere

• A thin layer around Earth that supports life

• A type of ecosystem

• A geological layer

Categorize

Options (8)

Zebra

Rock

Spider

Temperature

Rain

Tree

Bacteria

Sunshine

Classify the following items into appropriate scientific categories based on their fundamental characteristics:

Biotic Factors

Abiotic Factors

Reorder

Reorder the following from the smallest, most specific level of ecological organization (1) to the broadest (3):

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

This image shows both living and non living things in an area.  What term best describes this?

• species
• community
• population
• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

What is an ecological niche?

• The physical space where an organism lives

• The role and position a species has in its environment

• A method of classifying organisms based on genetic similarities

• The number of species within a specific habitat

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of predation in ecological terms?

• Competition for resources

• Eating other organisms

• Living in symbiosis

• Sharing resources

Multiple Select

Identify the Decomposers in this diagram. Click all that apply.

• Rabbit

• Bacteria

• Cactus

• Grasshopper

• Grass

Reorder

Put this food chain in the correct order

• Grass

• Rabbit

• Snake

• Hawk

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms could be classified as a

tertiary consumer based on the food web shown?

• Barnacle

• Tern

• Hawkfish

• Blenny

Reorder

A partial food web is shown. Make a food chain that shows a complete pathway in which energy flows in this food web.

• Grasses

• Mice

• Snakes

• Hawks

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

The model above is an example of a ...

• food chain

• food web

• habitat

• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

12D: Students designed an experiment to model the carbon cycle. The students combined water and carbon dioxide-producing disks in a sealed flask. The flask represented Earth’s atmosphere, and the lamp represented the sun. Their design is shown. Which component can be added to the flask to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in the model atmosphere created by the disks?

• Bacteria to use carbon during nitrification

• Plants to absorb carbon in the process of photosynthesis

• Snails to use carbon through cellular respiration

• Mushrooms to absorb carbon during decomposition

Multiple Choice

What are the main processes involved in the water cycle as illustrated in the diagram?

• Transpiration, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Condensation, Infiltration, Runoff

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Transpiration, Infiltration, Solar energy

Multiple Choice

This process of the carbon cycle helps to absorb carbon from the atmosphere...

• photosynthesis
• respiration

• transpiration

• condensation

Multiple Choice

Organisms require nitrogen to make which of the following?

• glucose and starch
• lipids and nucleic acids
• proteins and nucleic acids
• carbohydrates and proteins

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident