Energy Flow and questions

​Energy Flow and Ecosystem Questions

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Multiple Choice

A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment. 

• population
• niche
• abitotic
• ecosystem

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If the population of prey increases, the population of predators will ________because of the availability of food.

• decrease
• stay the same
• increase

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A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered? 

• prey
• predator
• producer 
• healthy 

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All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem

• population

• community

• niche

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Which is a biotic factor?

• Fox
• Mountain
• Air
• Sunlight

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How does energy enter an ecosystem? 

• sunlight
• soil 
• animals 
• invasive species 

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An individual living thing is a/an __________.

• habitat
• ecosystem
• organism
• population

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What are interconnected food chains called?

• consumers
• predators
• food web

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How do consumers get their energy? 

• laying in the sun
• eating other organisms 
• providing food for other organisms
• surviving in an ecosystem 

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All food chains_____________________

• have more consumers than producers
• produce and use same amount of energy
• begin with a producer
• are unhealthy 

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________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

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The place where an organism lives is its _________.

• habitat
• abiotic
• ecosystem
• community

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All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are _______.

• biography
• biotic
• abiotic
• biology

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What is the definition of Biotic factors?

• Dead things
• plants
• Living things or organisms
• soil

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________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

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What is a example of a abiotic factor?

• Panda
• Turtle
• Butterfly
• weather

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Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?

• decomposers
• producers
• herbivores
• omnivores

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TRUE or FALSE: An ecosystem contains only biotic factors.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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Which is an example of an abiotic factor?

• Grass
• Trees
• Rain
• Birds

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Organism

• Something that is not alive

• A complete living thing

• Many living things

• Where something lives

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What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?

• The number of herbivores would increase
• The number of plants would increase
• all organisms would adapt
• All living organisms would eventually die

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Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis? 

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer 

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Biotic

• Dead

• Non-living

• Alone

• Living

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What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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This may cause a population to increase

• increase of food supply

• removal of predators

• removal of disease

• all of these

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The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

• carrying capacity

• emigration

• immigration

• population density

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What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500

• more than 800

• less than 300

• around 700

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When death rate is equal to birth rate...

• population increases

• population decreases

• population stays the same.

• population rapidly increases then becomes stable

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When the death rate rises and the birth rate lowers...

• population increases

• population decreases

• population stays the same

• all of these

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When birth rate is high and death rate is low...

• population increases

• population decreases

• population stays the same

• all of these

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Which of the following is a biotic factor that would affect the carrying capacity of a population?

• Soil

• Predator

• Rainfall

• Sunlight

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All the members of one type of species in a specific area.

• habitat
• community
• population
• ecosystme

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three key matter cycles that support all life in ecosystems?

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

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_______ are consumers that eat only meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

Multiple Select

Which processes are powered by the Sun's energy on Earth?

• Photosynthesis in plants

• Weather and climate

• Water cycle

• Nitrogen fixation

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Producers use ___ to capture light energy from the Sun.

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Which of the following best describes the difference between how energy and matter move through ecosystems?

• Energy cycles endlessly, while matter flows in one direction.

• Matter cycles endlessly, while energy flows in one direction.

• Both energy and matter cycle endlessly through ecosystems.

• Both energy and matter flow in one direction through ecosystems.

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Which type of consumer eats both plants and animals?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

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Which of the following is a correct order of consumer levels in a food chain, starting from those that eat producers directly?

• Primary Consumers → Secondary Consumers → Tertiary Consumers → Quaternary Consumers

• Quaternary Consumers → Tertiary Consumers → Secondary Consumers → Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers → Primary Consumers → Tertiary Consumers → Quaternary Consumers

• Primary Consumers → Tertiary Consumers → Secondary Consumers → Quaternary Consumers

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Deforestation reduces energy capture by removing ___ organisms.

Open Ended

Where does your food energy ultimately come from?

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What is the role of producers in the flow of energy through an ecosystem?

• They convert environmental energy into food energy through photosynthesis.

• They recycle matter through decomposition.

• They consume other organisms for energy.

• They store energy as fat for consumers.

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Energy flows in ___ direction through ecosystems, while matter cycles repeatedly through the same systems.