3.1 and 3.2 Quiz

The branch of Biology dealing with the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment is called?

• Ecology

• Modeling

• Recycling

• Economy

Which of the following descriptions about the organization of an ecosystem is correct?

• Communities make up species, which make up populations.

• Populations make up species, which make up communities.

• Species make up communities, which make up populations.

• Species make up populations, which make up communities.

The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is?

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

• A species

Plants are

• primary producers

• primary consumers

• herbivores

• omnivores

How do most primary producers make their own food?

• by using light energy to make carbohydrates

• by using chemical energy to make carbohydrates

• by changing water into carbon dioxide

• by breaking down remains into carbon dioxide

In what ways are Herbivores and Carnivores alike?

• They both use photosynthesis to make their own food.

• They both obtain energy by consuming other organisms.

• They both directly consume producers.

• They are both considered autotrophs.

What animals eat both producers and consumers?

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Chemotrophs

• Autotrophs

A bird stalks, kills, and then eats an insect. Based on its behavior, which pair of ecological terms describes the bird?

• herbivore, decomposer

• producer, heterotroph

• carnivore, consumer

• autotroph, herbivore

A word that means the same thing as consumer is

• producer

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• carbohydrate

Animals that get energy by eating the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of natural causes.

• scavengers

• omnivores

• heterotrophs

• detritivores