Quiz about Biodiversity

Question 1

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

Accepted Answer

parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

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neutralism

Question 2

Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

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commensalism

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mutualism

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competition

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parasitism

Question 3

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm).

Accepted Answer

Parasitism

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Mutualsim

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Commensalism

Question 4

The snake is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

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frog

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grass

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grasshopper

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hawk

Question 5

Why is a deer classified as a herbivore?

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A deer eats only plants.

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A deer makes its own food.

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A deer eats only animals.

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A deer eats plants and animals.

Question 6

Why is a racoon classified as an omnivore?

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A racoon eats plants and animals.

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A racoon eats only animals.

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A racoon eats only plants.

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A racoon makes its own food.

Question 7

What type of organism makes its own food?

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producer

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consumer

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carnivore

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animal

Question 8

Which are decomposers?

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worms

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humans

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trees

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red wolves

Question 9

What is the role of a producer?

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Use sunlight to make food

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Gain energy from eating other organisms

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Keep other species from overpopulating

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Breaking down dead stuff

Question 10

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

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Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

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Use sunlight to make food

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Eat other organisms to gain energy

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Make the food for the whole food chain

Question 11

Which type of consumer eats meat only?

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Carnivores

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Producers

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Herbivores

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Omnivores

Question 12

What do the arrows show in a food chain picture?

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They point in the direction that energy is flowing.

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They always point to the smallest animals.

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They point to the animal that tastes the best.

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They always point to the producers.

Question 13

Producers get their energy from the ______.

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Sun

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water

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eating animals

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eating plants

Question 14

What is the name of the organism at the beginning of every food chain?

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producers

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consumers

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herbivores

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carnivores

Question 15

Which organisms are the consumers?

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deer and squirrel

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flowers and deer

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deer and mushrooms

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squirrel and mushrooms

Question 16

Which food chain is in the correct order?

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grass, snail, bird, cat

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cat, grass, bird, snail

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bird, snail, grass, cat

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grass, cat, bird, snail

Question 17

What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

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A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.

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How carnivores get their food.

Question 18

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

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The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

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The insects in the habitat would increase.

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The willow tree population would decrease.

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Foxes would dies due to no food source.

Question 19

What would happen if the grizzly bear decreased in this food web?

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There would be more deer.

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There would be less red tail hawks.

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There would be a decrease in chipmunks.

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There would be increase in butterflys.

Question 20

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

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The shrew

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The squirrel

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The deer

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The rabbit

Biodiversity

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