Unit 4: Ecology

Which level in this energy pyramid receives the greatest amount of energy captured by the producers?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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Which level in this energy pyramid receives the least amount of energy captured by the producers?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

• quaternary consumer

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Which level in this energy pyramid contains the greatest amount of energy?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

• quaternary consumer

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What can you interpret from this graph about the relationship between populations of the Lynx and Hare?

• As the population of the Lynx increases the population of Hares will increase.

• The population of Lynx never rose above 30 million between 1910 and 1930

• The Hare is a natural predator of the Lynx

• The population of Hares was almost eliminated between 1928 and 1929.

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Which plant adaptation would you least expect to find in the tropical rainforest?

• Woody plants with the ability to climb as they grow to reach sunlight

• low growing plants with large leaves to capture sunlight

• colorful flowers to attract pollinators

• thin needlelike leaves to conserve water

An ecosystem with biodiversity contains many species with different adaptations that will allow them to survive in the event of an ecological disaster.

• True

• False

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An ecosystem with biodiversity would contain a food web in which all consumers have multiple types of organisms to feed upon.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is not true about this food web?

• removing the mouse from this food web would impact 4 organisms

• Snakes are predators to grasshoppers

• Mice and grasshoppers are primary consumers

• The coyote is both a secondary and tertiary consumer

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Which animal adaptation would be best suited for a desert biome?

• Large ears to help get rid of heat

• Burrowing during the day

• Hunting for food at night

• All are adaptations for the desert.

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Which of the following is not true of decomposers?

• They grow on fallen trees in the forest

• They return nutrients back to the soil

• they store water

• they are nature's recyclers

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