Biology Final Exam Review Spring

Which of the following contains all of the others?

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Population

• Organism

• None of the above

Which trophic level has the greatest total amount of energy to transfer to the next level?

• Producers

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Carnivores

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What percentage of energy is conserved from one level to the next in an energy pyramid?

• 5%

• 50%

• 10%

• 90%

• 15%

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The movements of energy and nutrients through living systems is different because

• Energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle

• Energy is limited in the biosphere and nutrients are always available

• Nutrients flow in one direction and energy recycles

• Energy forms chemical compounds and nutrients are lost as heat

• None of the above are correct

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Some birds live in close association with horses. These birds feed on insects that are parasites to the horses. Which type of relationship between horses and these birds does this illustrate?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

The diagram below shows the feeding relationships for four coral reef organisms.

Humans sometimes kill giant tritons in order to collect their attractive spiral shell. If humans kill most of the giant tritons in a coral reef, the coral population will most likely

• Decrease due to a decrease in the parrot fish population

• Increase due to an increase in the parrot fish population

• Increase due to a decrease in the crown-of-thorns sea star population

• Decrease due to an increase in the crown-of-thorns sea star population

• Stay the same

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What organisms aid in returning nitrates (nitrogen compounds) found in living tissues to the atmosphere as N₂ gas?

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Consumers

• Denitrifying bacteria

• Plants

• Viruses

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What type of succession depends on lichens as a pioneer species?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Both primary and secondary

• Neither primary or secondary

The correct order for the levels of organization in an organism from smallest to largest is

• cell, tissue, organ, organ system

• cell, atom, molecule, organ, organ system

• organ system, organ, tissue, cell

• organism, cell, tissue, organ

• Molecule, tissue, organ, cell

What would result if the spiders were removed from the food web shown?

• The competition between the snakes and hawks and owls would decrease

• The number of toads and foxes would increase

• The number of insectivorous birds and predaceous insects would increase

• The number of herbivorous insects would increase and the number of plants would decrease.

• The number of squirrels would increase causing the number of foxes to increase

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