Ecosystem Quiz #1

Biotic components include

• soil

• bacteria

• nutrients

• water

Plants are important to photosynthesis because they

• convert solar energy into chemical energy

• cycle water through leaves

• take carbon out of the air

• make homes for other species

Trophic levels help us understand

• big trees can live a long time

• the importance of decomposers for recycling energy

• why there are more primary consumers than quaternary consumers

• how carbon cycles through an ecosystem

What is the purpose of cellular respiration?

• to release energy

• to help you breathe

• to make oxygen

• no purpose

What is the difference between a habitat and a community?

• a habitat is where you live and community involved other members of your SAME species

• a habitat is a place and a community is the interaction of different species

• They are the same thing

• A community is a place and a habitat is the interaction of different species

What is the word equation for photosynthesis

• water + oxygen = carbon dioxide + glucose

• carbon dioxide + oxygen = water + glucose

• oxygen + water = hydrogen

• water + carbon dioxide = oxygen + glucose

Why can't we live without the process of photosynthesis?

• we can live without photosynthesis

• it uses sugar to convert energy into usable forms for living things

• it converts solar energy into usable energy for living things

• its main purpose it to create oxygen for us to breathe

Why is a bird considered a consumer NOT a producer?

• consumers produce their own energy, producers have to eat to get their energy

• producers produce their own energy, consumers have to eat to get their energy

• producers eat to get energy, consumers don't have to eat

• because it has a beak

Why is a carnivore a secondary consumer?

• it eats only plants

• it eats only other animals

• it eats only spiders

• it eats nothin

Name two abiotic factors that would support this food web.

• frog and oxygen

• water and sunlight

• lavender and eagle

• shelter and butterfly