Ecology - Part 2

Primary consumers are also called

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs

Which of the following is a producer?

• Giraffe

• Wolf

• Bacteria

• Tree

Ecosystems are able to dispose of their own waste, replenish their own nutrients, and recycle their own elements.

• True

• False

________ energy is working energy and ________ is stored energy.

• Potential, kinetic

• Kinetic, Potential

According to the image, what process moves water back to the atmosphere?

• Irrigation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

How are humans disrupting the Carbon Cycle?

• Human activities take a great deal of carbon dioxide out of the air, thus reducing the carbon available for plants.

• Humans use up large quantities of water, and this greatly changes how carbon is able to move through ecosystems.

• Humans release large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air through combustion, and we cut down forests.

• Humans damage the carbon cycle by planting extra trees in the rainforests of the Earth.

When we eat food, we do the reverse process of photosynthesis, where we break down organic molecules into energy. This process is called _______.

• Entropy

• Thermodynamics

• Cellular Respiration

• Carbon cycling

Of all the energy that hits the Earth, only ___% is captured by green plants.

• 2

• 10

• 25

• 50

When moving from one trophic level to the next, energy is lost as ________.

• smoke

• heat

• water

• evaporation

Which of the following is a tertiary consumer?

• cow

• banana

• human

• lion