Ecological Succession & Flow of Energy Quiz

The rocky material left behind by a retreating glacier forms what is called a moraine. When primary succession occurs on a moraine, which life-forms will help create the soil by breaking down bare rock?

• Insects

• Lichens

• Grasses

• Deciduous trees

Aphids eat the sap from plants and excrete sticky waste that ants eat. The ants protect the aphids from predators. This type of interaction is called...

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

A sequence of biotic changes that regenerate or create an ecological community is known as...

• migration

• factors

• succession

• erosion

Which of the following can be both primary and secondary consumers?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detritivores

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Bacteria are important in the nitrogen cycle because they...

• help convert nitrogen into a form that organisms can use

• respire, returning carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

• decay and eventually form fossil fuels

• produce sugars that plants can use

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A food chain contains oak trees (producer), mice (herbivore), black rat snakes (carnivore), and bald eagles (carnivore). How many trophic levels does this food chain have?

• one

• two

• three

• four

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Part of a hydrothermal vent food web is represented in the diagram. Which organisms are both secondary and tertiary consumers in this web?

• chemosynthetic bacteria and amphipods

• zooplankton and mussels

• ratfish and octopuses

• galatheid crabs and zoarcid fish

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An oak tree provides a sparrow a place to build a nest. The nest neither benefits nor harms the tree. What is the name for this type of relationship?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• predation

• parasitism

Fossil fuels are part of which of the following cycles?

• hydrologic

• carbon

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

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Organisms that feed on dead or decaying matter are called...

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detritivores