Ecology Quiz review for Earth Science

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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What are the abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• water, plants, and birds 

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Drought, erosion, flood, and prolonged heat spells are examples of —

• communities

• biotic factors within an ecosystem which affect abiotic components

• populations

• abiotic changes within an ecosystem which can affect biotic factors

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Which describes a decomposer?

• an organism that eats only plants
• an organism that makes its own food
• an organism that breaks down dead matter
• an organism that recieves energy from the sun

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In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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An energy pyramid represents what?

• How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 
• How much energy a particular organism needs. 
• How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 
• The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.

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What happens to most of the energy that is not transfered to the next trophic level?

• made available to decomposers

• returned to producers

• lost as heat

• lost in the sun

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An organism's _________ is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• habitat
• niche
• social structure
• ecosystem

A _______ includes food, abiotic conditions and behavior.

• Ecology

• Habitat

• Niche

• taxa

The lion is a carnivore. 

• habitat 
• niche

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