Mountain Ecosystem Review

What similarities can be found among the different types of wild goats?

• unable to climb mountains

• large herbivores

• they are sources of energy for large predators

• able to swim in the ocean

Which statement accurately describes a mountain ecosystem?

• they host three or more distinct ecosystems

• they usually hose one ecosystem with a variety of plants

• they usually host three or more ecosystems where animals CANNOT live

• they usually host one ecosystem with a variety of wildlife

Why are grizzle bears successful in a wide variety of ecosystems?

• they are omnivores (eat both plants and meats)

• they are herbivores (eat only plants)

• they are producers (plants)

• they are carnivores (eat only meats)

Which of the following describes the role of the Ethiopian wolf in its ecosystem?

• secondary consumer

• primary consumer

• prey

• predator

What is the role of the gelada baboons in their ecosystem?

• secondary consumer

• primary consumer

• producer

• decomposer

What is responsible for the unusual ecosystem of the highlands?

• rivers and river movements

• volcanoes and volcanic activity

• plants and plant growth

• oceans and ocean currents

What is an ecosystem?

• all the different populations of animals in an area

• a single example of a particular species of plant or animal

• all the organisms of a particular kind of species or their physical surroundings

• a community of plants and animals and their physical surroundings

In a food chain that includes, in order,

plants, markhors, and snow leopards

What role does the markhor play?

• they eat snow leopards

• they eat plants (the producers)

• they are eaten by snow leopards

• they produce their own energy through the sun

In the Andes Mountains, how does energy flow in an ecosystem that contains: (where does the energy start to where does it end)

grasses and shrubs, pumas, and guanacos?

• pumas to grasses and shrubs to guanacos

• pumas to guanacos to grasses and shrubs

• guanacos to grasses and shrubs to pumas

• grasses and shrubs to guanacos to pumas