Ecology quiz review

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

• producer

• tertiary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• primary consumer

Makes its own food

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same
• Changes up and down

A food pyramid represent the relative amount of energy in trophic levels. Which of the following correctly shows a food pyramid?

• A
• B
• C
• D

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

• 10 Kcal
• 1 Kcal
• 100 Kcal
• 1000 Kcal

If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

Fungi: Producer, consumer or decomposer?

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Which of the following would go at the bottom of the food pyramid?

• protozoa

• mushroom

• shrimp

• snail

Which of the following best describes a community?

• sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
• decorator crabs on the seafloor
• loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
• prairie grassland in Wyoming

The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is _______________.

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere, biome
• biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism
• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
• population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem, biome