Module 8 Review

In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Secondary Consumer

What type of growth model is shown in image B?

• Exponential

• Logistic

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path
• food web
• trophic level
• food pyramid

An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain
• Food web
• Energy Pyramid
• Succession Map

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy _____.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• increases exponentially

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

Which of the following leads to a decrease in biodiversity?

• protection of ecosystems
• pollution control
• selective cutting
• introduction of exotic or invasive species

Nitrogen fixation processes nitrogen from which of the following sources?

• lightning
• fertilizers
• dead plants
• atmosphere

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer