Quizizz - E.2.2 - Ecosystems

1. an atmospheric gas that increases when fossil fuels are burned

• carbon dioxide
• ecological succession
• secondary succession
• algal bloom
• climax community

2. evidence of excessive fertilizer use

• algal bloom
• ecological succession
• secondary succession
• carbon dioxide
• climax community

3. a final and stable community

• climax community
• ecological succession
• secondary succession
• carbon dioxide
• algal bloom

4. a type of succession that occurs on abandoned farmland

• old-field succession
• ecological succession
• secondary succession
• carbon dioxide
• algal bloom

5. a gradual process of change and replacement of the types of species in a community

• ecological succession
• secondary succession
• carbon dioxide
• algal bloom
• climax community

6. a common type of succession that occurs on a surface where an ecosystem has previously existed

• secondary succession
• ecological succession
• carbon dioxide
• algal bloom
• climax community

7. What is the ultimate source of energy for almost all organisms?

• producers
• consumers
• the sun
• bacteria

8. Which of these consumers might depend on a rabbit for its energy?

• grasshopper
• coyote
• cow
• horse

9. A consumer that eats only producers is called a(n)

• omnivore
• carnivore
• autotroph
• herbivore

10. What term is used to describe a linear sequence in which energy is transmitted from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism?

• food web
• food chain
• trophic level
• energy pyramid