Organism's Environment and Ecosystems Quiz

What needs are met by an organism's environment?

• Housing, transportation, communication, and entertainment
• Water, air, sunlight, and companionship
• Education, healthcare, socialization, and exercise
• Food, shelter, reproduction, and protection

What are the two parts of an organism's habitat with which it interacts?

• Organic and inorganic factors
• Habitat and ecosystem
• Living and non-living components
• Biotic and abiotic components

What are the levels of organization within an ecosystem?

• Individual organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes, and the biosphere
• Species, habitats, ecosystems, and the biosphere
• Organisms, populations, communities, and biomes
• Individuals, groups, ecosystems, and the biosphere

What causes populations to change in size?

• Weather patterns, geological events, technological advancements
• Education levels, healthcare access, political stability
• Birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration
• Social media trends, economic policies, cultural shifts

How does energy move through an ecosystem?

• Energy moves from consumers to producers to decomposers in a circular flow.
• Energy moves from producers to consumers to decomposers in a unidirectional flow.
• Energy moves from decomposers to producers to consumers in a reverse flow.
• Energy moves from predators to prey to producers in a zigzag pattern.

How much energy is available at each level of an energy pyramid?

• Energy available decreases by 10% at each level
• Energy available decreases by 5% at each level
• Energy available remains constant at each level
• Energy available increases by 10% at each level

What is the order of a typical food chain?

• primary consumer -> producer -> secondary consumer -> tertiary consumer
• producer -> primary consumer -> secondary consumer -> tertiary consumer
• producer -> secondary consumer -> primary consumer -> tertiary consumer
• tertiary consumer -> secondary consumer -> primary consumer -> producer

What is an energy pyramid?

• An energy pyramid is a structure built to harness solar power.
• An energy pyramid is a type of food chain in an ecosystem.
• An energy pyramid is a tool used to measure wind energy.
• An energy pyramid is a graphical representation of the trophic levels in an ecosystem, showing the flow of energy from one level to another.

What does an energy pyramid show?

• The geological history of an ecosystem
• The distribution of water sources in an ecosystem
• The population size of different species in an ecosystem
• The flow of energy through different trophic levels in an ecosystem

The amount of energy transferred from one feeding level to another in an ecosystem is known as what?

• biomass transfer
• food chain efficiency
• trophic level efficiency
• energy flow