Biosphere Unit 1 Test: Ecology & Organisms

Rain carries soil into a nearby pond. This is an interaction between which two “spheres” of the earth?

• Hydrosphere & Atmosphere

• Atmosphere & Biosphere

• Geosphere & Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere & Geosphere

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The unique role a species plays in its environment is its _________________

• abiotic factor

• niche

• trophic level

• community

Many species together in one place are called ____________________.

• a niche

• a community

• a population

• mutualism

Which level of an energy pyramid is most likely to have the highest number of organisms?

• Producers

• Primary consumers

• Secondary consumers

• Tertiary consumers

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Two types of organisms consume dead and decaying matter. The difference between these two types of organisms is that _____________ are consumers that feed on dead animals, while ______________ break down plants and animals into simpler molecules.

• decomposers; producers

• scavengers; decomposers

• producers; decomposers

• decomposers; scavengers

We know that energy from the sun is transferred into an organism because of _________________

• the first law of thermodynamics

• the second law of thermodynamics

• the third law of thermodynamics

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A coral snake is venomous while its mimic, the scarlet king snake, is not. This is an example of _____________.

• mullerian mimicry

• chemical mimicry

• malthusian mimicry

• batesian mimicry

The viceroy butterfly and the monarch butterfly look very similar. Both are distasteful to predators. This is an example of ________________.

• mullerian mimicry

• chemical mimicry

• malthusian mimicry

• batesian mimicry

1. The biomass of an area of producers is 240 kg. For this same area, you could expect the biomass of the secondary consumers to be _______.

• 240kg

• 24kg

• 2.4kg

• .24kg

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A tiny filter-feeding barnacle sticks to a whale. The whale is unaffected by this new stowaway. What type of relationship is this?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• amensalism

• neutralism

• parasitism

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