Quiz about Unit 2: Biosphere Part 1 Review Game

Question 1

Give an example of a feature in the Geosphere.

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Mountains

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Oceans and seas

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Atmospheric gases

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Living organisms

Question 2

Give an example of a feature in the Hydrosphere.

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Rivers

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Mountains

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Deserts

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Forests

Question 3

Give an example of a feature in the Atmosphere.

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Ozone

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Rocks and minerals

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Ocean currents

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Soil composition

Question 4

Give an example of a feature in the Biosphere.

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Animals and plants

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Rocks and minerals

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Atmospheric gases

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Ocean currents

Question 5

The cryosphere is:

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The frozen water part of the Earth system

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A layer of the Earth's atmosphere

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A type of ecosystem found in deserts

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A geological period in Earth's history

Question 6

Which sphere of the earth is named using the Greek root meaning "ground"?

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Geosphere

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Hydrosphere

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Atmosphere

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Biosphere

Question 7

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

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Geosphere & Hydrosphere

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Hydrosphere & Atmosphere

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Atmosphere & Biosphere

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Atmosphere & Geosphere

Question 8

Give an example of two abiotic factors.

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Rainfall and temperature

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Plants and animals

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Sunlight and plants

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Bacteria and fungi

Question 9

A group of organisms of the same species found in one area at a given time is a(n) _________.

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Population.

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Community.

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Ecosystem.

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Habitat.

Question 10

"There were 4.2 inches of rainfall on Saturday" is which type of data?

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Quantitative

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Qualitative

Question 11

What do you call the place where an organism lives?

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Habitat

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Ecosystem

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Niche

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Biome

Question 12

Koalas are found in areas that have eucalyptus trees to support their limited diet. Are they specialists or generalists?

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A) Specialists

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B) Generalists

Question 13

Autotrophs get their energy from:

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Sunlight

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Water

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Soil

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Other organisms

Question 14

An animal is hunted by a predator, killed, and then eaten immediately. Which type(s) of consumer(s) could have eaten it?

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Carnivore

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Omnivore

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Herbivore

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Detritivore

Question 15

Which of the organisms in the chart below is a producer?

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Sunflower

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Hawk

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Cat

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Mouse

Question 16

Which organism in the chart below would have the smallest population?

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Hawk

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Grass

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Grasshopper

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Frog

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Snake

Question 17

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.

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scavengers; decomposers

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decomposers; producers

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producers; decomposers

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decomposers; scavengers

Question 18

How much energy is moved from one trophic level to the next trophic level?

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10%

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100%

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1/2

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25%

Question 19

Which is not true about food webs?

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Food webs are simpler than food chains

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Food webs show the transfer of energy among organisms

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Food webs are more accurate than food chains

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Food webs contain decomposers and scavengers throughout

Question 20

Which organism in the chart below would have the largest population?

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Grass

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Grasshopper

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Frog

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Snake

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Hawk

Question 21

How are food webs different from food chains?

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Food chains show a single path of energy flow, while food webs show multiple paths.

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Food webs show a single path of energy flow, while food chains show multiple paths.

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Food webs and food chains are the same.

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Food chains are more complex than food webs.

Question 22

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

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They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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They point to the organism that is being eaten.

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It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

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They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Question 23

An autotroph and herbivore are shown in a food chain. Which organism would the arrow point to and what does the arrow show?

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The arrow would point to the herbivore. It shows the transfer of energy from the autotroph to the herbivore.

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The arrow would point to the autotroph. It shows the transfer of energy from the herbivore to the autotroph.

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The arrow would point to the herbivore. It shows the transfer of energy from the herbivore to the autotroph.

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The arrow would point to the autotroph. It shows the transfer of energy from the autotroph to the herbivore.

Question 24

In this picture, the rabbit is a ________________.

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first-level or primary consumer

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second-level or secondary consumer

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third-level or tertiary consumer

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producer

Question 25

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

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the first law of thermodynamics

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the second law of thermodynamics

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the third law of thermodynamics

Question 26

If there are 100 Kcal of energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available in the primary consumers?

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10 Kcal

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1 Kcal

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100 Kcal

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1000 Kcal

Question 27

Which of the following represents several species of brightly colored, harmless snakes looking like poisonous coral snakes?

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batesian mimicry

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commensalism

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mutualism

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mullerian mimicry

Question 28

Some octopi are able to change color and blend in with their environment. What is this an example of?

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camouflage

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mullerian mimicry

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batesian mimicry

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aposematic coloration

Question 29

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

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commensalism

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mutualism

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amensalism

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neutralism

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parasitism

Question 30

Cowbirds are known to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. Mother birds will feed the new chicks and their own, which sometimes means not every chick gets enough food. This is an example of ____________.

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parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

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amensalism

Question 31

How much chemical energy is transferred from the producer level to the secondary consumer level in a food chain?

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1/100

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1/10

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1/20

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1/1000

Question 32

Organisms that eat both plants and meat are called ______________.

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omnivores

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herbivores

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autotrophs

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carnivores

Question 33

A human & a Tape Worm: The tape worm gets a place to live in the intestines of the human and food from the human. The human loses weight and nutrients from the tape worm.

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Parasitism

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Mutualism

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Commensalism

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