Ecology

Earth’s atmosphere contains mostly:

• ‎a)‎ Nitrogen and some oxygen
• b)‎ Equal amounts of nitrogen and oxygen
• c)‎ Mostly oxygen and some nitrogen
• d)‎ Mostly nitrogen and carbon dioxide

Consumers are organisms that:‎

• a)‎ Cannot make their own food
• b)‎ Make their own food
• c)‎ Can carry out the process of photosynthesis
• d)‎ None of the above

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‎What do you call the type of organism that only eats animals?‎

• a)‎ Omnivore
• b)‎ Scavenger
• c)‎ Herbivore
• d)‎ Carnivore

Coal, Gas & Oil, etc formed in the past from the remains of organisms come from:

• Fossil Fuels
• Nuclear
• Biomass
• Hydrogen Cells

What is photosynthesis?

• a) The process by which the Sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy.
• b) The process by which sugar is converted into carbon dioxide, water, and energy.
• c) How consumers create energy.
• d) The process by which the Sun creates energy.

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What is an ecological niche?

• a) A hole or burrow that an organism lives in.
• b) The function a species serves in its ecosystem.
• c) A stash of food an organism keeps.
• d) The relationship between producers and consumers.
• e) a and c.

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Lionfish are native to the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, they have been released into ‎the water off the southeastern United States and are rapidly spreading through the Caribbean Sea.

They have killed and eaten many native species of fish and reproduce very quickly.

How would we classify this species?

• Primary producer

• Primary consumer

• Alien species

• Invasive species

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The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Secondary Consumer

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