Brinbeal Ecosystems Revision Quiz

Alright explorer, imagine you’re out in the wild, observing all the critters, plants, and even the rocks and streams around you, all working together. What do we call this whole setup where living things and their environment interact?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Population

• Biome

Alright explorer, imagine you’re out in the wild, tracking a creature. What do we call the natural home or environment where you’d find this animal, plant, or other organism living its best life?

• Habitat

• Niche

• Biome

• Ecosystem

Out here in the wild, rangers like me use a special system to identify all the creatures and plants we come across, based on their shared traits. This system was developed by a famous naturalist named Carl Linnaeus. What do we call this way of classifying living things?

• Linnaeus Taxonomy

• Darwinian Evolution

• Mendelian Inheritance

• Watson-Crick Model

Out here in the wild, when we spot a group of critters that look alike and can mate to have young ones, what do we call this basic unit of classification?

• Species

• Genus

• Family

• Order

Out in the wild, when rangers classify all the amazing creatures they encounter, what is the big group they use that ranks above phylum?

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

• Genus

Out in the wild, some creatures can whip up their own grub from sunlight or simple minerals, just like a ranger making a meal from whatever nature provides. What do you call these resourceful organisms that produce their own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy?

• Autotrophic

• Heterotrophic

• Parasitic

• Saprophytic

Howdy, explorer! While out in the wild, you spot two different animals and notice a chart showing how all living things are sorted into groups, from the biggest to the smallest. What do rangers call this system of classifying critters, as shown in the diagram?

• Linnaeus Taxonomy

• Darwinian Classification

• Mendelian System

• Aristotle's Ladder

Out in the wild, some creatures can't whip up their own grub and have to depend on other plants and animals for their meals. What do we call these organisms, partner?

• Heterotrophic

• Autotrophic

• Phototrophic

• Saprophytic

Out in the wild, rangers often spot differences between creatures or plants that are completely at odds with each other, like night and day. What do we call this kind of division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different?

• Dichotomous key

• Analogy

• Continuum

• Synthesis

Alright explorer, imagine you’re out in the wild, surrounded by towering trees and lush plants. These green wonders have a special way of making their own food using sunlight and a bit of magic called chlorophyll. What’s the name of this amazing process?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Fermentation