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WorksheetsEcology Review
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Barnacles can be found attached on whales and other oceanic organisms. The barnacles filter food as the whales swim through the water. The whale does not benefit from this relationship. What type of relationship does the whale and barnacle share.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
2.
The plover bird eats the leftovers from the crocodile's mouth and the crocodile gets a teeth cleaning. Name the relationship...
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
3.
Name this relationship... ( click on image)
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
completion
4.
Sooo. It appears that Mr. Tapeworm has the best office spot in the appendix as he will be enjoying all of the host's meals that are eaten. What type of relationship does the tapeworm and it's host share?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commesalism
c)
Parasitism
5.
How does the soil depth and nutrient abundance affect the growth of plants?
a)
Low nutrients and shallow soil allows for roots to extend deep into the groupnd providing plant with stront support
b)
High nutrients and deep soil restricts root growth to extend deep into the ground providing plant with weak support
c)
high nutrients and deep soil allows root growth to extend deep into the ground providing plant with stong support
d)
Soil and nutrient has not effect on plants
6.
What type of succession does these pictures describe? What would be the first pioneer organisms to appear?
a)
Primary succession, lichen
b)
Primary succession, grass
c)
Secondary succession, lichen
d)
Secondary succession, grass
7.
Which is missing out of this food web?
a)
Producers
b)
Decomposers
c)
Predators
8.
If we took away the natural predator of the deer in this field what could be the long term outcome?
a)
increase of deer, decrease of producers
b)
increase of deer, increase of insects
c)
increase of deer, increase of predators
d)
increase of deer, decrease of herbivores
9.
If only 10% of the energy transfers to the next level where does the 90% go??
a)
Chemical energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Thermal (heat) energy
d)
Mechanical energy
10.
Which level of the pyramid contains the most amount of energy?
a)
Tertiary consumer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
Primary consumer
d)
Producer
11.
What do the carbon and Nitrogen Cycle circulate?
a)
Energy
b)
Matter
c)
Pollution
d)
water
12.
If a disease were to infect frogs and kill them off what would be the likely impact of this system?
a)
Decrease the amount of flies
b)
Increase the amount of frogs
c)
Decrease the amount of algae
d)
Increase the amount of algae
13.
What process has occurred with this abandoned field?
a)
Primary succession
b)
Secondary succession
14.
An ecosystem is made up of:
a)
living things
b)
nonliving things
c)
living and nonliving things
15.
Consumers that get their energy by eating only plants are?
a)
carnivores
b)
omnivores
c)
herbivores
d)
decomposer
16.
Consumers that eat only animals are?
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
d)
decomposer
17.
Consumers that eat both plants and animals are?
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
d)
decomposer
18.
Organisms that digest the waste and remains of dead plants and animals are called?
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
d)
decomposers
19.
Which organism receives its energy from the sun?
a)
a bee
b)
a cat
c)
a tree
d)
a grasshopper
20.
Which organism would be eaten last in a food chain.
a)
producer
b)
decomposer
c)
first-level consumer
d)
second-level consumer
21.
A food web includes grass, grasshoppers, moss, and mushrooms. Which is identified as a consumer?
a)
grass
b)
grasshopper
c)
moss
d)
mushroom
22.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
23.
What is commensalism?
a)
Relationship in which 3 species benefits
b)
Relationship in which one organism eats another
c)
Relationship in which 1 species benefits and the other is unaffected
d)
When 1 organism relies on another for life
24.
An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Succession Map
25.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
c)
nitrogen cycle
d)
carbon cycle
26.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
c)
nitrogen cycle
d)
carbon cycle
27.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
A biotic factor
b)
An abiotic factor
28.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
29.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
30.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
31.
A relationship that only helps one organism and does nothing to/for the other.
ex. barnacle on whale
ex. barnacle on whale
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
predation
32.
Anything that can decrease the size of a population including living (biotic) and non living (abiotic) features of an ecosystem such as predators and drought.
a)
limiting factor
b)
habitat
c)
ecosystem
d)
carrying capacity
33.
As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy _____.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
increases exponentially
34.
diagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heat
a)
succession
b)
cellular respiration
c)
energy pyramid
d)
biochemical cycle
35.
a species that takes over to live in an area where no other living thing lives and that starts a cycle in which many other species make that area the place where they live
a)
pioneer species
b)
succession
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
cellular respiration
36.
The unique position that a species has in the physical use of its habitat and in its function (job) within an ecosystem
a)
producer
b)
biotic factors
c)
ecosystem
d)
niche
37.
What are the Abiotic factors in this image?
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
birds, water, dirt
d)
plants, water
38.
What are the Biotic factors in this image?
a)
There are none
b)
Sunlight, water, air
c)
Elephants, plants, trees
d)
Air, elephants, humidity
39.
Identify a correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web. (watch the arrows)
a)
Plant>Snail>Bluebird>Eagle
b)
Plant<Snail<Bluebird<Eagle
c)
Plant>Snail<Eagle>Bluebird
d)
Plant<Rabbit<Eagle
40.
According to the energy pyramid, the organism that obtains the least energy is the ___
a)
Garter Snake
b)
Field Mouse
c)
Red-tailed Hawk
d)
Alfalfa
41.
What is this a picture of?
a)
Nitrogen cycle
b)
carbon cycle
c)
water cycle
d)
plant cycle
42.
Which statement best describes nitrogen fixation?
a)
Bacteria turn nitrogen gas into something plants can use
b)
Nitrogen is converted to carbon dioxide
c)
nitrogen is is transformed to nitrogen gas
d)
photosynthesis converts nitrogen to a usable form
43.
Plants use photosynthesis to make glucose. If you have more plants, the level of CO2 in the atmosphere will:
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
44.
Nitrogen Fixation is carried out by
a)
bacteria
b)
plants
c)
herbivores
d)
mushrooms
45.
Biodiversity is the measure of all of ________________.
a)
ALL organisms including plants, animals, decomposers, etc.
b)
only plants
c)
only animals
d)
only bacteria
46.
A species that is introduced to another environment that causes problems with the native food web is called a(n)...
a)
invasive species
b)
destructive species
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
47.
How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?
a)
Through transpiration
b)
Through photosynthesis
c)
Through factory emission
d)
Sunlight
48.
What is one way that carbon enters the atmosphere?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Factory emissions
c)
Ocean uptake
d)
Rain
49.
These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming
a)
Global warming gases
b)
Hot House gases
c)
Green House gases
d)
Thermal pollution
50.
When water leaves a plant through small openings called stomata
a)
Precipitation
b)
Condensation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Perspiration
51.
When a liquid becomes a gas
a)
transpiration
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
evaporation
52.
When a gas becomes a liquid
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
advection
d)
condensation
53.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of:
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Precipitation
54.
The energy that drives the water cycle comes from
a)
Solar Radiation
b)
Geothermal Heat
c)
Water Energy
d)
Advection
55.
Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?
a)
Bioremediation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Transpiration
56.
Which trophic level are primary consumers?
a)
First Trophic Level
b)
Second Trophic Level
c)
Third Trophic Level
d)
Fourth Trophic Level
57.
What type of growth model is this?
a)
exponential growth model
b)
logistic growth model
c)
Type I curve
d)
Type III curve
58.
largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support
a)
carrying capacity
b)
primary succession
c)
denitrification
d)
mutualism
59.
a relationship between two in which the predator feeds on the prey
a)
chemosynthesis
b)
predation
c)
cellular respiration
d)
commensalism
60.
An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit
a)
dispersion
b)
density- independent factor
c)
density- dependent factor
d)
population growth rate
61.
An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density
a)
density- dependent factor
b)
population density
c)
dispersion
d)
density- independent factor
62.
population numbers get too large for the environment to support it and growth slows
a)
Exponential growth
b)
Logistic growth
c)
Natality
d)
Emigration
63.
Any factor that limits population growth
a)
Limiting Factor
b)
Immigration
c)
Succession
d)
Abiotic Factor
64.
One reason predators might increase is
a)
The weather is warmer
b)
Parasites have increased
c)
The prey have increased
d)
Food has decreased
65.
How do predator prey relationship affect a population?
a)
They are in competition with each other
b)
One will go extinct
c)
Predators have exponential growth
d)
Controls size of both populations
66.
When a population has reached carrying capacity
a)
Growth & Immigration are equal to Death & emigration
b)
Growth & Immigration are less than Death & emigration
c)
Growth & Immigration are greater than Death & emigration
d)
Growth is exponential
67.
Why are few plants found on the bottom floor of the ocean?
a)
Floor has decomposers
b)
Sunlight doesn't reach the floor
c)
Water is a limiting factor
d)
Temperature is low
68.
The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.
a)
Coniferous Forests
b)
Deciduous Forests
c)
Deserts
d)
Tropical Rain Forests
69.
The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...
a)
Food and Water
b)
Water and Sunlight
c)
Temperature and Oxygen
d)
Water and Temperature
70.
The trees in this forest biome have needle like leaves that are hard to eat.
a)
Coniferous Forest
b)
Deciduous Forest
c)
Tropical Rain Forests
d)
Deserts
71.
This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.
a)
Deserts
b)
Tropical Rain Forests
c)
Savannas
d)
Chaparral
72.
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated.
a)
precipitation
b)
concentration
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
73.
Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tundra
d)
coniferous forest
74.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
tundra
b)
savanna
c)
temperate grassland
d)
tropical rainforest
75.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
tropical rainforest
d)
temperate deciduous forest
76.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
temperate grassland
b)
desert
c)
tropical rainforest
d)
savanna
77.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
taiga/coniferous forest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tropical rainforest
d)
desert
78.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
tundra
c)
desert
d)
temperate deciduous forest
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