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Ecology

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 2hrs 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A ___________ makes its own energy and begins the food chain.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
2.
A _______________ cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy.
a)
producer
b)
Primary consumer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Tertiary Consumer
3.
A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called a...
a)
Herbivore
b)
Prey
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Secondary Consumer
4.
A type of consumer that eats only meat is called a...
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
brucivore
5.
A type of consumer that eats both meat and plants is called a...
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
brucivore
6.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
7.
_____________ are an example of decomposers.
a)
fish
b)
bacteria
c)
plants
d)
seaweed
8.
Which organisms from the Food Web is consuming the Insects?
a)
Lynx, Hare
b)
Shrew, Red fox
c)
Lynx, Red Fox
d)
Hawk, Shrew
9.
What is a producer?
a)
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b)
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c)
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
d)
an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
10.
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
prey
11.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
12.
A student makes the following list of things she sees in her backyard:  squirrels, birds, worms, trees, rocks, pink plastic flamingo and flowers.  What does this list describe?
a)
A biome
b)
A population
c)
An ecosystem
d)
A community
13.
Coyotes eat rabbits. Rabbits eat clover. What would most likely happen if the population of coyotes decreases?
a)
The rabbits and clover would decrease
b)
The rabbits and clover would increase
c)
The rabbits would increase, but the clover would decrease
d)
The rabbits would decrease, but the clover would increase
14.
Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain?
a)
Producers  consumers  decomposers
b)
Decomposers   producers  consumers
c)
Consumers  decomposer  producers
d)
Consumers   producers  decomposers
15.
Which of the following organism provides energy for more than one organism in the food web?
a)
Mouse
b)
Hawk
c)
Snake
d)
Lizard
16.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?
a)
Frog, Dragon Fly and snake
b)
Frog, trout and dragon fly
c)
Frog, salamander and trout
d)
Frog and phytoplankton
17.
Who is the consumer in this food chain?
a)
The grass
b)
The rabbit 
c)
The rabbit and fox
d)
The fox
18.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
a producer.
b)
an omnivore.
c)
a predator.
d)
a herbivore.
19.
Who is the producer in this food chain?
a)
The rabbit
b)
The grass
c)
The fox
d)
There is no such thing as a producer
20.
The food chain is the sequence in which energy is transferred. 
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
22.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
23.
An energy pyramid represents what?
a)
How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 
b)
How much energy a particular organism needs. 
c)
How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 
d)
The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.
24.
Why is there a limited amount of energy that can be passed on to the next feeding level?
a)
There is never enough sunlight available. 
b)
Some ecosystems have limited resources. 
c)
Organisms use some of the energy they get from eating.
d)
All the energy is available to be passed on. 
25.
What is a trophic level?
a)
Each level represented within a food chain or web.
b)
Levels of ecosystems that the world is divided into.
c)
Different levels of nutrients present within an organism.
d)
The levels of sunlight an autotroph needs to survive. 
26.
The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
27.
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rain forest
28.
Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
grassland
d)
tropical rainforest
29.
One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as
a)
glaciation
b)
permafrost
c)
crystallization
d)
soilfrost
30.
In which biome is Georgia located?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate rainforest
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
alpine forest
31.
Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes?
a)
desert
b)
mountain
c)
taiga
d)
tundra
32.
This biome contains mostly spruce trees and Douglas firs, which are both evergreen.  The winters are long and cold and the summers are short and rainy.  The soil is very rich.  Moose and elk live here.  This biome is classified as a
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
deciduous forest
d)
temperate forest
33.
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
34.
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 
35.
Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?
a)
ecozones
b)
biotopes
c)
biomes
d)
biodomes
36.
What are the key features of the Tundra?
a)
cold winter, thin acidic soil, evergreen trees
b)
treeless, permafrost, cold dark winters
c)
ong cool summers, short dark winters, migrating animals
d)
many evergreen trees, short moist summers, long snowy winters
37.
Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tundra
d)
coniferous forest
38.
A grassland that is located in the middle latitudes, not near the equator, are known as _____
a)
Savannas
b)
deciduous forests
c)
tundra
d)
Prairies
39.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
40.
A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in one line is a...
a)
food web
b)
food chain
c)
food line
d)
food court
41.
What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?
a)
logistic growth
b)
population growth
c)
exponential growth
d)
predator-prey cycle
42.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
43.
Which type of growth is best illustrated by this rabbit population?
a)
exponential
b)
logistic
c)
S-shaped
d)
predator-prey
44.
What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
45.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
46.
If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...
a)
stay the same
b)
decrease
c)
increase
d)
reach carrying capacity
47.
How will competition affect the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?
a)
Decrease
b)
Increase
c)
Will show not affect
d)
Competition does not exist in nature
48.
In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?
a)
Squirrel Population
b)
Sunlight
c)
Grass available
d)
Rabbits have no limiting factors
49.
Which statement is most accurate based on the graph?
a)
The zebra and lions do not affect each other
b)
when lions population increases, so does the zebra population
c)
When the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increase
d)
when zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up. 
50.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
not found in ecosystems
c)
non-limiting factors
d)
Biotic
51.
Logistic growth is representative of a population in an environment with ________________ resources.
a)
limited
b)
plenty of
c)
no resources 
d)
biotic
52.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
53.
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
50%
54.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
55.
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
56.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
57.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
58.
a relationship between two in which the predator feeds on the prey
a)
chemosynthesis
b)
predation
c)
cellular respiration 
d)
commensalism
59.
_______ climate is described as hot and wet, and is located in low latitudes.
a)
Tropical
b)
Dry
c)
Continental
d)
Moderate
60.
_____ climate is described as cold all year long and located in high latitudes.
a)
Polar
b)
Continental
c)
Dry
d)
Highland
61.
What affects climate?
a)
The distance from the equator.
b)
The distance from the planets.
c)
The distance from the moon.
62.
Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?
a)
they are at lower elevations
b)
they receive more solar energy
c)
they are nearer to ocean currents
d)
they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat
63.
Which biome has 4 seasons?
a)
Taiga
b)
Tundra
c)
Grasslands
d)
Temperate Forest
64.

Scientists discover a new species of tree that is adapted well for a cold environment with a moderate amount of rainfall. In which biome would this new species most likely be found?

a)

deciduous forest

b)

tropical forest

c)

tundra

d)

taiga

65.

The desert receives about as much rainfall as the

a)

tundra

b)

tropical forest

c)

grassland

d)

taiga

66.

Which biome has the greatest diversity of living things?

a)

tundra

b)

taiga

c)

tropical forest

d)

deciduous forest

67.

Which of the following terrestrial biomes receives the largest amount of rainfall per year?

a)

desert

b)

prarie

c)

savanna

d)

deciduous forest

68.

A new species is discovered in a moderately warm climate. Its diet is primarily small vegetarian. Large carnivorous birds are its main predators. The creature has sharp claws to dig tunnels to escape from carnivores. In which biome will this new species thrive?

a)

savanna

b)

desert

c)

rainforest

d)

taiga

69.

Scientists have discovered a new species of fox that has larger than average ears and is nocturnal. In which biome would this new species of fox most likely be found?

a)

desert

b)

tundra

c)

deciduous forest

d)

tropical rain forest

70.

Which of the following is true of the taiga but NOT the tundra?

a)

The tundra has many species of reptiles.

b)

Elk and caribou often migrate to the tundra at different times of the year.

c)

It is often called the coniferous forest because of the conical trees there.

d)

The subsoil is referred to as permafrost because it is frozen solid all year.

71.

Grasslands are characterized by low amounts of rainfall, few trees, and lots of grass. Which of the following would be the primary inhabitants of the grasslands?

a)

Tree-dwelling primates

b)

Thick-furred mammals

c)

Large herbivores

d)

Water-conserving plants

72.

The temperate forest is a type of terrestrial biome.

Which of the following are characteristic of a temperate forest?

a)

Elk and caribou migrating during the early summer to graze on lichen and grasses.

b)

Warm weather, plentiful rain, and diverse plant and animal life

c)

Cold winters, short summers, and frozen subsoil, even in the summer

d)

Warm summers, cold winters, squirrels, and deciduous trees

73.

The temperate forest is a type of terrestrial biome.

Which of the following are characteristic of a temperate forest?

a)

Elk and caribou migrating during the early summer to graze on lichen and grasses.

b)

Warm weather, plentiful rain, and diverse plant and animal life

c)

Cold winters, short summers, and frozen subsoil, even in the summer

d)

Warm summers, cold winters, squirrels, and deciduous trees

74.

Many types of animals like the bear store up fat during the warm summer months and then hibernate during the cold winter months. Hibernation is a common adaptation of animals in which biome?

a)

savanna

b)

temperate deciduous forest

c)

tropical rain forest

d)

desert

75.

Due to fairly constant rain and high temperatures, the vegetation in the rainforest is very dense.

Which of the following is an adaptation that helps plants win the battle for sunlight on the forest floor?

a)

Vines that climb trees

b)

Grasses that grow in clumps

c)

Leaves that are needle-like

d)

Trees that are cone-shaped

76.

A tree called the Creosote has a taste and smell that animals find unpleasant. It has leaves that close in the day to keep in water and open at night to absorb moisture. Its leaves also grow close to the stem to reduce water evaporation. This plant also has dual root systems that tap deep into the underground water and radial roots that collect surface water. Which of the following statements is true based on the paragraph above?

a)

The Creosote tree is well adapted for the desert biome and its lack of rainfall.

b)

Due to the type of leaves found on the Creosote tree, this tree most likely thrives in the savanna.

c)

The dual root systems of the Creosote tree would help it to survive in the tundra.

d)

The Creosote tree is most likely found in the rainforest because it has adapted to conserve water.

77.

A new species of animal that can tolerate drought has been found. These animals graze in herds and like grasses with high silica content.


Which biome does this animal MOST LIKELY inhabit?

a)

taiga

b)

savanna

c)

temperate deciduous forest

d)

desert

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