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Unit 2 Test Review- Energy Flow/Cycles

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Bioremdiation
2.
When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called 
a)
Combustion
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Decomposition
d)
Nitrogen Fixation
3.
Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by
a)
Burning fossil fuels 
b)
Cellular respiration
c)
Decomposing organic matter
d)
All answers are correct
4.
The nitrogen found in the atmosphere is not in a form that plants or animals can use.  What converts it into a usable form?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Decomposition of organisms
d)
Fungi
5.
When water leaves a plant through small openings called stomata
a)
Precipitation
b)
Condensation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Perspiration
6.
Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere?
a)
carbon
b)
nitrogen
c)
phosphorous
d)
water
7.
Which of the following cycles do humans impact by the runoff of fertilizers, which are responsible for algal blooms, as the algae die and decompose, bacteria use up the oxygen, causing fish kills.
a)
Carbon and Nitrogen
b)
Sulfur and Nitrogen
c)
Nitrogen and Phosphorus
d)
Sulfur and Phosphorus
8.
What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
combustion
b)
cellular respiration
c)
photosynthesis
d)
decomposition
9.
Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle
a)
only plants
b)
only animals
c)
only bacteria
d)
plants, animals, & bacteria
10.
Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere
a)
bacteria
b)
plants
c)
animals
d)
producers
11.
What role do decomposers play in the phosphorous cycle?
a)
absorb phosphorous 
b)
release phosphorous into atmosphere
c)
return phosphorous into the soil
d)
combustion
12.

Too much phosphorus in waterways (rivers, lakes) can lead to___________.

a)

eutrophication

b)

Nothing

c)

Death

d)

diseases

13.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
14.

Cutting down large forests (deforestation) can result in:

a)

little to no changes

b)

more homes for animals

c)

less plants to absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas

15.
Eutrophication is caused by
a)
runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients
b)
cleaning up waterways
c)
using nuclear energy
d)
using solar energy
16.

In eutrophication, plant nutrients cause ________ to bloom.

a)

algae

b)

decomposers

c)

plants

d)

monkey fish

17.

Where do plants get their energy from?

a)

the sun

b)

other animals

c)

the soil

d)

the do not need energy

18.

If all of the plants were removed from a food web what would happen?

a)

Birds and grasshoppers would thrive

b)

Only the snakes would survive

c)

The food web would produce more bacteria to compensate.

d)

The food web would completely collapse

19.

IF the owls were removed from the food chain, what would happen to the mouse population?

a)

Removing the owls would not affect the other organisms.

b)

The plant population would increase

c)

The mouse population would decrease

d)

The mouse population would increase

20.

If the plant in the food chain has 20,000 kcal of energy, how much is passed to the insect?

a)

20,000

b)

2000

c)

200

d)

20

21.

Where is the greatest biomass found in a food web?

a)

producers like grass

b)

herbivores like cows

c)

carnivores like lions

d)

omnivores like racoons

22.

How much energy is lost at each trophic level?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

50%

d)

none

23.

Why do higher trophic levels in most ecosystems contain fewer organisms than lower trophic levels?

a)

Energy available for use to the highest trophic level is small

b)

Energy available for use to the lowest trophic level is small.

c)

Energy available for use to the highest trophic level is large.

d)

Energy available for use to the highest and lowest trophic levels is the same.

24.

What percent (%) of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

15%

d)

20%

25.

Algae generate 84,000 kcals of tissue. Which represents the amount of energy available for primary consumers in the food chain?

a)

84,000 kcals

b)

8,400 kcals

c)

840 kcals

d)

84 kcals

26.

The levels of nourishment in a food chain are called

a)

pyramids of numbers.

b)

trophic levels.

c)

food phases.

d)

biomagnitudes.

27.

In the food chain pictured, what type of organism is the bird?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

28.

The model of the energy available at each level that ALWAYS gets smaller as you go up is the

a)

energy pyramid.

b)

numbers pyramid.

c)

biomass pyramid.

d)

food web.

29.

In the picture, which organism is the primary consumer?

a)

plant

b)

snake

c)

mouse

d)

bird

30.

In this food web, a ___ is a primary consumer and a ___ is a secondary consumer.

a)

rabbit, snake

b)

grass, mouse

c)

rabbit, wildflower

d)

snake, mouse

31.

If the snake population decreased, which populations would increase as a result?

a)

Birds and Frogs

b)

Hawks and Frogs

c)

Birds and Hawks

d)

Frogs and Butterflies

32.

What do you call the increase in the concentration of the pollutant as it moves up through the food chain

a)

Bioaccumulation

b)

Biology

c)

Biomagnification

d)

Biodiversity

33.

In which organism would biomagnification be the most concentrated? (Remember the lab: Rabbits eat the grass, the snake eats the rabbit, the hawk eats the snake--the hawk is the apex predator)

a)

grass

b)

rabbit

c)

snake

d)

hawk

34.

In what year were the most toxins present in smallmouth bass?

a)

2000

b)

2002

c)

2004

d)

2005

35.

Toxin concentrations _____________ as you go up the food chain.

a)

do not change

b)

increase

c)

decrease