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Staar Review and Ecosystem Quiz

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment. 
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
abitotic
d)
ecosystem
2.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
3.
Which best explains why many kinds of plants and animals can live together in an ecosystem?
a)
The plants and animals are all part of a food chain and depend on each other to live.
b)
Plants and animals are interdependent of one another.
c)
One species may overpopulate, killing all plant life.
d)
Over population of a species results in a biodiversity.
4.
Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
5.
Which is a biotic factor?
a)
Fox
b)
Mountain
c)
Air
d)
Sunlight
6.
Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis? 
a)
decomposer
b)
consumer
c)
herbivore
d)
producer 
7.
What does the arrow represent in a food web?
a)
It shows which animals live next to each other.
b)
The flow of water from one organism to another
c)
The flow of energy from one organism to another
d)
It shows how diseases are passed from one organism to another
8.
What kind of relationship is a hawk eating a snake?
a)
Consumer-producer
b)
host-parasite
c)
predator-prey
d)
producer-consumer
9.

Which of the following is a long-term effect on the removal of the redfish from the ecosystem represented by the food web above?

a)

The osprey population will increase.

b)

The amphipod population will increase.

c)

The clam worm population will increase.

d)

The phytoplankton population will increase.

10.
How many producers are in this food web?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
How many organisms in this food web eat only producers?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them. 
b)
They may eat more than one other organism. 
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
d)
They have no resources available to them.
13.
Which of the following is a producer-consumer relationship in the food web?
a)
phytoplankton-squid
b)
leopard seal-cod
c)
zooplankton-squid
d)
phytoplankton-krill
14.
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
15.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
16.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
17.
Which particle has a positive charge?
a)
electron
b)
orbital
c)
proton
d)
neutron
18.
Choose the particle that has no charge.
a)
nucleus
b)
neutron
c)
proton
d)
electron
19.
This particle determines what element you have - the elements identity.
a)
electron
b)
proton
c)
neutron
d)
valence shell
20.
What is the mass of a proton and a neutron?
a)
1amu
b)
2grams
c)
13amu
d)
10cm
21.
True or False - Protons and Neutrons have about the same mass.
a)
True - They have about the same mass
b)
False - They do not have about the same mass
22.
What do the following properties describe? : shiny, ductile, good conductor, high melting point
a)
metal
b)
nonmetal
c)
metalloid
23.
Which is an example of a nonmetal?
a)
Platinum
b)
Carbon
c)
Silver
d)
Lead
24.
Which is an example of a metalloid?
a)
Boron
b)
Lead
c)
Radon
d)
Gold
25.
Which element is located at Period 5, Group 2? 
a)
Niobium
b)
Strontium
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
26.
 Which of the following statements are FALSE?
a)
metalloids have properties of both metals and nonmetals
b)
metals are located to the LEFT of the zig-zag line
c)
metals are less reactive than nonmetals
d)
nonmetals are located to the RIGHT of the zig-zag line
27.
Periods run VERTICALLY on the periodic table, from top to bottom.
a)
True
b)
False