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Ecology - Tech-Day "Summative"

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These organisms eat the "NASTIEST" food on the Planet, thankfully...

a)

Carnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Decomposers

d)

Scavengers

e)

Predators

2.

Which organism below gives us (makes) the MOST oxygen?

a)

Plants

b)

Fungi

c)

Bacteria

d)

Phytoplankton

3.

Insecticides are often used to kill insects. Can they harm other species in a food web, too?

a)

YES

b)

NO

4.

____________ are often found at the TOP of Food Chains.

a)

Herbivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Predators

d)

Producers

5.

Which organism(s) below are considered "consumers"?

a)

Mosquito (parasite)

b)

Vulture (scavenger)

c)

Oak Tree (producer)

d)

Deer (herbivore)

6.

Which organism below is said to "convert sunlight into energy".

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Decomposers

7.

Which organism below is said to "sap energy from a host".

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Parasites

d)

Decomposers

8.

Through which process do producers make their own food?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

mitosis

c)

meiosis

d)

asexual reproduction

9.

Which part of the food web do YOU most likely play?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Scavenger

10.

This cute animal was nearly killed off on the Pacific Coast of North America...

a)

Prairie Dogs

b)

Seals

c)

Otters

d)

Squirrels

11.

This is what we call organisms brought to a place, that don't belong there...

a)

Abiotic

b)

Deadly

c)

Dangerous

d)

Invasive

e)

Biotic

12.

Which of these animals is NOT at the Top of the Food chain?

a)

Grizzly Bear

b)

Komodo Dragon

c)

Honey Badger

d)

Sawfish

13.

Even thought they're consumers, some plants defend themselves, to not get eaten...

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The maximum number of a certain species that an ecosystem can support is ____________________.

a)

population density

b)

carrying capacity

c)

food pyramid

d)

invasive species

15.

A Keystone species is a species that...

a)

is VERY important, and keeps an ecosystem stable.

b)

doesn't really factor in an ecosystem, but eats some producers.

16.

This picture best represents which vocabulary term below?

a)

Prey

b)

Predation

c)

Competition

d)

Consumer

17.

Vegetarians, or vegans, would be most like which group below?

a)

Primary Consumers

b)

Secondary Consumers

c)

Tertiary Consumers

d)

Producers

18.

A baby eagle will one day, grow up to be a _________________.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Producer

19.

In almost every food web, the energy originally comes from:

a)

The Sun

b)

The Plants

20.

In a typical Ecosystem, there are always...

a)

...more plants than animals.

b)

...more predators, than prey.

c)

....more herbivores, than carnivores.

d)

...more consumers, than producers.

21.

Primary Consumers mainly eat _____________.

a)

producers

b)

secondary consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

other primary consumers.

22.

Plankton in the oceans, are most like ___________ on land.

a)

primary consumers

b)

secondary consumers

c)

parasites

d)

producers

23.

Hippos are DEADLY and have huge teeth, but since they eat plants only, they're _________________.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Producer

24.

Grizzly bears love meat, but also eat berries and seeds, making them _____________.

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

omnivores

d)

producers

25.

If one organism in an ecosystem dies off, what will most likely happen?

a)

Animals will find other food.

b)

It'll have a negative impact on the entire ecosystem.