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Ecology Final Exam Review

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
2.
If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?
a)
Grass
b)
Insect
c)
Snake
d)
Snail
3.
Which level has the most energy available?
a)
producer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
tertiary consumer
4.

Which organism has the most energy available to it?

a)

grasshopper

b)

hawk

c)

snake

d)

grass

5.

Which organism is feeding on the tertiary consumer?

a)

shrimp

b)

osprey

c)

pike

d)

perch

6.

Which of the following occurs when one organism hunts and kills another?

a)

predation

b)

competition

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism

7.

Which occurs when one species benefits while it harms another species?

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

cooperation

d)

commensalism

8.

Which of the following occurs when two different species benefit each other?

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

cooperation

9.

What is it when two organisms fight over the same resource?

a)

cooperation

b)

parasitism

c)

competition

d)

commensalism

10.

What is it when one species benefits and the other species is unaffected?

a)

commensalism

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

competition

11.

What is it when organisms of the same species work together?

a)

cooperation

b)

commensalism

c)

competition

d)

parasitism

12.

Water evaporates form the leaves of plants and enters the atmosphere.

a)

transpiration

b)

infiltration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

13.

Water cools and condenses to form clouds.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

14.

Two processes that put water into the atmosphere.

a)

Evaporation and Condensation

b)

Evaporation and Transpiration

c)

Transpiration and Condensation

d)

Transpiration and Precipitation

15.

Which process removes oxygen from the atmosphere?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

cellular respiration

16.

What is the burning of organic material that releases carbon dioxide?

a)

decomposition

b)

respiration

c)

combustion

17.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

combustion

c)

decomposition

d)

cellular respiration

18.

Which process releases oxygen into the atmosphere as plants make sugar?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

cellular respiration

19.

Which process releases carbon dioxide as cells break down sugar?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

cellular respiration

20.

Which biome is treeless with permafrost and low lying plants?

a)

tundra

b)

taiga

c)

deciduous forest

d)

grasslands

21.

Which biome is home to ground-nesting birds & large herbivores?

a)

grasslands

b)

taiga

c)

tundra

d)

tropical rainforest

22.

Which biome is home to tree that lose their leaves and has four seasons?

a)

deciduous forest

b)

taiga

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

desert

23.

Which biome is warm, wet and has great biodiversity?

a)

tropical rainforest

b)

tundra

c)

deciduous forest

d)

taiga

24.

Which two biomes receive the least amount of precipitation?

a)

desert and tundra

b)

desert and grasslands

c)

desert and taiga

d)

desert and deciduous forest

25.
What type of growth model is this?
a)
exponential growth model
b)
logistic growth model
c)
Type I curve
d)
Type III curve
26.
The largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support is  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
primary succession 
c)
denitrification
d)
mutualism
27.
Many members of one species in an area
a)
Ecosystem
b)
community
c)
biodiversity
d)
population
28.
Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain 
d)
biome
29.
Organisms move away from an area
a)
Competition
b)
Predation
c)
Emigration
d)
Immigration
30.
population numbers get too large for the environment to support it and growth slows
a)
Exponential growth
b)
Logistic growth
c)
Natality
d)
Emigration
31.
Any factor that limits population growth
a)
Limiting Factor
b)
Immigration
c)
Succession
d)
Abiotic Factor
32.
The study of human population statistics
a)
demography
b)
biology
c)
microbiology
d)
ecology
33.
The average number of people living in a square kilometer is called
a)
urbanization. 
b)
internal migration. 
c)
population density. 
d)
pull factors. 
34.
The number of live births per 1000 people is called the
a)
growth rate.
b)
infant rate.
c)
baby total.
d)
birth rate.
35.
A resource that it is used up faster than it can replace itself is
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-renewable
c)
ecological footprint
d)
in need
36.
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
Trees
b)
Coal
c)
Wind
d)
Sunlight
37.
Most water pollution is the result of
a)
human activities.
b)
drought.
c)
volcanic eruptions.
d)
storms.
38.
This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere.
a)
oxygen
b)
nitrogen
c)
ozone
d)
carbon dioxide
39.
Lead entered into the homes of Flint, Michigan residents because the water of the Flint River was
a)
flammable
b)
corrosive
c)
full of bacteria
d)
completely safe
40.
An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)
a)
heterotroph
b)
consumer
c)
detritivore
d)
autotroph
41.
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
carbon
42.
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
43.
Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
44.
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. 
45.
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
50%
46.
Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
a)
Animals that eat insects.
b)
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
c)
Organisms that eat only pants
d)
Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
47.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
48.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
49.
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
50.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
51.
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
52.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
53.
The general name for organisms like animals and fungi that get their energy from eating other organisms.
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Detritivores
d)
Carnivores
54.
People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...
a)
Ruralization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Colonization
d)
None of these
55.
Noise such as traffic and construction is considered...
a)
Pollution
b)
Transportation
c)
Annoying
d)
Rural
56.
What is a "heat island"?
a)
an island in a river or lake that produces heat
b)
an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas
c)
when the leftovers or "tailings" from mining are piled up in a river
d)
an oasis
57.
Soil is made of
a)
weathered rocks and minerals
b)
dead plants and animals
c)
air and water
d)
all of the above
58.
The two types of mining are
a)
strip mining and underground mining
b)
mining for gold and silver
c)
Minecraft mining for ore and stone
59.
Nitrogen-rich fertilizers and manure can cause water pollution.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...
a)
bacteria
b)
plants
c)
animals
d)
producers
61.
How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants...
a)
through action of bacteria only
b)
through lightning only
c)
through action of bacteria & lightning
d)
through photosynthesis
62.
Are fossil fuels renewable resources or non-renewable resources? 
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
63.
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
a)
wind
b)
natural gas
c)
sunlight 
d)
fresh water
64.
In the US, more coal is used for _________ than for any other use.
a)
making chemicals
b)
heating buildings
c)
making steel
d)
generating electricity 
65.
A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste
a)
oil
b)
leachate
c)
fertilizer
d)
battery acid
66.
Which of these is NOT hazardous waste
a)
Motor oil
b)
Paint
c)
Cell phones
d)
Glass bottles

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