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Ecology Part 1- Review Game

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do we call the non-living part of the environment?
a)
Biotic
b)
Population
c)
Abiotic
d)
Antibiotic
2.
What does the direction of the arrow represent in a food chain or energy pyramid?
a)
the flow of energy
b)
which way is north
c)
the expenditure of energy
d)
increase of energy
3.
What do we call several different populations interacting in some way?
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Biome
4.
The study of how living things interact with their environment and abiotic factors is the study of ____________________.
a)
Astrology
b)
Microbiology
c)
Ecology
d)
Geology
5.
How can abiotic factors change in an ecosystem?
a)
Flooding
b)
Forest fires
c)
drought
d)
All of the above
6.
Where do plants get their energy?
a)
Powerade
b)
5 hour energy drinks
c)
candy
d)
sun
7.
What is a diagram that shows a direct straight line of a feeding relationship?
a)
energy pyramid
b)
food pyramid
c)
food web 
d)
food chain
8.
What is the diagram that shows all feeding relationships possible with available resources in an ecosystem?
a)
energy pyramid
b)
food pyramid
c)
food chain
d)
food web
9.
Bees pollinating flowers is an example of:
a)
Predation
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
10.
Your cat has fleas. Fleas suck blood and your kitty gets an infection.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Predation
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitiem
11.
A remora hitches a ride with the shark. It gets a free ride unbeknownst to the shark.
a)
Parasitism
b)
Predation
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mutualism
12.
What do we call organisms that are the "clean up crew?"
a)
Scavengers
b)
Parasites
c)
commensals
d)
Prey
13.
A wolf eating a lamb is an example of:
a)
Parasitism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Predator/Prey
d)
Commensalism
14.
I had chicken and broccoli for dinner. That makes me a:
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Parasite
d)
Omnivore
15.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
16.
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds. Both species benefit. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
17.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
18.
Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Because their visual abilities are different, they can identify threats that the other animal would not see as readily. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
19.
Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Next the honey guide birds eat. Both species benefit. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
20.

One organism hunts and eats another organism.

a)

predation

b)

mutualism

c)

carnivore

d)

parasitism

21.

When different species live together.

a)

symbiosis

b)

habitat

c)

competiton

d)

predation

22.

This occurs when niches overlap between species and they have to compete for resources.

a)

competition

b)

interspecific

c)

parasite

d)

intraspecies

23.

The graphs show how the number of mice predators (animals that eat mice) and the food source of the mice (plants) changed from 1996 to 2002.

Based on this information about predators and food, which year would you predict would have the highest population of mice?

a)

1996

b)

1998

c)

2000

d)

2002

24.

What must occur for energy to move through the ecosystem?

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

parasitism

25.
What are the four most important materials needed by living organisms?
a)
water, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
b)
water, food, oxygen, carbon
c)
water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous
d)
water, carbon, food, phosphorous
26.
What is it called when water vapor cools and changes into a liquid?
a)
condensation
b)
respiration
c)
precipitation
d)
evaporation
27.
Which of the following is NOT a stage of the nitrogen cycle?
a)
organisms breathe in nitrogen gas
b)
organisms release nitrogen compounds via waste or decomposition
c)
bacteria convert unusable nitrogen to usable nitrogen
d)
plants absorb nitrogen compounds from the soil
28.
The three steps of the water cycle include:
a)
condensation, precipitation, filtration
b)
filtration, irrigation, evaporation
c)
precipitation, condensation, evaporation
d)
precipitation, filtration, evaporation
29.
Which of the following is NOT part of the carbon cycle?
a)
condensation
b)
photosynthesis
c)
combustion
d)
respiration
30.
Which of these is the greatest cause of harmful levels of carbon in the atmosphere?
a)
respiration
b)
combustion
c)
photosynthesis
d)
decomposition
31.
Which of these steps is part of the nitrogen cycle AND the phosphorous cycle?
a)
it starts off inside underwater rocks and dirt
b)
bacteria convert it into organic compounds
c)
animals leaving waste and death and decay release it back into the soil
d)
rain water and ocean waves break off pieces, putting it back into the ecosystem
32.
Which of these is a step in the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, and the phosphorous cycle?
a)
condensation
b)
decomposition
c)
respiration
d)
photosynthesis
33.

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

a)

bacteria

b)

rain

c)

fungi

d)

car exhaust

34.

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive.

a)

only plants

b)

only animals

c)

only bacteria

d)

all living things

35.

How is nitrogen "fixed" into a usable form for plants?

a)

Through action of bacteria only

b)

Through lightning only

c)

Through action of bacteria and lightning

d)

Through photosynthesis

36.

Gas that makes up 78% of our atmosphere.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Carbon Dioxide

37.
Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up....
a)
food web
b)
food chain
c)
niche
d)
symbiosis
38.
All food webs and food chains begin with _________________.
a)
primary consumer
b)
producers
c)
secondary consumers
d)
predators
39.
In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
40.
In this ecological pyramid which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Secondary Consumer
41.
If these organisms were arranged in an ecological biomass pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of biomass?
a)
coyote
b)
insect
c)
lizard
d)
shrub
42.
A tertiary consumer has to be which type?
a)
Carnivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Producer.
d)
Herbivore.
43.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the movement of energy and nutrients in the ecosystem?

a)

energy is cycled, nutrients travel in one direction

b)

both energy and nutrients are cycled

c)

energy travels in one direction, nutrients are cycled

d)

energy and nutrients both travel in one direction

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