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NSHS Ecology Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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 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
4.
Your cat has fleas. Fleas suck blood and your kitty gets an infection.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Predation
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitiem
5.

What is made up of all the populations in an area?

a)

Habitat

b)

Niche

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

6.

There are birds that eat the food from between the teeth of alligators, leaving the alligators with clean teeth and the birds with a meal. What type of ongoing relationship is this?

a)

A. Predator & Prey

b)

B. Mutualism

c)

C. Commensalism

d)

D. Parasitism

7.

What belongs at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

a)

Producer

b)

Predator

c)

Consumer

d)

Decomposer

8.

__________ is an organism that can make it's own food.

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Consumer

c)

Autotroph

d)

Decomposer

9.

What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?

a)

primary succession

b)

ecological succession

c)

secondary succession

d)

intermediate species

10.

What is the role of the pioneer species in Primary Succession?

a)

To kill any remaining organisms from before the disturbance

b)

To break down rock and rebuild soil

c)

To provide food for large animals

d)

To put fresh oxygen into the air

11.

What is the correct order in this pond succession? (YOUNGEST to OLDEST)

a)

A, B, C, D

b)

D, C, B, A

c)

B, A, D, C

d)

C, D, A, B

12.
There are many more ______________ then there are primary consumers
a)
Secondary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Tertiary Consumers
d)
Suns
13.
Every time you move through a food web and up the energy pyramid the biomass and energy _______________.
a)
Decrease
b)
Increase
c)
Stay the same
d)
Power Mr. McNealy to be more mean!!!!!
14.
Refer to the image and answer the question. Algae gets 995 kcal (energy) from the Sun. How much of that energy will be available to the Sun Fish?
a)
995 kcal
b)
99.5 kcal
c)
9.95 kcal
d)
0.995 kcal
15.
Organisms that eat other organisms are called?
a)
Producers
b)
Autotrophs
c)
Heterotrophs
d)
Chemotrophs