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Ecology 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

a)

eastern red cedar

b)

western meadowlark

c)

turkey tail bracket fungi

d)

ornate box turtle

2.

Which of the following is the best example of a primary consumer?

a)

Blue spruce

b)

white tail deer

c)

mountain lion

d)

snapping turtle

3.

On average, what percent of the total energy consumed at a trophic level is available to organisms in the next trophic level?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

4.

This is several interconnected food chains.

a)

energy pyramid

b)

ecosystem interchange

c)

food web

d)

trophic cascade

5.

What is needed to define a population?

a)

number of organisms

b)

number of organisms and location

c)

number of organisms, location, and time

d)

number of organisms, location, time and volume

6.

Several different interacting populations makeup a _____________.

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

biome

d)

biosphere

7.

Aquatic ecosystems are ____________ than terrestrial ecosystems.

a)

less complex

b)

more complex

c)

simpler

d)

less diverse

8.

These may be physical, conceptual or mathematical.

a)

ecological models

b)

ecosystem cultures

c)

bioinformatic equations

d)

population trials

9.

Which of the following is an example of a specialist with a narrow niche and uses unique resources.

a)

cockroach

b)

raccoon

c)

coyote

d)

monarch butterfly

10.

This is a period of dormancy in response to decreasing sunlight and temperatures.

a)

estivation

b)

migration

c)

procrastination

d)

hibernation