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Ecology Quizizz Challenge

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Environment
2.
Populations of organisms living in the same environment at the same time 
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Biotic Factors
d)
Habitat
3.
All living and nonliving parts of an environment found in a specific location.
a)
Habitat 
b)
Ecosystem 
c)
Population
d)
Community 
4.
Identify an a example of an Abiotic Factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
Sunlight
5.
Sunlight, water, rocks are all Biotic Factors of an ecosystem.
a)
False
b)
True
6.
Worms, plankton and frogs are all Biotic Factors.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A ________ is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things.
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Biosphere
c)
Biome
d)
Community
8.
A place where an organism lives. 
a)
Home
b)
Marine 
c)
Freshwater 
d)
Habitat 
9.
These flowers are an example of a ____________.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
10.
This is an example of a/an _____________. 
a)
Biosphere
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
11.
A tapeworm lives in the intestines of a dog. It absorbs food the dog has eaten and grows larger in the process. The dog becomes weaker from malnutrition. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
12.
The flower of the yucca plant provides the only location where the yucca moth can lay her eggs. In the process, the moth pollinates the yucca flower. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
13.
Nematodes (a round worm) live in plants and gain nourisment from the plant but do not seem to harm it. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
14.
Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
15.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
16.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
17.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitsm

d)

Commensalism

18.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
19.

Which of these is a biotic factor in a river ecosystem?

a)

the types of microorganisms that live in the river water

b)

the amount of soil and other particles carried by the river

c)

the speed at which the river water flows toward the ocean

d)

the amount of rain that flows off the land and into the river

20.
An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)
a)
heterotroph
b)
consumer
c)
detritivore
d)
autotroph
21.
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
carbon
22.
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
23.
Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
24.
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. 
25.
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.
26.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
27.
The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly
a)
1%
b)
10%
c)
100%
d)
1000%
28.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
29.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
30.
Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Quaternary Consumers 
d)
Top Predators 
31.
An organism that obtains energy from eating meats
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Animals 
32.
An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Humans 
33.
Biomass refers to
a)
Chemical Energy
b)
Light Energy
c)
Rank in the feeding heirarchy
d)
Amount of living tissue at the tropic level
34.

What cycle is shown in the diagram?

a)

The Life Cycle

b)

The Nitrogen Cycle

c)

The Carbon Cycle

d)

The Hydrologic cycle

35.

Why do plants and animals need nitrogen?

a)

To produce proteins and nucleic acids and ATP

b)

for proteins

c)

proteins and nucleic acids

d)

nucleic acids

36.

_________ is water clumping around dust particles to form clouds in the water cycle.

a)

transpiration

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

d)

precipitation

37.

When a consumer dies, it will likely get consumed by _________. (nature's recyclers)

a)

wolves and bears

b)

producers

c)

foxes and coyotes

d)

bacteria and fungi

38.
Where does the carbon come from that plants use?
a)
Animals
b)
Water
c)
Air
d)

the soil

39.
This is essential to living organisms, it is found in nucleic acid and amino acids.
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Carbon
c)
Water
d)
Phosphorous
40.
The conversion of ammonium to nitrate is called what?
a)
nitrification
b)
renitrification
c)
denitrification
d)
unnitrification
41.
The conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas is called what?
a)
nitrification
b)
renitrification
c)
denitrification
d)
unnitrification
42.

Which term best describes the flow of water over land?

a)

runoff

b)

precipitation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

43.
How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
a)
respiration and photosynthesis
b)
 decomposition and respiration
44.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)

photosynthesis

b)

Respiration and photosynthesis

c)

Photosynthesis and diffusion

d)

burial, heat pressure, time

45.
Carbon can be found in...?
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Inside of the Earth
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above!
46.
How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants
a)
through action of bacteria
b)
through lightning
c)
through action of bacteria & lightning
d)
through photosynthesis
47.

Gas that makes up almost 78% of Earth's atmosphere

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

nitrogen

d)

hydrogen

48.
Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
How do  animals get nitrogen?
a)
the atmosphere 
b)
eating other organisms
c)
bacteria
d)
lightning 
50.

Which biogeochemical cycle is least dependent on biotic processes?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Water

e)

Oxygen

51.

Which cycle is shown in this diagram?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Water

e)

Oxygen

52.

Which cycle is shown in this diagram?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Water

e)

Oxygen

53.

The slow settling of water through rocks and minerals in the soil.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Infiltration and Percolation

e)

Evaporation

54.
What role do animals play in the carbon cycle?
a)
absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
b)
give off carbon dioxide through respiration
c)
combustion
d)
decomposing matter
55.
How does nitrogen become part of the food chain?
a)
Through transpiration by plants
b)
Through uptake of nitrogen compounds in the soil by plants
c)
Through factory emission and combustion of fossil fuels
d)
Sunlight changes nitrogen into usable forms
56.
Growing legumes such as alfalfa or soy beans increases
a)
denitrification
b)
nitrogen fixation
c)
ammonification
d)
ammonium oxidation
57.
During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from which reservoir (sink) to which reservoir (sink)?
a)
From the atmosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.
b)
From the troposphere to the terrestrial biosphere.
c)
From the lithosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.
d)
From the hydrosphere to the terrestrial biosphere
58.
Which of the following processes converts C6H12O6 to an inorganic molecule CO2
a)
translation
b)
photosynthesis
c)
cellular respiration
d)
excretion
59.
The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
transpiration
d)
exhaling
60.
The process represented by arrow 4 is __
a)
transpiration
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
61.
Which is NOT a way that nitrogen compounds are added to the soil?
a)
Decay of dead organisms
b)
Denitrification
c)
Animal waste
d)
Nitrogen-fixation
62.

What is the largest reservoir for nitrogen?

a)

the ocean

b)

rocks and minerals

c)

the atmosphere

d)

bacteria

63.

What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?

a)

nitrogen composition

b)

nitrogen fixation

c)

ammonia

d)

denitrification

64.

What is the largest reservoir for phosphorus?

a)

the ocean

b)

rocks and minerals

c)

the atmosphere

d)

bacteria

65.
Carbon can be found in...?
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Inside of the Earth
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above!
66.

Why is phosphorus important for life?

a)

It is necessary for making nucleic acids and ATP

b)

It is used to make carbohydrates

c)

it is used to make carbohydrates and fats

d)

it is used to make proteins

67.

Phosphorus is not found in...?

a)
The atmosphere
b)

the crust

c)

rocks and minerals

d)

life

68.

NO3-

a)

nitrate

b)

ammonia

c)

ammonium

d)

nitrite

69.

NH4+

a)

nitrate

b)

ammonia

c)

ammonium

d)

nitrogen gas

70.

process that makes ammonia

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

ammonification

c)

nitrification

d)

detrification

71.

process that makes N2

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

ammonification

c)

nitrification

d)

detrification

72.
In an ecological pyramid, which type of organism always has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
73.
How much of the energy in each level of a ecological pyramid gets lost as heat or used by the organism so that it cannot be passed on to the next trophic level?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
74.
The diagram represents different levels of a marine food pyramid. Between which two levels is the least amount of energy transferred
a)
R and Q
b)
S and R
c)
T and S
d)
U and T
75.
A tertiary consumer has to be which type?
a)
Carnivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Producer.
d)
Herbivore.
76.

Type the correct answer in the box. Spell all words correctly.


Which pyramid represents the dry weight or the organic matter in the species in each trophic level?


The pyramid of (a)   represents the dry weight or the organic matter in the species in each trophic level.

77.

Type the correct answer in the box. Spell all words correctly.


How does the environment produce biomass energy?


The environment produces biomass energy through a process called (a)   .

78.

What occurs when ecological niches overlap and multiple organisms seek the same resources?

a)

Symbiosis

b)

Mutualism

c)

Competition

d)

Predation

79.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
factorization
d)
materialization of precipitation
80.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

the atmosphere is not part of the phosphorus cycle

b)

carbon is usually the limited nutrient in most ecosystems

c)

phosphorus cycles more quickly than water and nitrogen

d)

cellular respiration is a form of assimilation

81.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

the atmosphere is not part of the carbon cycle

b)

sunlight is usually the limited nutrient in most ecosystems

c)

phosphorus cycles more quickly than carbon cycles

d)

photosynthesis is a form of assimilation

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