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WorksheetsBiosphere Quiz # 1 (pg. 8-23)
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 29mins
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
Environment
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
All the non-living things in an environment
Biotic
Biome
Abiotic
Biosphere
All of Earth’s water, ice, and water vapor.
Biosphere
Biome
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Many different populations in a particular area is called a:
community
population
cell
tissue
All the gases that surround the earth.
biosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
geosphere
An organism that cannot make its own food is called a(an)
heterotroph.
chemotroph
autotroph
producer
What is bioaccumulation or biomagnification?
buildup of toxins in an organism
the total mass/amount of organisms in a given area
the number of different species in an area
Process by which food (glucose) is made by bacteria using chemicals as the energy source, rather than sunlight.
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Chlorophyll Plastic
Enzymic
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy not
created
destroyed
conserved
created and destroyed
In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?
Producers
Carnivores
Herbivores
Top Predator
Many ecosystems can be sustained by chemosynthesis that starts at undewater thermal vents and isolated cave water.
True
False
One living thing that uses bacteria fueled by the energy of chemosynthesis includes:
giant tube worms
snails
sea slugs
eels
A heat engine cannot transfer all energy as heat to do work, so some is lost is an example of
First law of thermodynamics
Second law of thermodynamics
Dalton's law
Ideal Gas Law
A
B
If there are 100 KJof energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available in the herbivores?
10 KJ
1 KJ
100 KJ
1000 KJ
What is bioaccumulation
lack of oxygen caused by excessive nutrients in the water
an excess of pests
the build up of toxins in a food chain
an accumulation of biomes
