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Biosphere Quiz # 1 (pg. 8-23)

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.

a)

Environment

b)

Biosphere

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Community

2.

All the non-living things in an environment

a)

Biotic

b)

Biome

c)

Abiotic

d)

Biosphere

3.

All of Earth’s water, ice, and water vapor.

a)

Biosphere

b)

Biome

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

4.

Many different populations in a particular area is called a:

a)

community

b)

population

c)

cell

d)

tissue

5.

All the gases that surround the earth.

a)

biosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

geosphere

6.
The food chain always moves in one direction and begins with: 
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotrophs
c)
Primary Consumer
d)
Secondary Consumer
7.
What word means the same as consumer?
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Heterotroph
d)
Carbon
8.

An organism that cannot make its own food is called a(an)

a)

heterotroph.

b)

chemotroph

c)

autotroph

d)

producer

9.
What do Omnivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
10.
Which organism in this food chain is a primary consumer?
a)
Fish
b)
Grass
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Hawk
11.
Which organism in this food chain is a tertiary consumer?
a)
Fish
b)
Grass
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Hawk
12.
each level of the food chain is called a ________ level.
a)
Food-eating
b)
Trophic
c)
Sunlight
d)
Energy
13.

What is bioaccumulation or biomagnification?

a)

buildup of toxins in an organism

b)

the total mass/amount of organisms in a given area

c)

the number of different species in an area

14.

Process by which food (glucose) is made by bacteria using chemicals as the energy source, rather than sunlight.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

c)

Chlorophyll Plastic

d)

Enzymic

15.

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy not

a)

created

b)

destroyed

c)

conserved

d)

created and destroyed

16.
Only __% of energy gets passed on from one trophic level to the next
a)
5%
b)
10%
c)
26%
d)
90%
17.
The primary consumer would be which level on the energy pyramid? 
a)
1st 
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
18.
In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
d)
Changes up and down
19.

In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Top Predator

20.

Many ecosystems can be sustained by chemosynthesis that starts at undewater thermal vents and isolated cave water.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

One living thing that uses bacteria fueled by the energy of chemosynthesis includes:

a)

giant tube worms

b)

snails

c)

sea slugs

d)

eels

22.

A heat engine cannot transfer all energy as heat to do work, so some is lost is an example of

a)

First law of thermodynamics

b)

Second law of thermodynamics

c)

Dalton's law

d)

Ideal Gas Law

23.
The number of organisms _________ with each successive (higher) trophic level. 
a)
increases
b)
decreases
24.
Which of the following shows the correct pyramid of numbers for the food chain?
a)

A

b)

B

25.

If there are 100 KJof energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available in the herbivores?

a)

10 KJ

b)

1 KJ

c)

100 KJ

d)

1000 KJ

26.
In this ecological pyramid which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Tertiary Consumer
c)
Secondary Consumers
d)
Primary Producers
27.
What is the growing of one single crop all the time called?
a)
agriculture
b)
monoculture
c)
hydrofracking
d)
geothermal
28.

What is bioaccumulation

a)

lack of oxygen caused by excessive nutrients in the water

b)

an excess of pests

c)

the build up of toxins in a food chain

d)

an accumulation of biomes