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Unit 01 Exam Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 3hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be
a)
warmer & wetter
b)
warmer & drier
c)
cooler & wetter
d)
cooler & drier
2.
The farther a biome is from the equator, the more we would expect it to be 
a)
warmer & wetter
b)
warmer & drier
c)
cooler & wetter
d)
cooler & drier
3.
The tropical rain forest & tropical savanna biomes are similar in ___________, but ________________________________.
a)
temperature / the savannah doesn't receive enough rainfall to be a forest
b)
precipitation / the rain forest is hotter
c)
precipitation / the savanna is cooler
d)
temperature / the rain forest doesn't receive enough sunlight to be a savanna
4.
The tundra biome & the desert biome are both very dry, but
a)
the desert is always hot
b)
the desert has a wider temperature range
c)
the tundra has a wider temperature range
d)
they are also similar in temperature
5.
Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by their
a)
climate & plants
b)
climate & animals
c)
animals & plants
d)
climate only
6.
The biome pictured is
a)
desert
b)
tropical savanna
c)
tropical seasonal forest
d)
boreal forest
7.
The biome pictured is
a)
temperate grassland
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
desert
d)
tundra
8.
The biome pictured is
a)
desert
b)
tundra
c)
temperate grassland
d)
boreal forest
9.
The biome pictured is
a)
shrubland/chaparral
b)
tropical savanna
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
desert
10.
The most biodiverse biome is: 
a)
Taiga
b)
Chaparral
c)
Savanna
d)
Tropical Rainforest
11.
Abiotic factors: hot and wet year-round; thin, nutrient-poor soils • Dominant plants: broad-leaved evergreen trees; ferns; large woody vines and climbing plants;  orchids and bromeliads
a)
Taiga 
b)
Temperate Rain Forest
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Tropical Rain forest
12.
Abiotic factors: low precipitation, variable temperatures; soils rich in minerals but poor in organic material • Dominant plants: cacti and other succulents; creosote bush and other plants with short growth cycles
a)
Desert
b)
Tundra
c)
Tropical grassland
d)
Temperate grassland
13.
Look at the following graph to determine biome
a)
Savanna Grassland
b)
Chapparal
c)
Desert
d)
Tundra
14.
The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...
a)
Food and Water
b)
Water and Sunlight
c)
Temperature and Oxygen
d)
Precipitation and Temperature 
15.
The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.
a)
Coniferous Forests
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forests
c)
Deserts
d)
Tundra
16.
A large region characterized by its climate and organisms.
a)
biome
b)
ecosystem
c)
community
d)
population
17.
This biome is covered in coniferous forests.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
temperate rain forest
d)
deciduous forest
18.
This biome has primarily grazing animals like elephants, buffalo, giraffes, etc.
a)
chaparral
b)
grasslands
c)
deciduous forests
d)
tropical rain forest
19.
What do you call ground that is permanently frozen?
a)
permacold
b)
permarock
c)
permafrozen
d)
permafrost
20.
This is the largest biome in the world.
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
desert
d)
rain forest
21.
This biome has very high amounts of precipitation.
a)
temperate rain forest
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
both tropical and temperate rain forest
d)
none of these
22.
Scientists and biologists have not yet agreed on a set number of biomes for everyone to study.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Antarctica is this biome.
a)
tundra
b)
taiga
c)
desert
d)
chaparral
24.
What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?
a)
Lakes/Ponds
b)
Mangroves Swamps
c)
Rivers/Streams
d)
Coral Reefs
25.
Which of the following is considered a wetland?
a)
Swamps
b)
Marshes
c)
Bogs
d)
All of the above.
26.
Which of the following is the best definition for estuary?
a)
Narrow band of coastline that exists between high and low tide.
b)
Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.
c)
Flowing fresh water containing rapids.
d)
Freshwater aquatic areas that are saturated by water for at least part of the year.
27.
Which biome is pictured below?
a)
ocean
b)
freshwater
c)
coral reef 
d)
wetland
28.
Which brackish watery biome has some areas that are salty, and some areas that are freshwater?
a)
freshwater
b)
coral reef
c)
estuary
d)
ocean
29.
Which watery biome has the highest concentration of salt?
a)
estuary
b)
wetland
c)
freshwater
d)
coral reef
30.
Which watery biome has the lowest concentration of salt?
a)
freshwater
b)
ocean
c)
coral reef
d)
wetland
31.
Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?
a)
a river
b)
a lake 
c)
an estuary
d)
a stream
32.
The intertidal zone of oceans
a)
surrounds continents
b)
is on the coastline
c)
has tides that rise and fall each day
d)
is the open ocean
33.
Which would have barnacles, seaweed, and starfish?
a)
coastal ocean
b)
intertidal ocean
c)
open ocean
34.
Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
35.
This area is a very harsh environment in the ocean due to tides crashing and receding.
a)
Coral Reef
b)
Aphotic Zone
c)
Abyss
d)
Intertidal Zone
36.
Regions of the ocean are commonly referred to as what type of systems
a)
Mountainous
b)
Estuary
c)
Marine
d)
Desert
37.
What is the source of energy for food chains/food webs?
a)
the sun (even if not pictured)
b)
Producers
c)
Fertilizer
d)
JOHN CENA!
38.
What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Scavenger
39.
How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?
a)
10%
b)
90%
c)
50%
d)
80%
40.
Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Scavenger
41.
Where do crickets get their energy?
a)
Cattails
b)
Marsh Grass
c)
Grasshoppers
d)
Shrews
42.
Where do crickets get their energy?
a)
Cattails
b)
Marsh Grass
c)
Grasshoppers
d)
Shrews
43.
Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?
a)
Sunfish
b)
Freshwater shrimp
c)
Paramecium
d)
Green Algae
44.
If 25,000 kg of vegetation is planted in this ecosystem, how would the lion population change?
a)
Decrease by 2,500 kg
b)
Decrease by 25,000 kg
c)
Increase by 250 kg
d)
Increase by 250,000
45.

Use this food chain to answer: Sun->Grass->Grasshopper->Lizard->Eagle

If grass has 1000 units of energy, what is the amount of energy the primary consumer gets?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1

d)

1000

46.

this consumer eats only producers

a)

producer

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

47.

How is energy transferred in an energy pyramid?

a)

10% to the level above, 90% lost as heat

b)

90% to the level above, 10% lost as heat

c)

100% to the level above, 90% lost as heat

d)

90% to the level above, 90% lost as heat

48.
What is the 10% rule?
a)
If you start with 3000 units of energy at the bottom you will have 30000 units at the top
b)
as you go up the pyramid 10% of the energy is left behind at each level
c)
the higher you go the more energy is present
d)
as you go from one level to the next, only 10% of the energy is transferred to the next level
49.

The level in an Ecological pyramid that includes all the organisms that share the same place in a food chain.

a)

Trophic Levels

b)

Toxic Levels

c)

KeKe Levels

d)

Environmental Systems

50.

The third trophic level where the animals eat herbivores.

a)

Abiotic Factor

b)

Biotic Factor

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Secondary Producer

51.

Matter is passed up the ecological pyramid in a similar way to energy but recycled by decomposers and detritivores. This Biomass pyramid roughly follows the 10% rule as well.

a)

Flow of energy

b)

Flow of matter

c)

Ecological Hysteria

d)

Producers

52.
A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because... 
a)
energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
b)
energy increases up the food chain just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
c)
energy amounts are the same at each trophic level
53.
If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?
a)
It is destroyed after it is used up.
b)
It is used for life processes or lost as body heat.
c)
It remains for the next trophic level IF the predator consumes ALL of the organism.
d)
It is lost completely as body heat. 
54.
In this energy pyramid, what is the proper name for ANY ORGANISM ABOVE THE PRODUCER LEVEL?
a)
decomposers
b)
consumers
c)
producers
d)
omnivores
55.
What makes an energy pyramid different than a food web or chain?
a)
It shows energy flowing from the top of the chain and downward. 
b)
The tropic levels are the opposite
c)
It shows the amount of energy in each trophic level
d)
It shows specific predator/prey relationships
56.
True or False: Organisms will always stay in the same trophic level. 
a)
True-- an organism's trophic level is permanent based on the species it is. 
b)
False-- the trophic level an organism belongs to is based on what it is consuming in the food chain. 
57.
What is the sun's role in the energy pyramid?
a)
to produce chemical energy for the ecosystem.
b)
to provide radiant energy for producers to convert to chemical energy. 
c)
to start the energy flow of the ecosystem. 
d)
to provide mechanical energy for producers to convert to chemical energy. 
58.
The diagram is intended to show relationships in an ecosystem. What do the arrows represent?
a)
The direction of population migration
b)
Differences in dietary habits
c)
Progressively smaller organisms
d)
The direction of the energy flow
59.
What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things
a)
Sugar
b)
Sun
c)
Moon
d)
Carbon Dioxide
60.
A living organism that puts materials from dead  plants and animals back to the soil is called a ____________?
a)
carnivore
b)
decomposer
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
61.

What would happen if the primary consumers died out?

a)

the producers would grow and the secondary and tertiary consumers would die

b)

producers would die out

c)

consumers would grow

62.

Several owls live in a forest. The owls prey on mice. Hawks also prey on mice. Which might happen if several hawks move to the forest where the owls live?

a)

The number of owls will increase, and the number of hawks will decrease.

b)

The number of mice will increase, and the number of owls will decrease.

c)

The number of owls and hawks will increase.

d)

The number of owls and mice will decrease.

63.

The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's...

a)

Habitat

b)

Population

c)

Biome

d)

Niche

64.

"Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them."

a)

Invasive species

b)

Destructive species

c)

Unwelcomed species

d)

Infected species

65.

a relationship between two species in which both species compete for limited resources such that both species are negatively affected by the relationship

a)

Symbiosis

b)

interspecific competition

c)

species richness

d)

species-area effect

66.
Based on the graph shown, how can you tell sea otters are a keystone species?
a)
as the sea otter population decreases, biodiversity increases
b)
as sea otter population increases, biodiversity increases
c)
changes in the sea otter population have little effect on biodiversity 
d)
the sea otter population dereases due to the presence of urchins
67.
When put together, one organism outcompetes the other for resources.  This is an example of:
a)
competitive exclusion principle
b)
speciation
c)
biological niche
d)
evolution
68.
The ecological niches of three bird species are shown in the diagram. What is the advantage of each bird species having a different niche?
a)
As more birds feed higher in the tree, available energy increases.
b)
More abiotic resources are available for each bird.
c)
Predators are less likely to feed on birds in a variety of locations.
d)
There is less competition for food.
69.

the differentiation of niches that enables similar species to coexist in a community

a)

character displacement

b)

climax community

c)

resource partitioning

d)

pioneer species

70.

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

a)

interspecific competition

b)

Mutualism

c)

Symbiosis

d)

Commensalism

71.

Where the organism lives in an ecosystem is considered it's...

a)

Habitat

b)

Niche

c)

Home

d)

Biosphere

72.

Individual organisms breaking up resources into smaller areas to use it is called...

a)

Ecological succession

b)

Niche specializing

c)

Spreading the wealth

d)

Resource Partitioning

73.

A Kudzu vine is transported to the US and outcompetes all of the American grapevines by blocking out their sunlight. Which of the following is considered the invasive species?

a)

Kudzu vine

b)

American grapevines

74.

a relationship between two species in which one species, the predator, feeds on the other species, the prey

a)

Predation

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Mutualism

d)

Parasitism

75.

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

a)

Amensalism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

76.

A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Amensalism

77.

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

a)

Parasitism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Amensalism

78.

a relationship between organisms of two different species in which one is unaffected and the other is negatively impacted by the association

a)

Commensalism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Amensalism

d)

Parasitism

79.
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%
80.
An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Humans 
81.
An organism that obtains energy from eating meats
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Animals 
82.
Biomass refers to
a)
Chemical Energy
b)
Light Energy
c)
Rank in the feeding heirarchy
d)
Amount of living tissue at the tropic level
83.

Water temperature would be an example of ...

a)

a biotic factor.

b)

an abiotic factor.

84.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
85.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
86.

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving components of the environment.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

87.

Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring.

a)

biotic factor

b)

herbivore

c)

ecosystem

d)

species

88.
Nonliving factor that affects an ecosystem...
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain 
d)
biome
89.

What are the biotic factors in this image?

a)

sunlight, elephants, grasses

b)

sunlight, water, oxygen

c)

elephants, autotrophs, food supply

d)

precipitation, heterotrophs, soil

90.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt

b)

birds, plants, predators

c)

water, plants, parasites

d)

oxygen, water, grasses

91.
An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.
a)
True
b)
False
92.

Which of the following best illustrates a population?

a)

all the largemouth bass in Kerr Lake

b)

a freshwater marsh

c)

a oak-history hardwood forest

d)

all the honeybees, bald-faced hornets and western yellow jackets in a deciduous forest

93.

All ecosystems combined...

a)

biosphere

b)

community

c)

habitat

d)

population

94.
When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...
a)
a community.
b)
a biome.
c)
a biosphere.
d)
an Earthsphere.
95.
What is it called when you have groups of different populations along with their abiotic factors?
a)
An organism
b)
A population
c)
A community
d)
An ecosystem
96.
What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?
a)
An organism
b)
A population
c)
A community
d)
A biosphere
97.
What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?
a)
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
b)
organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
c)
organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.
d)
organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere
98.
I can't be created nor destroyed. What am I?
a)
energy
b)
air
c)
nothi
d)
a unicorn
99.
The second  law of thermodynamics states that entropy of a system  tends to ______________. 
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay constant
d)
fluctuate wildly
100.
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is
a)
created
b)
destroyed
c)
conserved
d)
created and destroyed

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