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Unit 2: Energy Flow Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

CO2 + H2O + Sunlight are the ingredients of photosynthesis. What are the PRODUCTS?

a)

Glucose only

b)

Oxygen only

c)

Glucose and oxygen

d)

Water and CO2

2.

When energy is transferred, what percent gets "lost" as heat or used by the organism for growth and cell maintenance?

a)

80%

b)

90%

c)

10%

d)

20%

3.
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.
4.

Which of the following trophic levels has the most available energy in an ecosystem?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Carnivore

5.

In this energy pyramid, which organism would most likely be in level 2?

a)

bird (omnivore)

b)

fox (carnivore)

c)

caterpillar (herbivore)

d)

tree (producer)

6.
Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predator-Prey
7.

A butterfly pollinates a flower and in return, gets nectar from the flower. What is the relationship between these two organisms?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Interspecific competition

c)

Parasitic

d)

Mutualism

8.

Which of the following best described the predator-prey cycle?

a)

Increase in prey leads to increase in predators, with lag time

b)

Increase in predators leads to increase in prey, with lag time

c)

Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

d)

Increase in producers leads to increase in prey

9.

Camouflage is an example of an ______________________ that prey might have to survive.

a)

Niche

b)

Prey

c)

Competition

d)

Adaptation

10.

Two pine trees competing for access to sunlight is an example of:

a)

Interference

b)

Intraspecific competition

c)

Interspecific competition

d)

Predator-prey

11.

A landslide destroys the number of producers in the habitat. As the population of deer decreases as a result, the population of the predator which eats it will...

a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
Remain Constant
12.

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Top Predator

13.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
14.
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

d)

Energy fluctuates with each trophic level

15.

What percentage of energy is transferred if the apex predator eats a primary consumer?

a)

0.1%

b)

0.006%

c)

0.6%

d)

160%

16.

What percentage of energy is transferred when the smaller fish eat snails?

a)

10%

b)

11%

c)

8.8%

d)

.11%

17.

Why are predators essential to ecosystems?

a)

Keeping prey populations healthy

b)

Controlling the gene pool (natural selection)

c)

Prevention of prey overpopulation

d)

All of the above

18.

Over time, predators with better eyesight survive and reproduce and simultaneously, prey that are better camouflaged survive and reproduce. This is an example of:

a)

Extirpation

b)

Co-evolution

c)

Divergent evolution

d)

Lamarckian logic

19.

TRUE or FALSE: Removal of predators will increase the biodiversity of an ecosystem

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Sea otters are removed from the ecosystem and as a result, the urchin population explodes and as a result, reduces the overall biodiversity of the ecosystem. This describes:

a)

Co-evolution

b)

Lag time

c)

Trophic cascade

d)

Mutualism

21.

When wolves were extirpated from Yellowstone, it caused a trophic cascade due to overpopulation of elk. Which ecological problem was NOT caused by elk?

a)

Few trees were on river banks

b)

Small mammals couldn't hide from predators due to less grass and shrub cover.

c)

Weather patterns changed and there were more severe storms.

d)

Rivers were muddy, making it harder for fish and amphibians to survive.