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ch 5 ecosystems test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which kind of organism obtains energy directly from the sun?

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

carnivore

d)

tertiary consumer

2.

If an insect eats a plant and a bird eats the insect, about how much energy from the plant is stored in the insect for the bird to use?

a)

90 percent

b)

50 percent

c)

10 percent

d)

1 percent

3.

Which gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere but can only be used by plants after being converted by bacteria?

a)

carbon

b)

nitrogen

c)

phosphorous

d)

oxygen

4.

Which of the following is likely to be a pioneer species?

a)

lichen

b)

grass

c)

shrub

d)

oak tree

5.

A consumer that eats a producer belongs to which trophic level?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

6.

A consumer that eats only producers is called a/an

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

autotroph

d)

herbivore

7.

What term is used to describe a specific, sequential flow of energy through an ecosystem?

a)

energy pyramid

b)

food web

c)

trophic level

d)

food chain

8.

What term is used to represent the various and diverse pathways of energy flow through an ecosystem?

a)

energy pyramid

b)

food web

c)

trophic level

d)

food chain

9.

Which organism would occupy the level on an energy pyramid with the most energy? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

bobcat

b)

wheat

c)

grass

d)

grasshopper

e)

bird

10.

In the carbon cycle, where do producers get their carbon?

a)

the atmosphere

b)

carbohydrates in plants

c)

fossil fuels

d)

animal remains

11.

When human and animals exhale, they release carbon back into the air by a process called

a)

photosynthesis

b)

transpiration

c)

respiration

d)

inspiration

12.

Fossil fuels form from...

a)

carbon buried deep in the ground.

b)

nitrogen fixing bacteria

c)

assimilation

d)

biomagnification

13.

How do plants get phosphorous?

a)

through the atmosphere

b)

through soil

c)

through their leaves

d)

by photosynthesis

14.

What is one way that nitrogen becomes "usable" to plants?

a)

through bacteria

b)

through the rocks in the soil

c)

through photosynthesis

d)

through the atmosphere

15.

Which process is referring to the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen in the presence of light energy?

a)

transpiration

b)

respiration

c)

photosynthesis

d)

condensation

16.

The process of breaking down food to make energy is called

a)

transpiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

respiration

d)

evaporation

17.

Organisms that obtain their energy by breaking down the bodies of dead organisms and waster are referred to as

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

decomposer

18.

What type of plants would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has remained undisturbed for 150 years?

a)

tall, mature oak trees

b)

shrubs

c)

short prairie grasses

d)

lichen and mosses

19.

During ecological succession, a final and stable community is referred to as a/an...

a)

climax community

b)

pioneer community

c)

concluding community

d)

secondary community

20.

Humans produce excess nitrogen and phosphorous which in turn can run-off into bodies of water causing harm to the ecosystem. What is the major cause of this disruption?

a)

burning of fossil fuels

b)

overuse of inorganic fertilizers

c)

excess plastic use

d)

destruction of the ozone