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Worksheetsch 5 ecosystems test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which kind of organism obtains energy directly from the sun?
decomposer
producer
carnivore
tertiary consumer
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?
90 percent
50 percent
10 percent
1 percent
Which gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere but can only be used by plants after being converted by bacteria?
carbon
nitrogen
phosphorous
oxygen
Which of the following is likely to be a pioneer species?
lichen
grass
shrub
oak tree
A consumer that eats a producer belongs to which trophic level?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
A consumer that eats only producers is called a/an
omnivore
carnivore
autotroph
herbivore
What term is used to describe a specific, sequential flow of energy through an ecosystem?
energy pyramid
food web
trophic level
food chain
What term is used to represent the various and diverse pathways of energy flow through an ecosystem?
energy pyramid
food web
trophic level
food chain
Which organism would occupy the level on an energy pyramid with the most energy? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY!
bobcat
wheat
grass
grasshopper
bird
In the carbon cycle, where do producers get their carbon?
the atmosphere
carbohydrates in plants
fossil fuels
animal remains
When human and animals exhale, they release carbon back into the air by a process called
photosynthesis
transpiration
respiration
inspiration
Fossil fuels form from...
carbon buried deep in the ground.
nitrogen fixing bacteria
assimilation
biomagnification
How do plants get phosphorous?
through the atmosphere
through soil
through their leaves
by photosynthesis
What is one way that nitrogen becomes "usable" to plants?
through bacteria
through the rocks in the soil
through photosynthesis
through the atmosphere
Which process is referring to the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen in the presence of light energy?
transpiration
respiration
photosynthesis
condensation
The process of breaking down food to make energy is called
transpiration
photosynthesis
respiration
evaporation
Organisms that obtain their energy by breaking down the bodies of dead organisms and waster are referred to as
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
decomposer
What type of plants would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has remained undisturbed for 150 years?
tall, mature oak trees
shrubs
short prairie grasses
lichen and mosses
During ecological succession, a final and stable community is referred to as a/an...
climax community
pioneer community
concluding community
secondary community
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?
burning of fossil fuels
overuse of inorganic fertilizers
excess plastic use
destruction of the ozone
