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Ecosystems Recap quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does biotic mean?

a)

All non-living things

b)

All living things

2.

What is a producer?

a)

An animal that eats other animals

b)

A basic organism at eats plants

c)

Uses sunlight to produce energy

d)

An animal that eats plants

3.

Fungi is an example of what?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Abiotic component

4.

Which is the best description of an nutrient cycle

a)

Minerals are passed from plants to animals via the soil

b)

Minerals are passed from animals to plants via the soil

c)

Minerals are just from decomposed animals

d)

Plants take up water from the soil and the water is then eaten by the animals which return the water to the soil

5.

What is a food web?

a)

A single chain of producers and consumers that rely on each other

b)

A multiple chain of consumers that rely on each other

c)

A multiple chain of producers and consumers that rely on each other

d)

A spider's larder

6.

What is the protection at Slapton Lee Reed Beds? There are 2.

a)

SSSI

b)

SSIS

c)

NRA

d)

NNR

7.

What does SSSI stand for?

a)

Site of special scientific invention

b)

Site of special scientific interest

c)

Site of special scientific interdependence

d)

Site of special scientific investment

8.

What happens first when the pool dries up at Slapton?

a)

Bittern numbers decline

b)

Fish and frog populations decrease

c)

Insect larvae die

d)

Increased algae growth

9.

Why does increased algae growth lead to water plants declining?

a)

There is not enough oxqygen in the water

b)

More fertilizer comes into the lagoon

c)

There are too many waterbeetles so they eat it all.

d)

Light is prevented from entering the lagoon

10.

Which biome is this?

Found at high latitudes in Northern Europe, Canada and Alaska; little rainfall, hardly any trees

a)

Boreal/Taiga Forest

b)

Tundra

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Desert

11.

Which biome is this?

a)

Tundra

b)

Boreal Forest

c)

Temperate deciduous forest

d)

Desert

12.

Which biome is this?

a)

Savanna

b)

Desert

c)

Taiga

d)

Polar

13.

Which description best matches the climate in the tropical rainforest?

a)

The climate has distinct seasons

b)

The climate is similar throughout the year, with a little seasonal variation

c)

The climate is the same all year, with no seasonal variation.

d)

The climate is warm and wet with over 6000mm of rain per year

14.

Is the soil in the rainforest fertile or not fertile

a)

Fertile

b)

Not fertile

15.

Why is the soil not fertile?

a)

There are no fertilizers to use

b)

The trees put the minerals into the soil

c)

The plants take the nutrients out of the soil

d)

Not enough water reaches the forest floor

16.

Which layer of the tropical rainforest is this?

a)

Emergent

b)

Canoly

c)

Understory

d)

Forest floor

17.

Without the Agouti, this tree wouldn't exist. Which tree is it?

a)

Cecropia tree

b)

Teak tree

c)

Brazil nut tree

d)

Liana

18.

What type of ants keep the cecropia tree safe?

a)

Aztec ants

b)

Aztena ants

c)

Aztecopia ants

d)

Azteca ants

19.

What is an epiphyte plants?

a)

A plant that has no roots and lives on the forest floor

b)

A plants that has no roots and lives of the surface of another plant

c)

A plants that takes it water and nutrients from the soil

d)

A plant that eats animals

20.

Why do elephants have big ears?

a)

To flap away the flies

b)

To hear long distances

c)

To attract a mate

d)

To keep cool

21.

What is evaporation?

a)

Where water vapour turns into a liquid

b)

When animals breathe out carbon dioxide

c)

When plants release water vapour back to the atmosphere

d)

Where water turns into water vapour

22.

What is transpiration?

a)

When water is returned to the soil

b)

When water is released from the leaves

c)

When water vapour is released from the leaves

d)

When water vapour is taken in through the leaves

23.

Which process is this?

When the combination of water vapour from on the leaves and inside the leaves its returned to the atmosphere.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Transevaporation

d)

Evapotranspiration

24.

Whish is the most important part of the process?

a)

No interception, so no evaporation

b)

No evaporation, so no rain

c)

No rain, so no trees

d)

No trees, no rain

25.

What has happened here?

a)

A dry river valley

b)

Landslide

c)

Soil erosion

d)

Start of a new road