WorksheetsEcosystems Recap quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What does biotic mean?
All non-living things
All living things
What is a producer?
An animal that eats other animals
A basic organism at eats plants
Uses sunlight to produce energy
An animal that eats plants
Fungi is an example of what?
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Abiotic component
Which is the best description of an nutrient cycle
Minerals are passed from plants to animals via the soil
Minerals are passed from animals to plants via the soil
Minerals are just from decomposed animals
Plants take up water from the soil and the water is then eaten by the animals which return the water to the soil
What is a food web?
A single chain of producers and consumers that rely on each other
A multiple chain of consumers that rely on each other
A multiple chain of producers and consumers that rely on each other
A spider's larder
What is the protection at Slapton Lee Reed Beds? There are 2.
SSSI
SSIS
NRA
NNR
What does SSSI stand for?
Site of special scientific invention
Site of special scientific interest
Site of special scientific interdependence
Site of special scientific investment
What happens first when the pool dries up at Slapton?
Bittern numbers decline
Fish and frog populations decrease
Insect larvae die
Increased algae growth
Why does increased algae growth lead to water plants declining?
There is not enough oxqygen in the water
More fertilizer comes into the lagoon
There are too many waterbeetles so they eat it all.
Light is prevented from entering the lagoon
Which biome is this?
Found at high latitudes in Northern Europe, Canada and Alaska; little rainfall, hardly any trees
Boreal/Taiga Forest
Tundra
Tropical Rainforest
Desert
Which biome is this?
Tundra
Boreal Forest
Temperate deciduous forest
Desert
Which biome is this?
Savanna
Desert
Taiga
Polar
Which description best matches the climate in the tropical rainforest?
The climate has distinct seasons
The climate is similar throughout the year, with a little seasonal variation
The climate is the same all year, with no seasonal variation.
The climate is warm and wet with over 6000mm of rain per year
Is the soil in the rainforest fertile or not fertile
Fertile
Not fertile
Why is the soil not fertile?
There are no fertilizers to use
The trees put the minerals into the soil
The plants take the nutrients out of the soil
Not enough water reaches the forest floor
Which layer of the tropical rainforest is this?
Emergent
Canoly
Understory
Forest floor
Without the Agouti, this tree wouldn't exist. Which tree is it?
Cecropia tree
Teak tree
Brazil nut tree
Liana
What type of ants keep the cecropia tree safe?
Aztec ants
Aztena ants
Aztecopia ants
Azteca ants
What is an epiphyte plants?
A plant that has no roots and lives on the forest floor
A plants that has no roots and lives of the surface of another plant
A plants that takes it water and nutrients from the soil
A plant that eats animals
Why do elephants have big ears?
To flap away the flies
To hear long distances
To attract a mate
To keep cool
What is evaporation?
Where water vapour turns into a liquid
When animals breathe out carbon dioxide
When plants release water vapour back to the atmosphere
Where water turns into water vapour
What is transpiration?
When water is returned to the soil
When water is released from the leaves
When water vapour is released from the leaves
When water vapour is taken in through the leaves
Which process is this?
When the combination of water vapour from on the leaves and inside the leaves its returned to the atmosphere.
Evaporation
Transpiration
Transevaporation
Evapotranspiration
Whish is the most important part of the process?
No interception, so no evaporation
No evaporation, so no rain
No rain, so no trees
No trees, no rain
What has happened here?
A dry river valley
Landslide
Soil erosion
Start of a new road
