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Phytoplankton are considered plants while zooplankton is considered animals. In this food web who are the producers?
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
Phytoplankton and seaweed
Seaweed and crab
Zooplankton and krill
Primary consumers eat producers. How many primary consumers are in this food web?
2
3
4
5
Krill is a shrimp-like animal. Which animals in this food web eat krill for energy?
Sea leopard and penguin
Fish and sea leopard
Squid and elephant seal
Fish and blue whale
What is the relationship between the sea weed and crab? Choose all that apply.
Predator/Prey
Parasite/Host
Consumer/Producer
Consumer/Consumer
What is the relationship between the killer whale and the leopard sea? Choose all that apply.
Predator/Prey
Parasite/Host
Consumer/Producer
Consumer/Consumer
Who are the producers in this food web? Choose all that apply.
Insects
Grasses
Seed-eating Birds
Shrubs
Deer
Which of these animals are carnivores? Choose all that apply?
Coyotes
Insects
Spiders
Rats
Hawks
What is true of this food web.
Seed-eating birds eat only grasses and shrubs.
Coyotes eat spiders and frogs.
Deer are eaten by coyotes.
Rats eat hawks and snakes.
What is the relationship between the frogs and insects? Choose all that apply.
Predator/Prey
Parasite/Host
Consumer/Producer
Consumer/Consumer
What is the relationship between the grasses/shrubs and the deer? Choose all that apply.
Predator/Prey
Parasite/Host
Producer/Consumer
Consumer/Consumer
Which of the following is a parasite/host relationship?
Insect eating grass
Mushrooms (fungi) growing on a tree
Wolf eating a rabbit
Fish eating algae
Organisms that only eat meat are:
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Consumers
Organisms that only eat plants are:
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Consumers
Organisms that eat both plants and animals are:
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Producers
Choose all that apply. Organisms that can make their own food are:
Herbivores
Plants
Producers
Consumers
Autotrophs
Who is a producer in this food web?
Giant Panda
Red Panda
Fern
Grasshopper
Which of these three animals are herbivores?
Grasshopper, frog, panda
Snow leopard, snail, vulture
Mushroom, gorilla, snake
Giant panda, bamboo rat, jackal
In this food web, which animal gets its energy from bamboo?
Sea leopard
Snake
Red Panda
Jackal
What is the relationship between the red panda and the jackal? Choose all that apply.
Predator/Prey
Parasite/Host
Consumer/Producer
Consumer/Consumer
What is the relationship between the grass and the frog? Choose all that apply.
Predator/Prey
Parasite/Host
Producer/Consumer
Consumer/Consumer
Based on the model, which consumers would receive the greatest amount of energy captured by the producers in their food chains?
Beluga Whale
Polar Bear and Arctic Hare
Ptarmigan and Arctic Bumblebee
Lichens and Shrubs
Which in the apex predator?
Ptarmigan
Polar Bear
Lichens
Beluga Whale
Which group are the producers?
1 and 2
3 and 4
4
3
Which trophic level is Primary consumer?
1
2
3
4
Level 1 is called the _______________ tropic level.
Tertiary consumer
Tertiary producer
Primary consumer
Primary producer
Which trophic level has the greatest amount of energy to use?
Producers
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
If the original amount of energy in an energy pyramid is 10,000 J what amount if left for the apex predators?
100 J
10 J
1 J
0.1 J
How much energy is lost when organisms consume another organism from a different level?
90%
20%
50%
10%
Where do producers get their energy?
Soil
Decomposers
Sun
Garbage
Organisms who produce their own food are called ____________.
Heterotrophs
Herbivores
Carnivores
Autotrophs
These organisms exist within every trophic level giving nutrients back to the soil.
Plants
Bees
Birds
Worms
Choose all that apply. Cannot make their own food.
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
Consumers
Producers
Decomposer
A large community of plants and animals that occupy a distinct region of the world is a:
Microhabitat
Species
Ecology
Biome
World biomes are classified by which of these? Choose all that apply.
Climate
Geography
Vegetation
Communities
Animals
This biome is the most diverse.
Taiga
Arctic
Rainforest
Desert
This biome is fertile and good for growing crops.
Desert
Temperate Forest
Rainforest
Grasslands
This biome is filled with large hardwood trees.
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Rainforest
Desert
This biome is near the equator.
Rainforest
Temperate Forest
Grasslands
Desert
This biome has a cold harsh climate and short growing season.
Desert
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Grasslands
This biome covers 70 % of Earth’s surface.
Rainforest
Ocean
Temperate Forest
Taiga
This biome generally has 4 seasons.
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Desert
Alpine Tundra
This biome has permafrost present most of the year.
Arctic
Alpine Tundra
Desert
Taiga
This biome is home to sharks, kelp, and coral.
Rainforest
Alpine Tundra
Desert
Ocean
Taiga
This biome is home to pine trees.
Temperate Forest
Alpine Tundra
Taiga
Arctic
Grasslands
This biome is home to lichens and moss.
Temperate Forest
Alpine Tundra
Taiga
Rainforest
Grasslands
A very small part of the environment that supports a distinct flora and fauna is a:
Biome
Species
Microhabitat
Microbiology
The 3 levels of organization in an ecosystem from smallest to largest, are:
population, ecosystem, community
organism, community, population
population, organism, ecosystem
organism, population, community
Select all of the elements that are biotic.
deer
fern
soil
weather
mushroom
Select all of the elements that are abiotic.
Volcano
Elephant
Fish
Sunlight
River
An ecosystem is made up of all the ________ and __________ factors in an area.
biotic and abiotic
autotrophic and heterotrophic
plant and animal
competing and limiting
Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ____________.
limiting factor
carrying capacity
biotic factors
abiotic factors
Non living elements in an ecosystem are called _____________.
limiting factors
carrying capacity
biotic factors
abiotic factors
The largest number of individuals of the same species that an area can support is its __________________________.
limiting factors
carrying capacity
biotic factors
abiotic factors
The ___________________limits the number of individuals that can live in an ecosystem.
limiting factor
carrying capacity
biotic factor
abiotic factor
Select the biotic factors that limit other organisms in its environment.
competition for food
parasitism
predator-prey relationship
commensalism
human activity
Who is the scientist credited with the discovery of natural selection?
Barry Bishop
Charles Darwin
Rachel Carson
Sewall Wright
What type of animals did Darwin study?
giraffe
toucan
finch
rabbit
