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Ecology Quiz

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
2.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed...

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitsm

d)

Commensalism

3.
What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
4.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
5.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
6.
What does a Primary Consumer eat?
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Producers
7.

If the fungi were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?

a)
The squirrel
b)

The shrew

c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
8.
Which level has the most energy available?
a)
producer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
tertiary consumer
9.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
10.
The fox in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Tertiary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
11.
The mouse in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Secondary Consumer
12.
The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
13.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
14.
Examples of a producer
a)
frog
b)
algae
c)
worm
d)
mouse
15.
What is a herbivore?
a)
an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
b)
an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
c)
an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
d)
an animal that eats only herbs
16.

The cricket provides energy for the _______?

a)

marsh grass

b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)

cattail

17.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
18.
Where do all life forms get their energy?
a)
Earth's Core
b)
Water
c)
Plants
d)
The Sun
19.

Which best describes what a food chain show you?

a)

Energy flow through an ecosystem

b)

Food flowing through an ecosystem

c)

Consumers going into other consumers

d)

Who eats who

20.
The non-living part of an ecosystem
a)
Ocean
b)
Lava Flow
c)
Birds
d)
Abiotic
21.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
22.
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
23.
An organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
24.
An animal that eats both plants and animals is....
a)
omnivore
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
scavenger
25.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Environment
26.
Populations of organisms living in the same environment at the same time 
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Biotic Factors
d)
Habitat
27.
All living and nonliving parts of an environment found in a specific location.
a)
Habitat 
b)
Ecosystem 
c)
Population
d)
Community 
28.
Identify an a example of an Abiotic Factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
Sunlight
29.
These flowers are an example of a ____________.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
30.
Water is a/an ________________.
a)
Biotic Factor
b)
Abiotic Factor
31.
This butterfly is an example of a/an __________.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecologist
32.
These cats an example of a/an ______________. 
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Biosphere
33.

Which statements describe the feeding interaction between bears and salmon? (Check ALL that apply)

a)

The bear is the predator.

b)

The salmon is the predator.

c)

The bear is the prey.

d)

The salmon is the prey.

34.

If a dam built in the river causes salmon populations to decrease, the bear population will probably _____________.

a)

decrease.

b)

increase.

c)

remain stable.

35.

What does the direction of the arrows in a food web represent?

a)

Direction of Energy Flow

b)

Who eats who

c)

Opposite direction of Energy Flow

36.

Who are the primary consumers in this food web? (Check ALL that apply)

a)

tadpole

b)

mink

c)

duck

d)

brown trout

37.

Which of the following organisms are herbivores (check all that apply).

a)

butterfly

b)

frog

c)

berries

d)

rabbit

38.

What happens to most of the energy that is not transfered to the next trophic level?

a)

made available to decomposers

b)

returned to producers

c)

used for daily life

d)

lost in the sun

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