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Unit 8: Ecology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Deforestation can lead to less carbon being stored in the atmosphere. What can be a result from this?

a)

ozone depletion

b)

global warming and climate change

c)

soil erosion

d)

overpopulation

2.

How do decomposers help the ecosystem?

a)

making for room for air in the soil

b)

making energy

c)

increasing soil moisture

d)

recycling nutrients

3.

What cycle of nutrients is affected by the combustion (burning) of fossil fuels?

a)

Carbon cycle

b)

Nitrogen cycle

c)

Phosphorus cycle

d)

Water cycle

4.

A snake eats a frog, the frog eats an insect, an insect eats a plant. What trophic level is the frog?

a)

producer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

primary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

5.

A snake eats a frog, the frog eats an insect, an insect eats a plant. What trophic level is the snake?

a)

producer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

primary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

6.

What is the original source of energy for all life in ecosystems?

a)

Carbon

b)

Oxygen

c)

Water

d)

Sunlight

7.

Where is the most energy in an energy pyramid found?

a)

The middle

b)

The top

c)

The bottom

8.

What is true about the deer?

a)

They are secondary consumers

b)

They are herbivores

c)

They eat rabbits

d)

They are producers

9.

Select ALL the things in the food web that the snake eats.

a)

Frog

b)

Deer

c)

Rabbit

d)

Grasshopper

10.

You move to a house next to a train station. At first the train sounds keep you awake and startle you, but eventually you no longer respond to the train noise. What is this an example of?

a)

Habituation

b)

Classical conditioning

c)

Insight

d)

Instinct

11.

A dog learns that when he goes potty outside, he gets a treat. What type of behavior is this?

a)

imprinting

b)

classical conditioning

c)

operant conditioning

d)

instinct

12.

Baby sea turtles crawl toward the light on the horizon of the ocean when they hatch. What type of behavior is this?

a)

Trial and error

b)

Innate

c)

Imprinting

d)

Conditioning

13.

How does burning fossil fuels affect the planet?

a)

It leads to more smoke

b)

It leads to warmer temperatures due to the Greenhouse Effect

c)

It kills more organisms for fuel

14.

Birds walk behind elephants and eat the insects that are attracted to the elephant droppings. What kind of relationship would this be?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

15.

What are mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism examples of?

a)

Compeition

b)

Predation

c)

Succession

d)

Symbiosis

16.

Which of the following is a density INDEPENDENT factor that can affect a population?

a)

A virus

b)

A hurricane

c)

Competition

d)

Predation

17.

Why is it important to not introduce non-native species (invasive species) to an environment?

a)

They can't be used for food

b)

They can't survive in new habitats

c)

They increase pollution

d)

They can outcompete and endanger local/native species

18.

Which process(es) is/are adding carbon to the atmosphere?

a)

burning fossil fuels

b)

dissolution

c)

respiration

d)

photosynthesis

19.

What is it called when pesticides are found to be at higher levels at the top of a food chain than the bottom?

a)

Acid rain

b)

deforestation

c)

bioaccumulation

d)

global warming

20.

If humans hunted all of the foxes, what is a change would we see in the food web/ecosystem?

a)

Owls populations would decrease

b)

Rabbit populations would increase

c)

Bird populations would decrease

d)

Carrots would increase