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IGCSE Biology Ecology Revision Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of an organism that makes its own food

a)

Consumer

b)

omnivore

c)

producer

d)

predator

2.

What process removes carbon dioxide from the air?

a)

Respiration

b)

Decomposition

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Combustion

3.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
4.

Which of these organisms would RECEIVE energy from the snake?

a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
5.
Example of a decomposer
a)
fungus
b)
mouse
c)
plants
d)
frogs
6.

The approximate amount of energy that is transferred between each trophic level is:

a)

10%

b)

0.1%

c)

90%

d)

It totally depends on the ecosystem.

7.

Why are there generally a maximum of five trophic levels?

a)

It's far easier to draw a pyramid that way.

b)

Because energy is lost at each level, there isn't enough energy left to support any more consumers.

c)

Generally a top predator is so fierce it has no predators and therefore can rule the top trophic level without fear.

d)

There simply is not a word beyond quaternary.

e)

BTW the word after quaternary is quinary (always read all the options in multiple choice questions)

8.

Which one is most likely the pyramid of biomass?

a)

A

b)

B

9.
How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
a)
respiration and photosynthesis
b)
 decomposition and respiration
10.
What is happening at 1?
a)
respiration: releasing CO2
b)
decomposing CO2 in the soil
c)
photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
d)
turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules
11.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
12.

Which of these are classed as abiotic factors that could affect a population?

a)

Light

b)

Temperature

c)

Pathogens

d)

Dissolved oxygen concentration

e)

Food availability

13.

what is the name for all the animals of the same species living in an ecosystem??

a)

community

b)

population

c)

Biosphere

d)

All of these

14.

Which nitrogen cycle process is occurring when bacteria convert ammonium to nitrite and then into nitrate?

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

nitrification

c)

denitrification

d)

ammonification

e)

assimilation

15.
How much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?
a)
87%
b)
38%
c)
78%
d)
21%
16.
Organisms that need nitrogen to survive
a)
only plants
b)
only animals
c)
only bacteria
d)
all living organisms
17.
Nitrification happens in the ______
a)
Air 
b)
Soil 
c)
Ground Water 
d)
Plants