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Ecology

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

a)

carnivore

b)

detrivore

c)

decomposer

d)

herbivore

2.

The monkey would be a

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

primary consumer

d)

secondary consumer

3.
Members of a species in a defined area
a)
Ecosystem
b)
community
c)
biodiversity
d)
population
4.
Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain 
d)
biome
5.
Green plants are
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
6.

What type of relationship is this?

a)

parasitism

b)

mutualism

c)

commensalism

d)

competition

7.

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

a)

competition

b)

mutualism

c)

predation

d)

commensalism

8.
Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms 
a)
consumer
b)
trophic level
c)
decomposer
d)
species
9.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
10.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
11.
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. 
12.
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%
13.

What is a niche?

a)

The habitat that an organism lives in

b)

An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

c)

A type of consumer

d)

The relationship between a producer and consumer

14.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
15.

Rabbits introduced into Australia over 100 years ago have become a serious pest to farmers. Rabbit populations increases so much that they displaced many native species of plant eaters. What is the most logical explanation for their increased numbers?

a)

Rabbits have a high death rate.

b)

There are few effective predators.

c)

Additional rabbit species have been introduced.

d)

There is an increase in rabbit competitors.

16.
1. What makes a species invasive?
a)
Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives 
b)
Not having papers
c)
Species that can't adapt
d)
Plants that take up too much space
17.
What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)
a)
producers
b)
sun
c)
consumer
d)
decomposers
18.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
19.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
20.

All organisms, that are not plants, get their energy from the sun ______________________.

a)

directly

b)

immediately

c)

indirectly

d)

slowly

21.

90% of the energy that gets lost as you move up a food pyramid or chain gets lost as

a)

pollution to the environment

b)

heat to the environment

c)

energy for decomposers

d)

gets recycled

22.

In some environments, wolves prey on deer for their source of food. If all of the wolves were taken from the environment, what would most likely happen to the deer population?

a)

A The deer population would increase and begin to compete for food.

b)

B The deer population would become larger and healthier animals.

c)

C The deer population would decrease, because there would be an increase in disease.

d)

D The deer population would change color, because they would not have to hide from wolves.

23.

High biodiversity is a sign of a healthy ecosystem.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

prey

25.

The arrows most likely represent. . . ..

a)

Energy released from metabolism into the environment as heat

b)

Oxygen released from metabolism produced by cellular respiration

c)

The absorption of energy from the environment that has been created

d)

The transport of glucose away from the organism through photosynthesis

26.

Match the following

a)
1.

Predation

b)
2.

Symbiosis

c)
3.

Commensalism

d)
4.

Parasitism

27.

A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism

28.

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

70

d)

40

29.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
around 500
b)
more than 500
c)
less than 500
d)
around 600
30.

What will happen if all of the frogs in a population die?

a)

The frogs' predators will decrease and the frogs' prey will increase

b)

The frogs' predators will increase and the frogs' prey will decrease

c)

We better all pray because there isn't anymore frogs.

31.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
32.

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

a)

The population keeps growing

b)

The population starts to die off

c)

The entire species will go extinct

d)

The carrying capacity just increases

33.

What is a population?

a)

One individual member of a species

b)

a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

c)

all the different populations of species that live together in an area

d)

a community of species and the physical environment

34.

What is a community?

a)

One individual of a species

b)

a group of individuals living together in an area

c)

all the different populations living together in an area

d)

different communities and their physical environment

35.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

One individual of a species

b)

a group of individuals of a species that live in the same area

c)

all the different species in an area

d)

all the communities in an area and the physical environment

36.

What is a biosphere?

a)

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

b)

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

c)

part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

d)

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and animals

37.

What is a biome?

a)

one individual of a species

b)

all the different populations of species that live together in an area

c)

all the biological communities and their physical environment

d)

a group of similar ecosystems that share similar climates and animales

38.

An organism that can make its own food

a)

autobot

b)

heterotroph

c)

autotroph

d)

heterobot

39.

An organism that cannot make its own food.

a)

autobot

b)

heterotroph

c)

autotroph

d)

heterobot

40.

A process plants use to turn sunlight into food: Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy (stored in glucose).

a)

toxoplasmosis

b)

photosynthesis

c)

aqua-synthesis

d)

homeosynthesis

41.

What are the primary consumers in this image?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Mouse

d)

Bird

e)

Rabbit

42.

What is biomass?

a)

amount of living tissue

b)

amount of energy

c)

number of individual organisms

d)

dead plants

43.

A decomposer is

a)

heterotroph

b)

an organism that breaks down organic materials

c)

autotroph

d)

recycles nutrients

44.
Which level will contain plants?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
45.
A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because... 
a)
energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
b)
energy increases up the food chain just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
c)
energy amounts are the same at each trophic level
46.

Use this energy pyramid to answer the question -

Assume there are 1000 units of energy in the producer level of the energy pyramid.

How many units of energy are available at the secondary consumer level?

a)

1000 units

b)

100 units

c)

10 units

d)

1 unit

47.
Which habitat exhibits the greatest biodiversity?
a)
A habitat with 15 different species with about 300 individuals each
b)
A habitat with 10 different species with about 75 individuals each
c)
A habitat with 4 different species with about 150 individuals each
d)
A habitat with only one species with about 2000 individual
48.
What is ecosystem diversity...??..
a)
Number of different species in the biosphere.
b)
Regional extinction.
c)
A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction.
d)
The variety of ecosystems that are present in the biosphere.
49.
High biodiversity is 
a)
having a lot of the same organism.
b)
having a few of the same organism.
c)
having a lot of variety of different organisms.
d)
only having one of each organism. 
50.

Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly?

a)

Invasive species are native to an area

b)

Invasive species are prey to many animals

c)

Invasive species have no predators

d)

Invasive species keep the ecosystem in equilibrium

51.

Which of these words does NOT describe an invasive species?

a)

Alien

b)

Intruder

c)

Non-native

d)

Natural

52.
What is the order of succession shown in this figure?
a)
A, B, C, D
b)
B, A, D, C
c)
C, D, A, B
d)
D, A, B, C
53.
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
a)
primary succession
b)
ecological succession
c)
secondary succession
d)
intermediate
54.
The picture shows what type of succession?
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
tertiary
d)
quadanary
55.
What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?
a)
Bushes and Shrubs
b)
Oak trees
c)
Mossess and Lichens 
d)
A rose Bush
56.
Final illustration (#8) shows
a)
pioneer species
b)
climax community
c)
only biotic factors
d)
only abiotic factors
57.

Which of the following best describes primary succession?

a)

Volcano wipes out ecosystem that gradually grows back from ash covered soil

b)

Volcano creates a new island of rock that must break down to form an ecosystem

c)

Forest fire burns down forest that must bounce back over time

d)

Tornado destroys a crop that must slowly grow back over time.

58.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

tree farms

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

59.

What are two (2) ways to reduce the carbon emissions from passenger cars?

a)

Use less expensive gas

b)

Carpooling

c)

Public Transportation

d)

Driving only passenger cars

60.
What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
61.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
62.

When humans EXHALE, we release __________________.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Water