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Energy & Resources Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much energy does trophic level 2 store from trophic level 1? (and so on..)

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

100%

2.

As you move through a food chain, the amount of energy stored....

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

d)

It depends on the ecosystem

3.

Arrows in a food web show the flow of

a)

energy

b)

protein

c)

nutrients

d)

glucose

4.

Multiple food chains that interact together is called a ....

a)

Spider Web

b)

Food Spider

c)

Food Web

d)

Web of Food

5.

An autotroph is another word for a ________, meaning it needs to ________

a)

Consumer, eat other animals

b)

Consumer, eat other plants

c)

Producer, make its own food

d)

Producer, survive without water

6.

An heterotroph is another word for a ________, meaning it needs to ________

a)

Consumer, eat other organisms

b)

Consumer, go through photosynthesis

c)

Producer, make its own food

d)

Producer, survive without water

7.
What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Eat other organisms to gain energy
c)
Make the food for the whole food chain
d)
Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil
8.
What is the role of a producer?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Gain energy from eating other organisms
c)
Keep other species from overpopulating
d)
Breaking down dead stuff 
9.
Which type of consumer eats plants only?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Scavengers
10.
Which type of consumer eats meat only?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Omnivores
11.
Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Omnivores
d)
Plants
12.

Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?

a)

Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

13.
The term biodiversity means:
a)
a wide variety of plants and animals in an ecosystem
b)
only a few types of plants and animals in an ecosystem
c)
an ecosystem composed mostly of plants
d)
an ecosystem composed mostly of animals
14.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
15.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
16.
In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
17.
In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
18.

Identify an a example of an abiotic factor

a)

Hair

b)

Dead squirrel

c)

Grass

d)

Sunlight

19.

True or False: A Terrestrial biome is on land.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: Permafrost is a layer underneath the topsoil that remains frozen year round.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Regions of the world with similar climate (weather, temperature) animals and plants are called______________.

a)

Landforms

b)

Biomes

c)

Perceptual Regions

d)

None of the above

e)

All of the above

22.
What are the 2 types of aquatic biomes?
a)
rivers and streams
b)
lakes and oceans
c)
marine and fresh water
d)
marine and oceanic
23.
The kind of wetland formed where saltwater and fresh water meet is called
a)
brujeria
b)
estuary
c)
swamp
d)
marsh
24.

Which biome has the largest number of species of plants and animals (highest biodiversity)?

a)

tundra

b)

desert

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

pine forest

25.

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

a)

taiga

b)

tundra

c)

deciduous forest

d)

grassland

26.

Terrestrial (land) biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

27.

How can people change or impact biomes?

a)

By melting the permafrost with campfires

b)

By cutting down trees and polluting the water

c)

By raising different kinds of animals on farms

d)

By using canoes and boats to navigate rivers

28.
What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?
a)
Lakes/Ponds
b)
Mangroves Swamps
c)
Rivers/Streams
d)
Coral Reefs
29.

Natural resources are found within the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Resources that cannot be replaced

a)

Conservation

b)

Renewable Resource

c)

Non-Renewable Resource

d)

Natural Resource

31.

Resources that can be replaced

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Non-Renewable Resource

c)

Natural Resource

d)

Conservation

32.

Pollution makes the air, land, or water clean.

a)

True

b)

False

33.
What is the source of energy that causes the blades of a turbine to move?
a)
coal
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
sunlight
34.
Which of the following resources is collected by the panels on the roof of his home?
a)
air
b)
water
c)
wind
d)
sunlight
35.
Which of the following is NOT a way that people can be harmful to the environment?
a)
burning coal for energy
b)
clearing land for homes
c)
making products from wood
d)
planting trees in a forest
36.
Which of the following is NOT a way that people can be harmful to the environment?
a)
driving cars and trucks
b)
dumping factory wastes
c)
creating oil spills
d)
using solar energy
37.

What is geothermal?

a)

energy generated from the movement of wind

b)

heat from within the Earth

c)

a substance that is used for energy

d)

energy from the Sun

38.

What is hydroelectric?

a)

energy generated from the movement of wind

b)

electricity generated from the movement of water

c)

energy from the Sun

d)

heat from within the Earth

39.

What is biomass?

a)

energy from living organisms or their waste

b)

heat from within the Earth

c)

energy from the Sun

d)

energy generated from the movement of water

40.

What is a fossil fuel?

a)

the remains or traces of an organism from a past geologic age

b)

a substance that is used for energy

c)

a type of fuel that forms from the ancient remains of decomposed plants and animals

d)

formed from the compacting and cementing of sediments

41.

What is solar energy?

a)

energy from the Sun

b)

energy generated from the movement of water

c)

an energy resource that is used instead of fossil fuels

d)

a substance that is used for energy

42.

What is wind energy?

a)

energy from the Sun

b)

electricity generated from the movement of water

c)

energy generated from the movement of wind

d)

electricity generated from the movement of water

43.

Define conservation.

a)

limiting the amount of resources used; protecting natural resources

b)

a resource that exists in limited supply; used up faster than it is replaced

c)

a resource that can be replaced over time

d)

a resource that is found in nature that is useful to humans

44.

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

45.

Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

46.

Sewage leaking from a pipe.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

47.

oil leaking from cars in a parking lot is found in runoff

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

48.
What does it mean when an animal is endangered?
a)
Something once lived but no longer exists.
b)
Animals that is at risk of extinction.
c)
Place that protects animals at risk.
49.
What does it mean when an animal is extinct?
a)
Something once lived but no longer exists.
b)
Animals that is at risk of extinction.
c)
Place that protects animals at risk.
50.

How do biodiversity and stability work together?

a)

The lower the biodiversity the greater the stability of an ecosystem.

b)

The higher the biodiversity, the less stable the ecosystem

c)

The higher the biodiversity, the greater the stability of the ecosystem.

d)

Biodiversity has nothing to do with ecosystem stability.

51.

Biodiversity is...

a)

good.

b)

bad.

52.

Breaking up large areas of habitat into smaller pieces is called...

a)

Destruction

b)

Conservation

c)

Logging

d)

Fragmentation

53.

What is a human activity that can cause habitat destruction?

a)

Planting trees

b)

Buying clothes

c)

Deforestation

d)

Pick up fruits and vegetables

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