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AP Bio Insta-Review Topic 8.2: Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

Warm-blooded organisms are actually…

a)

Ectotherms

b)

Endotherms

2.

Where do endotherms get their body heat from?

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Environment

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Thermophiles

3.

“Cold-Blooded” organisms have cold-blood…

a)

True

b)

Falseo

4.

“Cold-Blooded” organisms are…

a)

Ectotherms

b)

Endotherms

5.

Where do ectotherms get their body heat from?

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Environment

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Thermophiles

6.

Assuming the same size of organisms, at cooler temperatures, who would have a higher O2 consumption?

a)

Ectotherms

b)

Endotherms

7.

The smaller the organism, the ____ the metabolic rate.

a)

Higher

b)

Lower

8.

Net gain of energy by organism causes…

a)

Decay & Energy Storage

b)

Gain of Mass & Death

c)

Growth & Energy Storage

d)

Loss of Mass & Death

9.

Net loss of energy results in…

a)

Decay & Energy Storage

b)

Gain of Mass & Death

c)

Growth & Energy Storage

d)

Loss of Mass & Death

10.

What property of water allows for cooling from sweat?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

c)

High Heat of vaporization

d)

Less dense as solid

11.

Goosebumps are a vestigial structure to keep warm.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A reduction in ___ would cause a decrease in entire chain.

a)

Decomposer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Primary Producer

d)

Sunlight

13.

When you control producer level, what type of model does this describe?

a)

Bottom-Up Model

b)

Top-Down Model

14.

What are all secondary consumers?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Decomposer

c)

Herbivore

d)

Producer

15.

Where do photosynthetic organisms get most of their energy?

a)

Inorganic molecules

b)

Moonlight

c)

Organic molecules

d)

Sunlight

16.

Where do chemosynthetic organisms get most of their energy?

a)

Inorganic molecules

b)

Moonlight

c)

Organic molecules

d)

Sunlight

17.

What can heterotrophs not metabolize for energy?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Lipids

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Proteins

18.

Which stores the most energy per molecule?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Lipids

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Proteins

19.

Fun Fact: Where do lipids enter cellular respiration pathway?

a)

Glycolysis

b)

Krebs Cycle

c)

Electron Transport

d)

Chemiosmosis

20.

What is an endotherm?

a)

Organism generates heat by metabolism

b)

Organism generates heat by basking in sun

c)

Organism that releases heat

d)

Organism that absorbs heat

21.

What is an ectotherm?

a)

Organism that generates heat by performing metabolism

b)

Organism that uses external sources of heat

c)

Organism that releases heat to warm the organism

d)

Organism that absorbs heat to cool the organism

22.

Which organism requires more food at the same temperature?

a)

Ectotherm

b)

Endotherm

23.

Which organism consumes more oxygen at cooler temperatures?

a)

Ectotherm

b)

Endotherm

24.

How does metabolic rate compare to size of organism?

a)

Smaller the organism, the higher the metabolic rate

b)

Larger the organism, the higher the metabolic rate

25.

If a secondary consumer population decreases, what would happen to the producers?

a)

Decrease

b)

Increase

c)

Stay the Same

26.

What is an autotroph?

a)

Produces its own food stored in organic compounds

b)

Produces its own energy from metabolic reactions

c)

Produces its own ATP from feeding on lower trophics levels

d)

Produces its own light energy from chemical reactions

27.

How does chemoautotroph differ from photoautotroph?

a)

Chemoautotroph makes food from sunlight

b)

Photoautotroph makes the food from sunlight (solar energy)

c)

Chemoautotroph makes the food with decomposing detritus

d)

Photoautotroph makes the food from decomposing detritus

28.

Oxygen is required by the photosynthesis process

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Plants require oxygen.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Plants have a mitochondria.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What is a heterotroph?

a)

Organism that must consume organic molecules for light.

b)

Organism that breaks down organic molecules for energy.