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3rd 9wks Exam Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The interaction between two animals in which one animal eats the other

a)

Competition

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

2.

A relationship between organisms of different species where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

3.

An interaction between organisms or species that is helpful to one but neither helpful nor harmful to the other

a)

Competition

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Energy Pyramid

4.

An organism that makes its own food

a)

Autotroph

b)

Herbivore

c)

Vegetarian

d)

Omnivore

5.

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

a)

mutualism

b)

competition

c)

parasitism

d)

commensalism

6.

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

a)

commensalism

b)

parasitism

c)

predation

d)

mutualism

7.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm). 

a)

Parasitism

b)

Commensalism 

c)

Mutualism 

8.

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Top Predator

9.

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

a)

1 Kcal

b)

10 Kcal

c)

100 Kcal

d)

1000 Kcal

10.

If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

a)

insect

b)

coyote

c)

lizard

d)

shrub

11.

All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with

a)

a scavenger

b)

the sun

c)

a decomposer

d)

a herbivore

12.

What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

a)

10%

b)

50%

c)

90%

d)

0%

13.

At which level does the path of nutrients start?

a)

Producer at the first trophic level

b)

Consumer at the second trophic level

c)

Consumer at the topmost trophic level

d)

Decomposer at the top most trophic level

14.

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

competition

d)

parasitism

15.

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

predationhu

16.

__________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

17.

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

a)

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

b)

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

c)

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

d)

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.