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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of these is a food chain?
a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
energy that passes to the next animal
A chain of food
A series of food that depends on other living things
What is a food web?
a food filled with web from spiders
food that are in a web
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
a web that contains a lot of food
Animals engage in both individual and group behaviors. Which of the following is an example of an individual behavior?
in a termite colony, different tasks are carried out by different types of termites
all members of an elephant herd will contribute to the care of any offspring
monarch butterflies migrate long distances, traveling in groups of many millions
juvenile chimpanzees model the actions of their parents and other adults
Which of the following animal behaviors could be disadvantageous to the individual organism, but increase the survival advantage of other members of its social group?
newly hatched sea turtles will automatically begin moving toward the ocean
male peacocks compete for females with elaborate plumage and behaviors
joeys stay within their mothers’ pouch for protection for several weeks
squirrels vocalize loudly when they observe a predator in their habitat
Most wolves hunt in packs while some individuals live and hunt alone. What data would be needed to support the claim that hunting as a group provides an advantage?
the density of prey animals, measured in number of organisms per square kilometer, in the habitats of pack wolves and solitary wolves
hunting success, measured in kilograms of meat per individual per week, for wolves that hunt in packs and those that are solitary hunters
the return on investment in hunting for the average wolf, measured in calories expended for hunting, divided by calories obtained in prey animals
the number of different predator species in the habitat as compared to the number of different prey species
A wolf pack marks its territory. Which of the following behaviors would NOT help the pack mark its territory?
Whining and growling around the den
Leaving paw prints near the territorial boundary
Howling at dusk in the center of their territory
Urinating on trees at the territorial boundary
What is one advantage of hunting large prey such as elk or deer?
Large prey are more numerous than small prey
Each kill provides a lot of meat
Large prey are safer to hunt than smaller prey
Large prey are easier to find
A scientist wants to gather evidence related to the following hypothesis: Larger packs are more successful at raising offspring than smaller packs. Which observation is most useful in addressing this hypothesis?
The age of each animal in large versus small packs
The number of prey killed by large versus small packs
The number of pups that survive in large versus small packs
The number of packs in a given geographic area
What happens each time energy is converted?
100% is passed through
Only 10% is passed to the next level
Energy cannot be converted
The energy is converted into other things
____ is the number of organisms an ecosystem can support.
0
Population
Carrying capacity
100 animals
_____ can determine a population’s carrying capacity.
Food, water, availability
Carrying capacity
Animals, buildings
Food, schools
What would happen if a population were to exceed its carrying capacity?
More organisms of that species will be born.
The death rate of the population will rise.
The predators of this population will decrease.
The ecosystem would not be unsuitable for the species to survive.
All the living components of an ecosystem are known as ____ factors.
Abiotic
Biotic
Animal
Capacity
____ are types of heterotrophs that break down dead and decaying organisms.
Autotrophs
Omnivores
Carnivores
Decomposers
Conservation of matter states that _____ cannot be created or destroyed.
Abiotic
Animals
Matter
Buildings
____ shows the mass or organisms in each trophic level.
Pyramid of Biomass
Food chain
Tropic levels
Food web
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
100%
10%
25%
20.5
___ is the behavior of fully committing to the group at the expense of an individual member's needs
Animal behaviors
Individual behavior
Abiotic factors
Altruism
Some behaviors seen in animals are acquired from environmental influence and experience which are called ____
Animal behavior
Group behavior
Individual behavior
Learned behaviors
___ is when the lead male and female are given preferential treatment to resources such as food and potential mates.
Leading behavior
Dominance Hierarchy
Animal behavior
Altruism
