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Ecology Quiz 2 Review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 2hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Use the diagram answer the question.
What is a fitting description for this diagram?
a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
2.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?
a)
Frog, Dragon Fly and snake
b)
Frog, trout and dragon fly
c)
Frog, salamander and trout
d)
Frog and phytoplankton
3.
What is the best explanation for an energy pyramid?
a)
It shows the FLOW of energy from one organism to the next. 
b)
It shows HOW much energy flows through a food web
c)
It shows the MEMBERS in a single organism
4.
True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the plants have stored.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
In this Food Web Pyramid what is the proper name for the organisms above the producer level at the bottom.
a)
herbivores
b)
consumers
c)
carnivores 
d)
omnivores
6.
The deer, grasshopper, and bird are all examples of which type of consumers on this food pyramid?
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
7.
In Australia the farmers had a problem with beetles eating the sugar cane. So they introduced the cane toad to control that population. Instead of eating the beetles, they ate the source of food and other organisms. What would be a possible consequence of this?
a)
The other organisms attacks the toad population
b)
The ecosystem would be destroyed
c)
The cane toads would get too much food and die
d)
The food web was changed by this one organism
8.
About how much percent of energy is passed on from one organism to to the next on a food web pyramid. 
a)
100 percent of all energy gets passed
b)
45 percent of all energy gets passed
c)
10 percent of all energy gets passed
d)
0 percent of all energy gets passed
9.
__________ is an organism that only eats plants for energy.
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Terivore
10.
__________ is an organism that only eats meat for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Borivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
11.
__________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Darnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)
Herbiovre
12.

Which is the primary source of energy for plants?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

sun

13.

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.

14.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
15.
Grass is considered a ...
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
composers
16.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
17.
What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
a)
10%
b)
50%
c)
90%
d)
100%
18.
How do producers obtain energy?
a)
They conduct photosynthesis.
b)
They consume plants.
c)
They consume primary consumers.
d)
They consume secondary consumers.
19.
A food web can be broken down into several seperate
a)
food chains
b)
food pyramids
c)
producers
d)
consumers
20.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
21.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
22.

Water temperature would be an example of ...

a)

a biotic factor

b)

an abiotic factor

c)

an antibiotic factor

d)

a bacterial factor

23.

A collection of living organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another is a...

a)

Population

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Community

d)

Ecosphere

24.

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem...

a)

biotic factor

b)

abiotic factor

c)

food chain

d)

biome

25.

What are the biotic factors in this image?

a)

sunlight, elephants, grasses

b)

sunlight, water, air

c)

elephants, plants, trees

d)

elephants, clouds, grasses

26.

What are the abiotic factors in this image? (2)

a)

water

b)

birds

c)

plants

d)

air

27.

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

a)
b)
c)
28.

Which of the following is a population?

a)

hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast

b)

mountain stream

c)

all the frogs in a pond

d)

blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn

29.

Which of the following best describes a community?

a)

sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef

b)

decorator crabs on the seafloor

c)

loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic

d)

prairie grassland in Wyoming

30.

What level of organization can be seen here?

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

31.

The smallest unit of life that can sustain itself is called...

a)

an organism

b)

the biosphere

c)

a population

d)

a community

32.

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

33.

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

34.

This type of species can live in many different places, eat a variety of food, and tolerate a wide range of conditions.

a)

ecological

b)

specialist

c)

generalist

d)

keystone

35.

This type of species lives in only one type of habitat, eat only a few types of foods, and tolerate a narrow range of environmental conditions.

a)

ecological

b)

specialist

c)

generalist

d)

keystone

36.

The sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment (think about the role that the species may have)

a)

ecological niche

b)

habitat

c)

home

d)

area

37.

Broad niches (e.g. deer)

a)

generalist species

b)

keystone species

c)

invasive species

d)

indicator species

38.

Narrow niches; more vulnerable (e.g. panda bear)

a)

generalist species

b)

keystone species

c)

specialist species

d)

indicator species

39.
These 2 levels of ecological organization contain both biotic and abiotic factors
a)
population, community
b)
community, ecosystem
c)
organism, population
d)
ecosystem, biosphere
40.
Which of these is the correct order of ecological levels of organization from LARGEST to SMALLEST?
a)
organism- population- community- ecosystem- biosphere
b)
biosphere- community- ecosystem- population- organism
c)
organism- community- population- ecosystem- biosphere
d)
biosphere- ecosystem- community- population- organism
41.
Which type of interaction would describe the relationship between a barnacle attached to a whale that doesn't harm or hurt the whale, but the barnacle benefits by getting a free ride around the ocean?
a)
parasitism (+, -)
b)
mutualism (+, +)
c)
commensalism (+, 0)
d)
predation (+, -)
42.
A rabbit eating grass, or a wolf eating an elk, are both examples of what type of relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?
a)
mutualism (+, +)
b)
commensalism (+, 0)
c)
predation (+, -)
d)
uniformitarianism
43.

What type of organism makes its own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

44.

Which category of organism cannot make its own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

45.

What are humans?

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

46.

What is a worm?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

47.

What is a lily pad?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

48.

An example of a decomposer would be a bacterium in a dead rat.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

A crab eating a dead fish is an example of a decomposer.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

A fly maggot in a piece of meat is an example of a detritivore.

a)

True

b)

False

51.
A living organism that puts materials from dead  plants and animals back to the soil is called a ____________?
a)
carnivore
b)
decomposer
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
52.
An ecosystem is a community of organisms interacting with their physical environment. Why are decomposers an important part of ecosystems?
a)
They break down dead organisms to return nutrients to the soil.
b)
They produce their own food for survival.
c)
They play a role in preventing weathering and erosion.
d)
They provide most of the energy to consumers.
53.

While hiking through a nearby forest, you find some fungi growing on a tree stump. What role does the fungi play in this forest ecosystem?

a)

It breaks down dead tree matter.

b)

It eats living organisms.

c)

It uses sunlight to produce energy for the tree.

d)

It produces oxygen that other forest organisms use to survive.

54.
Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Quaternary Consumers 
d)
Top Predators 
55.
The process of plants using energy from the sun to create the first trophic level is called?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Chemosynthesis
c)
Cellular Respiratation
d)
Primary Producers
56.

Look carefully at the image. If energy is lost as it moves up the food chain, what trophic level has the most amount of energy?

a)

1st level - producers

b)

2nd level - primary consumers

c)

3rd level - secondary consumers

d)

4th level - tertiary consumers

57.

Overlapping food chains

a)

food cycle

b)

food network

c)

food system

d)

food web

58.
The fox in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Tertiary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
59.
The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is
a)
using bottled water
b)
burning fossil fuels
c)
texting on cellphones
d)
eating meat
60.
Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?
a)
It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 
b)
It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses 
c)
It leads to more factories
d)
It causes a major decrease in people
61.
Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?
a)
trees soak up carbon dioxide
b)
trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
c)
trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
d)
trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil
62.

How is the greenhouse effect produced?

a)

When solar energy trespasses the atmosphere.

b)

When some energy is reflected back to earth.

c)

When the green house is burned.

d)

When the sun doesn't emit radiation.

63.

Which of the following organisms is considered to be a regulator?

a)

an elephant

b)

a worm

c)

bacteria

d)

a frog

64.

A sea star maintains the same salinity or salt content of the water it is living in. This means that it is...

a)

a regulator

b)

a conformer

c)

an autotroph

d)

warm blooded

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