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Ecology Review #2

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A food chain can go on for seven or eight levels. (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
2.

A food chain is a diagram that shows feeding interactions in an ecosystem through a single pathway.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The first trophic level always consists of

a)

Producers

b)

secondary consumers

c)

tertiary consumers

d)

primary consumers

4.

A food web contains many intersecting food chains.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which level is known as the producer level?

a)

The first

b)

The second

c)

The third

d)

The fourth

6.

Energy is recycled in a food chain.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The ecological pyramid depicts how biomass and energy increase from lower to higher trophic levels.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When the niche of a species at the top of the food chain impacts multiple species in preceding levels this is called

a)

succession

b)

trophic cascade

c)

evolution

d)

a climax community

9.

Select all that apply:

The wolves in Yellowstone National Park affect which of the following?

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Hydrology of the rivers and streams

c)

The geography of the ecosystem

d)

The size of the bear population

10.

Anything that limits an organism's ability to survive in an ecosystem is referred to as a

a)

limiting factor

b)

community

c)

population

d)

symbiotic relationship

11.

Lichens attach to bare rock and eventually break the rock down into soil. For these reasons lichens are considered to be:

a)

Primary producers

b)

Pioneer species

c)

A climax community

d)

Tertiary consumers

12.

Both matter and energy are cycled between the biotic and abiotic systems on Earth.

a)

False. Only matter is cycled.

b)

True. Both matter and energy are cycled.

13.

The Nitrogen cycle relies on the work of

a)

plants

b)

wolves

c)

rocks

d)

bacteria

14.

When Nitrates and nitrites cause an abundance of algae to grow ultimately causing a reduction of oxygen.

a)

Eutrophication

b)

Erosion

c)

Eukaryotic

d)

Elephantiasis

15.

Bacteria convert the nitrogen in the atmosphere into_______.

a)

Usable Nitrogen

b)

Glucose

16.

CHONPS are

a)

The environmental police force

b)

The elements needed by all living things