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Group Review for final

Total questions: 142

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A large ecosystem is called a ______
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Habitat
c)
Biome
d)
Niche
2.
What is the main factor that separates the biomes?
a)
Land
b)
Water
c)
Climate
d)
Longitude
3.
Which biome is the driest?
a)
Desert
b)
Tundra
c)
Taiga
d)
Rainforest
4.
Which Biome has permafrost?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Taiga
d)
Tundra
5.
Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
6.
Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?
a)
Taiga
b)
Temperate Forest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
7.
Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?
a)
Taiga
b)
Grasslands
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Rainforest
8.
Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?
a)
Temperate Forest
b)
Rainforest
c)
Tundra
d)
Grasslands
9.
Which biome has 4 seasons?
a)
Taiga
b)
Tundra
c)
Grasslands
d)
Temperate Forest
10.
Which biome is home to lions, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and elephants?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Tundra
c)
Rainforest
d)
Temperate Forest
11.
Which biome is home to cacti, scorpions, coyotes, kangaroo rats, and lizards?
a)
Desert
b)
Grasslands
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Taiga
12.
Which biome produces over 50% of the world's oxygen?
a)
Rainforest
b)
Temperate Forest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Taiga
13.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
14.
Which biome is Canada in?
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga
c)
Temperate Forest
d)
Desert
15.
Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:
a)
non-living
b)
plants
c)
living thing
d)
soil
16.
What is the African Savanna considered?
a)
Ocean
b)
Forest
c)
Grassland
d)
Tundra
17.
Algae, crayfish, trout, and frogs live in this biome.
a)
Marine
b)
Freshwater
c)
Tundra
d)
Taiga
18.
What biome do whales, sharks, and coral reefs live in?
a)
Freshwater
b)
Savanna
c)
Marine
d)
Fauna
19.
This forest is split into "layers" where organisms live.
a)
Deciduous Forest
b)
Tropical Rain Forest
c)
Coniferous Forest
d)
None of these
20.
The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.
a)
Coniferous Forests
b)
Deciduous Forests
c)
Deserts
d)
Tropical Rain Forests
21.

All energy in an ecosystem comes from the sun. This energy is passed through the ecosystem as organisms eat other organsims.

a)

Ominvores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Detritivores

d)

Flow of energy

22.

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating plants.

a)

Parasite

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Ominvore

23.

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating meat.

a)

Detritivore

b)

Ominvore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Herbivore

24.

Organisms that produce their own food mostly through photosynthesis (producers). Examples are plants and algae.

a)

Ominvore

b)

Detritivore

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Autotroph

25.

Organisms that get their energy and nutrition from other organisms (consumers).

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

c)

Decomposer

d)

Detritivore

26.

Heterotrophs that get energy and nutrition from dead or decaying organisms or their waste products and recycle nutrients back to the ecosystem.

a)

Producer

b)

Trophic

c)

Decomposer

d)

Autotrooph

27.

Heterotrophs that “clean up” the ecosystem by eating dead and decaying organisms.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Herbivores

c)

Ominvores

d)

Detritivores

28.

The level in an Ecological pyramid that includes all the organisms that share the same place in a food chain.

a)

Trophic Levels

b)

Toxic Levels

c)

KeKe Levels

d)

Environmental Systems

29.

Autotrophs--The bottom trophic level where all organisms produce their own food, usually by photosynthesis.

a)

Trophic Levels

b)

Producers

c)

Ominvores

d)

Herbivores

30.

Herbivores--The second trophic level where herbivores eat the primary producers.

a)

Detritivores

b)

Autotrophs

c)

Producers

d)

Primary Consumers

31.

The third trophic level where the animals eat herbivores.

a)

Abiotic Factor

b)

Biotic Factor

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Secondary Producer

32.

The fourth trophic level where animals eat secondary consumers or below.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Autotroph

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Producer

33.

Matter is passed up the ecological pyramid in a similar way to energy but recycled by decomposers and detritivores. This Biomass pyramid roughly follows the 10% rule as well.

a)

Flow of energy

b)

Flow of matter

c)

Ecological Hysteria

d)

Producers

34.

Complex trophic relationships in an ecological pyramid.

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Abiotic Factor

d)

Biome

35.

Parts of an ecosystem that are living or deal with the living. Examples include producers, consumers, decomposers, predation, disease, competition, parasitism, and symbiosis.

a)

Abiotic Factors

b)

Biotic Factors

c)

Community

d)

Population

36.

Parts of an ecosystem that are not living. Examples: water, soil, sunlight, temperature, altitude.

a)

Detritivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Biotic Factors

d)

Abiotic Factors

37.

The flow of carbon from the atmosphere to plants, to animals to the soil and back into the atmosphere.

a)

Bi-Cycle

b)

Nitrogen Cycle

c)

Carbon Cycle

d)

Abiotic Cycle

38.

Organisms need the following to survive:

a)

food

b)

water

c)

shelter

d)

mates

39.

Many organisms interact with other organisms in their environment. This is known as...

a)

mutualism

b)

symbiosis

c)

interdependence

d)

competition

40.

A close relationship between organisms of different species when at least one of the organisms benefits.

a)

symbiosis

b)

interdependence

c)

competition

d)

biodiversity

41.

One of the possible combinations of symbiosis is both organisms may be harmed.

a)

true

b)

false

42.

One of the possible combinations of symbiosis is one organism may benefit.

a)

true

b)

false

43.

One of the possible combinations of symbiosis is one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

a)

true

b)

false

44.

One of the possible combinations of symbiosis is one organism may benefit and the other is harmed.

a)

true

b)

false

45.

A relationship between living things that depend on the same resources.

a)

symbiosis

b)

biodiversity

c)

competition

d)

interdependence

46.

The basic unit of structure and function of all living things.

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

47.

Group of cells of the same kind.

a)

cell

b)

organ

c)

tissue

d)

organ system

48.

Structure composed of one or more types of tissues.

a)

organ

b)

cell

c)

tissue

d)

organ system

49.

The tissues of this work together to perform a specific function.

a)

cell

b)

organ system

c)

organ

d)

organism

50.

A group of organs that work together to perform a specific function.

a)

organisms

b)

organ system

c)

tissue

d)

cell

51.

Individua living things that may be made up of one or more organ system.

a)

organisms

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

52.

Organisms of the same species that live in the same area make up this.

a)

species

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

53.

All of the populations that live in the same area make up this.

a)

community

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

d)

biodiversity

54.

This consists of all the living things in a given area, together with the nonliving environment.

a)

ecosystem

b)

population

c)

community

d)

biosphere

55.

What is the name for living factors in the environment?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

biome

d)

biosphere

56.

What is the name for nonliving factors in the environment?

(a)  

57.

Water is an abiotic factor.

a)

false

b)

true

58.

Other species are an abiotic factor.

a)

false

b)

true

59.

Sunlight is an abiotic factor.

a)

true

b)

false

60.

Plant growth is an abiotic factor.

a)

false

b)

true

61.

Soil is an abiotic factor.

a)

true

b)

false

62.

A group of similar ecosystems with the same general type of physical environment.

a)

biome

b)

biosphere

c)

biodiversity

d)

population

63.

The part of Earth where all life exists.

a)

biodiversity

b)

biosphere

c)

community

d)

biotic factor

64.

Term for all the land, water, and air where living things can be found.

(a)  

65.

A measure of this, for Earth, is the number of different species of different organisms that live on Earth.

a)

biodiversity

b)

population

c)

community

d)

biosphere

66.
A population is...
a)
A group of one species in one area
b)
Multiple species that live in one area
c)
All of the living and nonliving things in an area
d)
None of these
67.

Which is a biotic factor?

a)

soil

b)

air

c)

bacteria

d)

water

68.

As a population of a species increases within a territory, which of the following most likely also increases?

a)

Immigration

b)

Food supply

c)

Carrying capacity

d)

Competition

69.

Which of the following populations is most likely to go extinct?

a)

a very small population in an unstable environment

b)

a moderate-sized population of r strategists

c)

a large population with lots of genetic variability

d)

all would be equally likely to go extinct

70.
What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?
a)
grow
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same
d)
None of these
71.

Which of the following represent abiotic factors that affect an environment?

a)

Fish, trees, and bacteria

b)

Alligators, ferns, and snakes

c)

Temperature, wind, and soil type

d)

Birds, mushrooms, and insects

72.

The number of deaths in a given period of time.

a)

birth rate

b)

death rate

c)

life expectancy

73.

The number of births occurring in a given period of time.

a)

birth rate

b)

death rate

c)

life expectancy

74.
A population increases when_________________
a)
individuals die
b)
individuals are born
c)
individuals emigrate
75.
The _________________ is maximum number of individuals of one species that the environment can support. 
a)
emigration
b)
limiting factor
c)
carrying capacity
d)
immigration
76.
A part of the environment that keeps a population's size at a level below its full potential is called a _________________ .
a)
cooperation
b)
limiting factor
c)
competition
d)
carrying capacity
77.
When two or more individuals or populations try to use the same limited resource (e.g. food, water, shelter, sunlight) it is called_________________
a)
cooperation
b)
symbiosis
c)
competition
d)
limiting factor
78.
___________________ occurs when individuals work together.
a)
immigration
b)
cooperation
c)
carrying capacity
d)
competition
79.

What causes competition to occur in an environment?

a)

Good conditions make resources plentiful.

b)

Organisms struggle for a limited resource.

c)

Members of a population have different roles.

d)

A population falls below the environment’s carrying capacity.

80.

Without other changes to a population, which of the following will cause a population to increase in size?

a)

The birth rate equals the death rate.

b)

The birth rate is less than the death rate.

c)

The birth rate is greater than the death rate.

d)

The birth rate and the death rate both equal 0.

81.

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic limiting factor on population size?

a)

water availability

b)

Availability of food

c)

disease

d)

predation

82.

If the populations of grasshoppers would decrease, what affect would that have on the population of lizards?

a)

Increase

b)

Stay the same

c)

Decrease

d)

Unable to determine

83.

Owls and snakes eat mice and other organisms. What would happen to the mice population if the owl population decreased?

a)

The population would decrease, as the loss of owls as part of their diet is a limiting factor.

b)

The population would decrease, as shelters created by owl nests is a limiting factor.

c)

The population would increase, as competition for food is a limiting factor.

d)

The population would increase, as predation by owls is a limiting factor.

84.
An organism that hunts its food
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Hunter
d)
Gather
85.
An organism that is hunted for food
a)
Predator
b)
Gather
c)
Prey
d)
Hunter
86.
A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources or food within an ecological community
a)
Population
b)
Competition
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Community
87.
Eats plants (example: deer)
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Decomposer
88.
Eats other animals (example: tiger)
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Decomposer
89.
Eats plants and animals (example: humans)
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Decomposer
90.
Autotrophs
- Use sun's energy to make their own food
- Plants (grass)
a)
Herbivore
b)
Consumers
c)
Producers
d)
Scavangers
91.
Cactus. Is it a.....
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
92.
If a habitat experiences a drought, the available resources will
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
increase, then decrease
d)
Not Change
93.
_______ factors are all living things located within an ecosystem.
a)
biotic
b)
abitotic
c)
biome
d)
niche
94.
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.
95.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
96.
Which statement is correct?
a)
The lion and rhino have a predator/prey relationship.
b)
The grasshopper is the predator and the bird is the prey.
c)
Giraffes compete with lions and birds.
d)
None of the above
97.
Which two organisms have a producer consumer relationship?
a)
grasshopper and shrew
b)
shrew and hawk
c)
shrew and frog
d)
marsh grass and grasshopper
98.

When a population of organisms increase very quickly in a short period of time.

a)

population explosion

b)

emigration

99.

What could cause a population to increase?

a)

births and immigration

b)

deaths and emigration

c)

births and emigration

d)

deaths and immigration

100.

The carrying capacity of an ecosystem depends on....

a)

the amount of resources available

b)

the color of the ecosystem

101.

What caused the population explosion of deer in Wolf island?

a)

the wolves left

b)

the producers increased

c)

the bear population decreased

102.

Which ecosystem is probably healthier?

a)

An ecosystem with only a few species of animals

b)

An ecosystem with MANY different animals

103.
Which symbiosis is represented in the picture? 
a)
parasitism 
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism 
104.
A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit:
a)
Competition.
b)
Mutualism.
c)
Commensalism.
d)
Parasitism.
105.
A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
a)
mutualism
b)
parisitism
c)
symbiosis
d)
commensalism
106.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
A producer.
b)
An omnivore.
c)
A predator.
d)
A herbivore.
107.
______________ occurs when more than one individual or population tries to use the same limited resource.
a)
Niche
b)
Predator-prey
c)
Availability
d)
Competition
108.
A feeder fish usually follows behind sharks to pick up food scraps that they leave behind. The fish gets food and the shark is unaffected. This is an example of:
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Decomposition
109.
This is known as a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit. 
a)
Predator-Prey
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Decomposition
110.
A clownfish uses a sea anenome as a safe place to live. While living there, the clownfish lures in food for the anenome. This is an example of what type of relationship?
a)
Predator-Prey
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
111.

What is the species eaten in a predation called?

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

c)

Individual

d)

Organism

112.

Which type of relationship helps regulate the population?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Predator Prey

c)

Commensalism

d)

Parasitism

113.

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other and watch for predators, alerting each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not as readily see. This is an example of -

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

114.

Oxpeckers are a type of small bird that land on zebras and eat ticks and other parasites that live on the zebra’s skin. The oxpeckers get food and the zebras get pests removed. This is an example of -

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

115.

Ticks live on dogs and feed off the dog’s blood. They may also infect the dog with a parasite that can cause the dog to become quite sick. Dogs also are sometimes found to be very tired because a large volume of their blood has been drained. This is an example of -

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

116.

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body (usually in the mouth). This is like dental floss for the fish and both species benefit. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

a)

commensalism

b)

predation

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism

117.

What may happen if the grasshoppers were removed from the food web pictured?

a)

The rabbit population in the habitat would increase.

b)

The micer population would decrease because its the only food for the owls.

c)

The grass population would decrease because all the birds are eating it.

d)

Foxes would dies due to no food source.

118.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the detriment (ill effect) of the spruce. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

mutualism

d)

predation

119.

Based on the graph, what happens to the amount of kelp as sea otter numbers decrease?

a)

As the sea otter population decreases, kelp increases.

b)

As the sea otter population decreases, kelp decreases.

c)

As the sea otter population decreases, kelp doesn't change.

120.

What is a keystone species?

a)

A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

b)

A species that lives in or around rocks

c)

Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

d)

A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

121.

The purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) supports biodiversity in tidepools and is therefore a(n)...

a)

invasive species

b)

keystone species

c)

native species

d)

symbiotic species

122.
What does symbiosis mean?
a)
living separately, no relationship between 2 species
b)
living together, close relationship between 2 species
c)
Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species
d)
When one species kills and eats another
123.
Which symbiosis is represented in the picture? 
a)
parasitism 
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism 
124.
A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit:
a)
Competition.
b)
Mutualism.
c)
Commensalism.
d)
Parasitism.
125.
A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
a)
mutualism
b)
parisitism
c)
symbiosis
d)
commensalism
126.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
A producer.
b)
An omnivore.
c)
A predator.
d)
A herbivore.
127.
______________ occurs when more than one individual or population tries to use the same limited resource.
a)
Niche
b)
Predator-prey
c)
Availability
d)
Competition
128.
A feeder fish usually follows behind sharks to pick up food scraps that they leave behind. The fish gets food and the shark is unaffected. This is an example of:
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Decomposition
129.
This is known as a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit. 
a)
Predator-Prey
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Decomposition
130.
A clownfish uses a sea anenome as a safe place to live. While living there, the clownfish lures in food for the anenome. This is an example of what type of relationship?
a)
Predator-Prey
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
131.

What is the species eaten in a predation called?

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

c)

Individual

d)

Organism

132.

Which type of relationship helps regulate the population?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Predator Prey

c)

Commensalism

d)

Parasitism

133.

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other and watch for predators, alerting each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not as readily see. This is an example of -

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

134.

Oxpeckers are a type of small bird that land on zebras and eat ticks and other parasites that live on the zebra’s skin. The oxpeckers get food and the zebras get pests removed. This is an example of -

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

135.

Ticks live on dogs and feed off the dog’s blood. They may also infect the dog with a parasite that can cause the dog to become quite sick. Dogs also are sometimes found to be very tired because a large volume of their blood has been drained. This is an example of -

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Predation

136.

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body (usually in the mouth). This is like dental floss for the fish and both species benefit. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

a)

commensalism

b)

predation

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism

137.

What may happen if the grasshoppers were removed from the food web pictured?

a)

The rabbit population in the habitat would increase.

b)

The micer population would decrease because its the only food for the owls.

c)

The grass population would decrease because all the birds are eating it.

d)

Foxes would dies due to no food source.

138.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the detriment (ill effect) of the spruce. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

mutualism

d)

predation

139.

Based on the graph, what happens to the amount of kelp as sea otter numbers decrease?

a)

As the sea otter population decreases, kelp increases.

b)

As the sea otter population decreases, kelp decreases.

c)

As the sea otter population decreases, kelp doesn't change.

140.

What is a keystone species?

a)

A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

b)

A species that lives in or around rocks

c)

Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

d)

A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

141.

The purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) supports biodiversity in tidepools and is therefore a(n)...

a)

invasive species

b)

keystone species

c)

native species

d)

symbiotic species

142.
What does symbiosis mean?
a)
living separately, no relationship between 2 species
b)
living together, close relationship between 2 species
c)
Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species
d)
When one species kills and eats another