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Ecology Part 1 Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to this diagram which organisms are considered carnivores, meat eaters?

a)

jaguars and toucans

b)

fruit flies and bananas

c)

jaguars only

d)

fruit flies only

2.

In (a)   location on this energy pyramid would you expect to find producers?

Choose from the below words
yellow
green
orange
purple
3.

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well.

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

4.

Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

5.

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

a)

Grasses and ants

b)

Ants and grasshoppers

c)

Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths

d)

Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks

6.

In the carbon cycle, producers take in carbon dioxide during the process of

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Combustion

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Decomposition

7.

All living things return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through the process of

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Combustion

c)

Global warming

d)

Cellular respiration

8.

All of the living things in a forest

a)

a single deer

b)

a herd of deer

c)

all animals and plants

d)

the forest and everything in it

9.

In a forest ecosystem, decomposers like fungi and bacteria get their energy from...

a)

plants (producers)

b)

herbivores (primary consumers)

c)

carnivores (tertiary consumers)

d)

all organisms in the forest ecosystem

10.

In a forest ecosystem, what role do the leaves of a tree play?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

11.

In this food chain of a forest ecosystem, which organisms are considered herbivores, plant eaters?

a)

trees and plants

b)

deer and rabbits

c)

wolves and foxes

d)

hawks and eagles

12.

Ivy plants grow on an oak tree. The ivy plants get sunlight but the oak tree is not affected. What kind of relationship is this?

a)

Competition

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Parasitism

13.

In the food chain of a forest ecosystem, the fox would be considered a:

a)

Tertiary Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Primary Consumer

14.

Why might a rabbit have more than one arrow coming FROM it in a forest food web?

a)

More than one predator, like a fox or a hawk, may eat the rabbit.

b)

The rabbit may eat more than one other organism, like grass and carrots.

c)

This rabbit gets its energy from multiple sources, like grass and carrots.

15.

A farmer is preparing his field for cultivation. He knows that his crops need nitrogen to make what?

a)

Proteins

b)

Fossil fuels

c)

Carbohdrates

d)

Food

16.

While preparing for a school science project on the Earth's atmosphere, John read that ____ % of our atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen gas.

a)

100%

b)

1%

c)

25%

d)

78%

17.

A farmer is trying to improve the fertility of his soil. He learns that nitrogen can be altered into a usable form by nitrogen-fixing _______________ in the soil.

a)

roots

b)

bacteria

c)

worms

d)

chemicals