WorksheetsEcology Part 1 Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 20mins
According to this diagram which organisms are considered carnivores, meat eaters?
jaguars and toucans
fruit flies and bananas
jaguars only
fruit flies only
In (a) location on this energy pyramid would you expect to find producers?
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.
symbiosis
parasitism
mutualism
commensalism
Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human
symbiosis
parasitism
mutualism
commensalism
The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?
Grasses and ants
Ants and grasshoppers
Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths
Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks
In the carbon cycle, producers take in carbon dioxide during the process of
Cellular Respiration
Combustion
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
All living things return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through the process of
Photosynthesis
Combustion
Global warming
Cellular respiration
All of the living things in a forest
a single deer
a herd of deer
all animals and plants
the forest and everything in it
In a forest ecosystem, decomposers like fungi and bacteria get their energy from...
plants (producers)
herbivores (primary consumers)
carnivores (tertiary consumers)
all organisms in the forest ecosystem
In a forest ecosystem, what role do the leaves of a tree play?
producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
In this food chain of a forest ecosystem, which organisms are considered herbivores, plant eaters?
trees and plants
deer and rabbits
wolves and foxes
hawks and eagles
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?
Competition
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
In the food chain of a forest ecosystem, the fox would be considered a:
Tertiary Consumer
Producer
Secondary Consumer
Primary Consumer
Why might a rabbit have more than one arrow coming FROM it in a forest food web?
More than one predator, like a fox or a hawk, may eat the rabbit.
The rabbit may eat more than one other organism, like grass and carrots.
This rabbit gets its energy from multiple sources, like grass and carrots.
A farmer is preparing his field for cultivation. He knows that his crops need nitrogen to make what?
Proteins
Fossil fuels
Carbohdrates
Food
While preparing for a school science project on the Earth's atmosphere, John read that ____ % of our atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen gas.
100%
1%
25%
78%
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.
roots
bacteria
worms
chemicals
