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Ecology 🌎

Total questions: 5

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. What is the key difference between primary and secondary succession?

a)
  1. Primary succession begins after an ecological disturbance, secondary succession begins on bare rock.

b)

Primary and secondary succession lack any significant differences.

c)

Primary succession begins on bare rock and secondary succession begins after an ecological disturbance.

d)
  1. Both primary succession and secondary succession begin on nutrient rich soil.

2.
  1. Which best defines a population?

a)

All the organisms in an ecosystem

b)
  1. All the animals that share similar anatomical features

c)

All the animals that acquire resources through similar methods

d)

All the interbreeding members of a certain species in an ecosystem

3.

What would immediately happen if the deer population was removed from the food web?

a)

Population of the hawks would increase.

b)

Population of the mountain lion would increase.

c)
  1. Population of the bark beetles would increase.

d)

Population of the mountain lion would decrease.

4.
  1. A lion and a hyena compete for the same food source, a gazelle. What is the relationship between the hyena and gazelle?

a)

Competition

b)

Commensalism

c)
  1. Predator-Prey

d)

Mutualism

5.
  1. If the amount of energy at the primary consumer level is 5,000 kcal, how much energy do the lions have?


a)

500 kcal

b)

50 kcal

c)

5 kcal

d)

0.5 kcal