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Ecological Organization, Pyramids, Carbon Cycle Quizizz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following shows an abiotic factor interacting with a biotic factor in the environment?

a)

Lamprey eels survive by attaching themselves to trout.

b)

Water temperature affects its oxygen level.

c)

Low light intensity affects the growth of forest pine trees.

d)

Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of apple tree.

2.

Which is an example of a seasonal change to a biotic factor?

a)

Temperatures get cooler in the fall.

b)

Hours of sunlight increase the summer.

c)

Birds fly south for the winter.

d)

Rainfall increases in the spring.

3.

What are the biotic factors in this image?

a)

sunlight, elephants, grasses

b)

sunlight, water, air

c)

elephants, plants, trees

d)

elephants, clouds, grasses

4.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water

b)

birds

c)

plants

d)

air

5.

Which of the following best describes a community?

a)

sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef

b)

decorator crabs on the seafloor

c)

loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic

d)

prairie grassland in Wyoming

6.

What level of organization can be seen here?

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

7.

What level of ecological organization does this entire picture represent?

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

8.

Which two earth spheres are interacting: A fish swimming in a river.

a)

geosphere and atmosphere

b)

hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

geosphere and cryosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

9.

Which two earth spheres are interacting: The wind blows the leaves from a tree.

a)

atmosphere

biosphere

b)

atmosphere

geosphere

c)

geosphere

hydrosphere

d)

geosphere

atmosphere

10.

Which two earth spheres are interacting: The sun dries up a small river.

a)

hydrosphere

biosphere

b)

hydrosphere

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

geosphere

d)

hydrosphere

cryosphere

11.

When ocean water evaporates into the air, which 2 spheres are interacting?

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

12.

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

a)

Ominvores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Detritivores

d)

Flow of energy

13.

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

a)

Ominvore

b)

Detritivore

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Autotroph

14.

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

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

c)

Decomposer

d)

Detritivore

15.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
16.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
17.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
18.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
19.

Which level would have the most biomass?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers - herbivores

c)

Secondary consumers- carnivores

d)

Quaternary consumers- Apex Predators

20.

Which level would have the least biomass?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers - herbivores

c)

Secondary consumers- carnivores

d)

Quaternary consumers- Apex Predators

21.

A ecological pyramid model that shows the amount of living organic matter or tissue available at each trophic level.

a)

trophic level

b)

food web

c)

biomass pyramid

d)

pyramid of numbers

22.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.
a)

biosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

geosphere

d)

hydrosphere

23.
How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
a)
respiration and photosynthesis
b)
 decomposition and respiration
24.
Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
a)
volcanoes
b)
combustion of fossil fuels
c)
animal and plant respiration
d)

decomposition

25.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
26.

Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. When an animal eats another animal, carbon is ___________________.

a)

released

b)

transferred

c)

dissolved

d)

gone

27.

Which of the below removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

trees and phytoplankton

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

28.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
29.

Which statement is an example of how carbon moves through a food chain as part of the cycle?

a)

Producers release carbon dioxide, and consumers take it it.

b)

Producers take in carbon dioxide, and consumers release it.

c)

Producers take in carbon from the soil, and they release it when they decompose.

d)

Producers release carbon into the soil, and consumers take it in from the soil.

30.

How does carbon move from the biosphere into the atmosphere?

a)

Through cellular respiration

b)

Through photosynthesis

c)

Through burning fossil fuels

d)

Through carbon dissolving in the ocean

31.

How do humans obtain their carbon?

a)

From absorbing sunlight

b)

From inhaling carbon

c)

From eating plants and animals

d)

From fossil fuels

32.

Which of the following are carbon sinks?

a)

The ocean

b)

Plants

c)

The atmosphere

d)

Clouds

33.

If a carbon molecule moves from a plant to an animal, is it moving through the short-term or long-term carbon cycle?

a)

Quick/Short Cycle

b)

Slow/Long Cycle

34.

Formation of fossil fuels is part of the:

a)

Quick/Short Carbon Cycle

b)

Slow/Long Carbon Cycle

35.

How does the ocean fit into the carbon cycle?

a)

Absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

b)

Filters carbon for marine plants to use

c)

Takes carbon from the soil on the ocean floor

d)

Cycling carbon from the biosphere