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Pre-Test [3] Ecology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web?

a)

energy path

b)

food chain

c)

trophic level

d)

food pyramid

2.

Which type of pyramid shows the amount of living tissue at each trophic

level in an ecosystem?

a)

a numbers pyramid

b)

an energy pyramid

c)

a biomass pyramid

d)

a food pyramid

3.

The branch of biology that deals with the interactions among organisms

and between organisms and their environment.

a)

economy

b)

modeling

c)

recycling

d)

ecology

4.

What is the main source of almost all of the energy in ecosystems?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

sunlight

c)

water

d)

carbon

5.

What is the lowest level of environmental complexity that includes living

and nonliving factors?

a)

biome

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

biosphere

6.

It is the process in the carbon cycle where the carbon is used to make sugar

(chemical energy).

a)

combustion

b)

photosynthesis

c)

digestion

d)

respiration

7.

What biogeochemical cycle is the most affected when burning fossil

fuels?

a)

carbon cycle

b)

nitrogen cycle

c)

phosphorus cycle

d)

water cycle

8.

Trophic level 1 in the food chain consists of:

a)

Decomposers

b)

Producers

c)

Primary consumers

d)

Secondary consumers

9.

The biotic components that can make their own food through

photosynthesis.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Sapothrops

d)

none of the above

10.

This the place where most of the Nitrogen can be found.

a)

Ocean

b)

Rocks

c)

atmosphere

d)

organism

11.

Which is the other term for biogeochemical cycle?

a)

Rock cycle

b)

Nutrient cycle

c)

water cycle

d)

gaseous cycle

12.

Which among the following is not a gaseous type of cycle?

a)

Carbon cycle

b)

Phosphorus cycle

c)

Nitrogen Cycle

d)

Sulfur cycle

13.

This step in the water cycle occurs when the water on the surface of

the Earth which can no longer be absorbed by the soil.

a)

Surface run – off

b)

Infiltration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Condensation

14.

This biome has no vegetation at all and has no precipitation all year

round.

a)

Dessert

b)

Tropical rainforest

c)

Savanna

d)

Grassland

15.

It consists of a group of organisms of the same species living in the

same area at the same time.

a)

population

b)

crowd

c)

community

d)

biome