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Unit 9 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A bee receives nectar from a flower and carries the pollen to other flowers:

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

2.

Mistletoe grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients:

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

3.

What would happen within a few months after the formation of a volcanic island?

a)

pioneer species would grow

b)

no pioneer species would grow

c)

trees and large plants would grow

d)

rich, organic soil would be present

4.

What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

a)

carnivore

b)

detrivore

c)

decomposer

d)

herbivore

5.

Which organisms would be at the top or last trophic level?

a)

plant

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

carnivore

6.

The monkey would be a

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

primary consumer

d)

secondary consumer

7.

Introduced species disrupt ecosystems because they are a/an

a)

Keystone Species

b)

Endemic Species

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Native Species

8.

Which is an example of where primary succession could occur?

a)

a glacier melts and exposes new rocks

b)

natural fire burns a prairie

c)

a corn field is abandoned and left to overgrow

d)

flood covers a piece of land

9.

Barnacles do not affect whales as they grow, but receive the benefit of a food source. This is

a)

parasitism

b)

mutualism

c)

commensalism

d)

neutralism

10.

Mice might grow in population and destroy the community by eating all of the berry bushes if

a)

wolves and snakes were removed from the food web

b)

another predator migrated in to the community

c)

the snake population grew

d)

none of these

11.

Which event would not cause secondary succession?

a)

forest fire

b)

flooding of a valley

c)

volcanic lava flow

d)

tornado

12.

A lion that eats a zebra that eats grass is a

a)

primary consumer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

tertiary consumer

d)

quaternary consumer

13.

What percentage of energy is passed on to the next trophic level?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

90%

14.

Biotic can be defined as

a)

the living parts of an ecosystem

b)

non-living parts of an environment

c)

rocks and water

d)

snakes and water

15.

Abiotic can be defined as?

a)

An organism that is alive

b)

Non-living parts of an ecosystem

c)

Living Parts of the environment

d)

A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

16.

All living things or organisms in an ecosystem are

a)

None

b)

biotic factors

c)

abiotic factors

17.

Is rain an abiotic or biotic factor?

a)

abiotic

b)

biotic

18.

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

a)

keystone

b)

invasive

c)

engineer

d)

predator

19.

Which one of the following keystone examples play a vital role in the health of coastal kelp forests?

a)

starfish

b)

sea otters

c)

beavers

d)

wolves

e)

elephants

20.
Based on the graph shown, how can you tell sea otters are a keystone species?
a)
as the sea otter population decreases, biodiversity increases
b)
as sea otter population increases, biodiversity increases
c)
changes in the sea otter population have little effect on biodiversity 
d)
the sea otter population dereases due to the presence of urchins
21.

Producers are always at the __________ of a food chain

a)

Beginning

b)

Middle

c)

End

d)

Producers are not part of the food chain

22.

A producer is something that:

a)

Eats plants

b)

Makes its own food

c)

Eats animals

d)

Eats plants and animals

23.

Consumers...

a)

Make their own food

b)

Go through photosynthesis

c)

Eat other organisms

d)

Breathe in carbon dioxide

24.

Which of these things is NOT a consumer

a)

Human

b)

Whale

c)

Tree

d)

Chicken

25.

Mushroom (Fungus)

a)

Decomposer

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

26.

Falcon

a)

Decomposer

b)

Consumer

c)

Producer

27.

Cactus

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

28.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
29.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them. 
b)
They may eat more than one other organism. 
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
d)
They have no resources available to them.
30.
In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
31.

One of the nutrient cycles moves from an atmospheric gaseous form to the soil through both abiotic and biotic processes, moves through the food web, then is returned to the soil or to the atmosphere. Which cycle fits this description?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Water

32.

What organism is responsible for nitrogen fixation?

a)

plants

b)

humans

c)

bacteria

d)

viruses

e)

mice

33.
How do  animals get nitrogen?
a)
the atmosphere 
b)
eating other organisms
c)
bacteria
d)
lightning 
34.
Plants and animals need nitrogen to make __________.
a)
Protein
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Lipids
d)
Nucleic Acids
35.

A squirrels niche would be _________________.

a)

hunting prey to provide meat for other squirrels.

b)

searching for fish to eat in the ocean.

c)

storing nuts and seeds for winter and providing food for some predators.

d)

helping to decompose dead animals and plants.

36.

What Niche would a Groundhog have?

a)

Swimming in shallow waters.

b)

Creating burrows.

c)

Hunting large birds.

d)

Breaking down dead plants and animals.

37.

When a population leaves and goes OUT of a habitat

a)

niche

b)

emigration

c)

death rate.

d)

immigration

38.

What is the Habitat of a Honeybee?

a)

Pollenating Flowers

b)

A Hive

c)

Eating other insects.

d)

Playing basketball in the NBA.

39.

What Habitat would a frog have?

a)

marshes and ponds

b)

eats insects

c)

trees

d)

tadpole

40.

At what population was carrying capacity met?

a)

250

b)

1000

c)

400

d)

720

41.

Logistic population growth can be described as

a)

growth when resources are limited

b)

a s-shaped curve

c)

reaching carrying capacity

d)

all of the above

42.

Density-independent limiting factors to population growth includes

a)

stress from overcrowding

b)

parasitism

c)

competition

d)

natural disasters

43.

What is a population ?

a)

Disturbance has removed vegetation but left soil intact.

b)

The natural birth, growth and development of ecosystem.

c)

All organisms of a species that live in the same area.

d)

A community of interacting organisms and their environment.

44.

Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

a)

human activities

b)

unusual weather

c)

competition for food

d)

natural disasters

45.

The end result of ecological succession is usually a(n)

a)

land biome.

b)

aquatic biome.

c)

unstable community.

d)

climax community.

46.

. Which of the following is an example of primary succession?

a)

lichens growing on rocks following a volcanic eruption

b)

grasses growing after a forest fire

c)

oak trees replacing pine trees in a forest

d)

non-native species introduced into a climax community

47.

Identify the type of population growth shown on the graph.

a)

logistic growth

b)

exponential growth

c)

predator-prey cycle

d)

boom-bust curve

48.

List a biome, and the kinds of plants and animals that live there, as well as a threat it faces

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49.

A person is driving from L.A. California to Washington D.C. list the biomes they would encounter in order

a)

Desert -> Grassland -> Deciduous forest

b)

Deciduous forest -> Grassland -> Deciduous forest -> Desert

c)

Deciduous forest -> Desert -> Grassland

d)

Grassland -> Desert -> Deciduous forest

50.

Climate is ________ and Weather is ________

a)

a long term pattern, day-to-day

b)

a day-to-day condition, a long term pattern

c)

high, low

d)

regional, specific