WorksheetsBio/HBio Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
At what point in time would a pioneer species appear?
a)
35 years
b)
15 years
c)
80 years
d)
115 years
2.
Which of the following is the correct order of Ecological Hierarchy from most specific to least specific?
a)
Community, Population, Biome, Ecosystem. Biome, Biosphere, Organism
b)
Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Biome, Organism
c)
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere
d)
Ecosystem, Organism, Biosphere, Community, Biome, Population
3.
A student is studying the ecology of a marshland, which forms after a rainfall in a dry lake bed that includes the following organisms: fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, tadpole shrimp and mayfly larvae. Which level of biological organisms best describes what the student observed?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Population
c)
Biome
d)
Ecosystem
4.
Which of the following statements regarding the Nitrogen Cycle is correct?
a)
Nitrogen is NEVER a component of organic molecules
b)
Decomposers provide protein to the atmosphere
c)
Bacteria in the soil break down nitrogen to form carbohydrates
d)
The main reservoir of nitrogen is the atmosphere
5.
In the water cycle, plants return water to the atmosphere through the process known as:
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Decomposition
c)
Transpiration
d)
Assimilation
6.
Which of the following could cause the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere to decrease?
a)
Increased burning of fossil fuels
b)
Increased numbers of decomposers
c)
Increased numbers of autotrophs
d)
Increased respiration in animals.
7.
In the carbon cycle, atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted by autotrophs into organic material by which process?
a)
Cellular Respiration
b)
Decomposition
c)
Transpiration
d)
Photosynthesis
8.
As you move up trophic levels on an Energy Pyramid, energy...
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Remains the same
d)
None of the above
9.
Which of the following Trophic Levels would have the greatest amount of energy?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
A consumer that eats both plants and animals is known as....
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)
Detrivore
11.
A process used by plants to capture light and carbon dioxide to manufacture sugars.
a)
Cellular Respiration
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Nitrification
d)
Ammonification
12.
A diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy within each trophic level of a food chain/web.
a)
Ecological Pyramid
b)
Tropical Pyramid
c)
Rain Octagon
d)
Biosphere
13.
Consumers that only eat other animals
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detrivore
14.
Organisms that eat dead organic matter
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detrivores
15.
All organisms of a species that live together in the same geographical region.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
biosphere
d)
ecosystem
16.
Organisms that can make their own energy
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
omnivore
d)
carnivore
17.
Consumers that only eat plants
a)
omnivore
b)
detrivore
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
18.
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating or being eaten.
a)
Food Chain
b)
Cafeteria
c)
Food Web
d)
Restaurant
19.
Composed of multiple food chains.
a)
Food Circle
b)
Food Square
c)
Food Friends
d)
Food Web
20.
the first species to populate an area. Examples include lichens and mosses.
a)
pioneer species
b)
organisms
c)
primary species
d)
secondary species
21.
A series of changes that occur in an area where no ecosystem has previously ever been.
a)
secondary succession
b)
primary succession
c)
tertiary succession
d)
quarternary succession
22.
Secondary Succession occurs following ____________.
a)
nothing
b)
a disturbance
c)
a birthday
d)
a death.
23.
The biome experiences all four seasons
a)
Tropical Rainforest
b)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
c)
Chaparral
d)
Desert
24.
This biome is cold year round.
a)
Tundra
b)
Grassland
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Chaparral
25.
This biome is very hot during the day and very cold at night.
a)
tundra
b)
grassland
c)
taiga
d)
desert
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