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Energy and Interactions in Ecosystems

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A consumer that eats only producers.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Carnivore

d)

Omnivore

2.

An organism that makes its own food.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Herbovore

d)

Carnivore

3.

This shows the total energy available at each trophic level of an ecosystem.

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

4.

The complete removal of decomposers from an ecosystem will have the greatest effect on which of the following?

a)

migration

b)

the availability of water

c)

the recycling of nutrients

d)

the distribution of organisms

5.

What level consumer is the frog

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Apex Predator

6.

What level consumer is the snake?

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary

d)

Apex Predator

7.

In an ecosystem, snakes feed on frogs, which feed on mosquitoes. Use of a bug spray has decreased the number of mosquitoes. What will probably happen to the number of frogs and snakes?

a)

Frogs will increase, snakes will increase

b)

Frogs will increase, snakes will decrease

c)

Frogs will decrease, snakes will increase

d)

Frogs will decrease, snakes will decrease

8.

What do producers need, other than sun, for photosynthesis?

a)

Water and CO2

b)

Glucose and O2

c)

Love and happiness

d)

Carbohydrates and water

9.

The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?

a)

It will decrease.

b)

It will increase.

c)

It will remain the same.

10.

Using the biomass pyramid. Which organism has the most biomass?

a)

acacia tree

b)

rhinoceros

c)

vulture

11.

Using the energy pyramid. Which number best describes the amount of energy in trophic level 1?


a)

68

b)

680,000

c)

6,800

12.
__________ primary productivity is the total amount of energy that producers convert to chemical energy in organic molecules per unit of time.   
a)
Net
b)
Total
c)
Gross
d)
None of the above
13.
__________productivity = the organic materials that remain after photosynthetic organisms in the ecosystem have used some of these compounds for their cellular energy needs (cellular respiration).
a)
Gross
b)
Primary
c)
Net
d)
Secondary
14.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
15.
Why can't the top level contain a large number of organisms?
a)
Because as energy moves from the bottom to the top level, less and less energy is available to higher levels.
b)
Because the original energy from producers is the total energy available to all the organisms in the energy pyramid.
c)
because only about ten percent of the energy available at one level is transferred to the next level.
d)
all of the above
16.

In this food pyramid, the phytoplankton start with 500 calories of energy. How many calories make it to the shark?

a)

500

b)

50

c)

5

d)

0.5

e)

0.05

17.

Which layer of the food pyramid will receive the least energy?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers

e)

Quaternary consumers

18.

The rabbit would be a good example of a?

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

19.

When bull elk fight for dominance in the herd, this is an example of

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Symbiosis

20.

The clownfish provides the anemone some added nutrients and the clownfish gets some added protection, this example is a good representation of?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Journalism

21.

The eagle and the fish's interaction can best be described by which word

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Domination

d)

Predation

22.

The interaction between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Journalism

d)

Comensalism

23.

This is an interaction between the striped pilot fish and the oceanic white tip shark. The pilot fish benefit from this interaction by getting to eat the shark's leftovers and some protection from predators. The shark gets nothing from this interaction. What is the best word to describe this interaction?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Competition

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutually Beneficial