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BIG Ecology Test Tomorrow
ecologybiosphereabiotic factorbiotic factorpopulationecosystemhabitatNichesymbiosiscommensalis
mmutualismparasitism
autotrophheterotrophdecomposerfood chaintrophic level food webenergy
limiting factortolerancesuccessionprimary successionclimax communitysecondary
successioncommunityhuman impactpollution
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Ecology Review
Questions
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Multiple Choice
The natural world that surrounds an organism is called the organism’s:
a. energy
b. environment
c. lodgings
d. nutrients
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Multiple Choice
The study of how living things interact is called:
a. ecosystems
b. abiotic factors
c. ecology
d. the energy pyramid
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Multiple Choice
The source of energy for almost all life on Earth is:
a. fungi
b. animals
c. water
d. sunlight
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Multiple Choice
An example of a biotic factor in a forest ecosystem is:
a. waterfall
b. cliff
c. a tree
d. a rock
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Multiple Choice
An ecosystem is made up of:
a. living things only
b. physical environment only
c. living things and the physical environment
d. living things and decaying matter
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Multiple Choice
In an energy pyramid, the bottom level represents:
a. consumers
b. producers
c. scavengers
d. decomposers
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Multiple Choice
An example of a consumer in a pond ecosystem is:
a. a water lily
b. algae
c. a reed
d. a frog
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Multiple Choice
Which of these food chains is in the correct order?
a. caterpillar, cattail, frog, water snake
b. cattail, caterpillar, frog, water snake
c. water snake, frog, caterpillar, cattail
d. cattail, frog, caterpillar, water snake
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Multiple Choice
Ecology is the study of how:
a. the physical environment changes over time
b. biotic factors change over time
c. matter interacts with energy in our environment
d. living things interact with each other and their environment
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Multiple Choice
An example of a biotic factor in a pond ecosystem is:
a. temperature
b. water
c. fish
d. sunlight
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Multiple Choice
An example of a producer is a:
a. fungus
b. caterpillar
c. bird
d. moss
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Multiple Choice
Both consumers and producers are a source of food for:
a. scavengers
b. decomposers
c. carnivores
d. herbivores
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Multiple Choice
In an energy pyramid, the lowest level has:
a. less energy than the top level
b. less energy than the second level
c. more energy than the top level
d. the same amount of energy as the second level
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Multiple Choice
A scientist who studies the interactions of plants and animals is called:
a. a physicist
b. a botanist
c. a geologist
d. an ecologist
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Multiple Choice
A food chains shows:
a. one possible pathway for energy
b. many possible pathways for energy
c. the amount of energy available to a producer
d. the amount of energy available to a consumer
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Multiple Choice
Decomposers are important to ecosystems because they:
a. are at the highest level of the energy pyramid
b. change simple compounds into more complex ones
c. make nutrients available for producers to reuse
d. convert light energy into sugars through photosynthesis
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following factors in an ecosystem is biotic?
a. insects
b. soil
c. water
d. sunlight
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Multiple Choice
Two abiotic factors that affect an ecosystem are:
a. temperature and animals
b. plants and animals
c. water and bacteria
d. soil and water
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Multiple Choice
Two examples of decomposers are:
a. fungi and bacteria
b. algae and marine mammals
c. carnivores and herbivores
d. ferns and mosses
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Multiple Choice
A caterpillar eats a leaf, and a bird eats the caterpillar. In this interaction, the bird is a:
a. producer
b. herbivore
c. primary consumer
d. secondary consumer
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Multiple Choice
How is a food web model different from a food chain?
a. In a web, energy moves from an organism to only one other.
b. In a web, energy may move to many organisms from one.
c. In a web, an organism gets energy from one source.
d. In a web, an organism receives less energy than in a chain.
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Multiple Choice
When a rabbit population in a meadow cannot grow any larger, it has reached the:
a. climax community
b. carrying capacity
c. limiting factor
d. minimum size
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Multiple Choice
Which list of terms is in the correct order, from simplest to most complex?
a. organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome
b. organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem
c. organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome
d. organism, community, ecosystem, population, biome
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Multiple Choice
A population of rabbits is at its carrying capacity when the population:
a. reproduces
b. becomes extinct
c. stops growing
d. can’t survive
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Multiple Choice
An unusually cold winter causes the squirrel population to decrease. This is an example of temperature as a:
a. carrying capacity
b. limiting factor
c. climax community
d. pattern in space
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Multiple Choice
All the living things in a meadow and the physical environment around them make up the meadow’s:
a. community
b. population
c. ecosystem
d. niche
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Multiple Choice
A crab lives on a beach where it gets food, shelter, and space to live. The beach is the crab’s:
a. niche
b. community
c. habitat
d. home
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Multiple Choice
All the leopard frogs in a pond make up the pond’s leopard frog:
a. population
b. niche
c. habitat
d. ecosystem
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Multiple Choice
Biodiversity is a measure of the:a. variety of nonliving things within
an ecosystemb. amount of resources shared by
the human population.c. Variety of species within an
ecosystem.d. Amount of renewable resources
within an ecosystem.
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Multiple Choice
Biotic factors in an ecosystem may include:
a. bacteria, soil, and water
b. plants, animals, and bacteria
c. temperature, water, and soil
d. animals, fungi, and temperature
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Multiple Choice
An animal that eats only plants is a:
a. primary consumer
b. secondary consumer
c. tertiary consumer
d. primary producer
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Multiple Choice
An example of a biotic factor is:
a. soil
b. a rock
c. water
d. a tree
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Multiple Choice
A snake that eats an insect-eating frog is a:
a. primary consumer
b. secondary consumer
c. tertiary consumer
d. primary producer
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Fill in the Blank
A(n) ___________________________ is made up of both living things and the physical environment.
An ecosystem is made up of both living things and the physical environment.
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Fill in the Blank
__________________________ is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
Ecology is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
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Fill in the Blank
Living things in an ecosystem are ________________________ factors.
Living things in an ecosystem are biotoic factors.
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Fill in the Blank
Nonliving things in an ecosystem are __________________________ factors.
Nonliving things in an ecosystem are abiotioc factors.
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Fill in the Blank
The __________________________ of an environment is the maximum population that it can support.
The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population that it can support.
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True or False?
Organisms in soil are an example of abiotic factors.
FALSE
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True or False?
The amount of light available in an ecosystem affects the types and amount of plant life that will grow there.
TRUE
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True or False?
Plants use energy to make sugars through photosynthesis.
TRUE
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True or False?
An ecosystem is composed of biotic factors.
FALSE
Biotic factors AND abiotic factors.
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True or False?
In a species, the organisms’ offspring must be able to breed.
TRUE
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True or False?
The same niche in a habitat may be occupied by more than one species.
TRUE
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Matching_____ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food
chains_____Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy_____Decomposerc. shows how energy is lost as it is transferred
up the food chain_____Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals_____Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
_____Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
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Matching__B__ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food chains_____Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy_____Decomposerc. shows how energy is lost as it is transferred
up the food chain_____Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals_____Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
_____Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
A producer is an organism that converts heat or light energy into chemical energy.
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Matching__B__ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food chains__D__ Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy_____ Decomposer c. shows how energy is lost as it is
transferred up the food chain_____ Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals_____ Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
_____ Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
A consumer is an organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals.
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Matching__B__ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food chains__D__ Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy__F__ Decomposer c. shows how energy is lost as it is
transferred up the food chain_____ Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals_____ Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
_____ Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds.
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Matching__B__ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food chains__D__ Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy__F__ Decomposer c. shows how energy is lost as it is
transferred up the food chain__E__ Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals_____ Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
_____ Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
A food chain shows one set of feeding relationships between a producer and several consumers.
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Matching__B__ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food chains__D__ Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy__F__ Decomposer c. shows how energy is lost as it is
transferred up the food chain__E__ Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals__A__ Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
_____ Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
A food web is made up of many overlapping food chains.
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Matching__B__ Producer a. made up of many overlapping food chains__D__ Consumer b. organism that converts heat or light energy
into chemical energy__F__ Decomposer c. shows how energy is lost as it is
transferred up the food chain__E__ Food Chain d. organism that gets its energy by eating
plants or animals__A__ Food Web e. shows one set of feeding relationships
between a producer and several consumers
__C__ Energy Pyramid f. organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler compounds
An energy pyramid shows how energy is lost as it is transferred up the food chain.
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Matching
_____ It surrounds all living things
_____All living organisms need it
_____It gives Earth most of its energy
a. organism
b. Energy
c. The ocean
d. Environment
e. The Sun
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Matching
__D__ It surrounds all living things
_____All living organisms need it
_____It gives Earth most of its energy
a. organism
b. Energy
c. The ocean
d. Environment
e. The Sun
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Matching
__D__ It surrounds all living things
__B__All living organisms need it
_____It gives Earth most of its energy
a. organism
b. Energy
c. The ocean
d. Environment
e. The Sun
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Matching
__D__ It surrounds all living things
__B__All living organisms need it
__E__It gives Earth most of its energy
a. organism
b. Energy
c. The ocean
d. Environment
e. The Sun
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Matching
_____ Two organisms try to get the same thing in a relation
_____ Two organisms benefit in a relationship_____ The role a species fills in a habitat
a. nicheb. habitatc. parasitismd. competitione. mutualism
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Matching
__D__ Two organisms try to get the same thing in a relation
_____ Two organisms benefit in a relationship_____ The role a species fills in a habitat
a. nicheb. habitatc. parasitismd. competitione. mutualism
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Matching
__D__ Two organisms try to get the same thing in a relation
__E__ Two organisms benefit in a relationship_____ The role a species fills in a habitat
a. nicheb. habitatc. parasitismd. competitione. mutualism
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Matching
__D__ Two organisms try to get the same thing in a relation
__E__ Two organisms benefit in a relationship__A__ The role a species fills in a habitat
a. nicheb. habitatc. parasitismd. competitione. mutualism
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Matching
_____ Something from the environment that humans use
_____ Number of people in a given area_____ The variety of life in an ecosystem
a. pollutionb. population densityc. natural resourced. Invasive speciese. biodiversity
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Matching
__C__ Something from the environment that humans use
_____ Number of people in a given area_____ The variety of life in an ecosystem
a. pollutionb. population densityc. natural resourced. Invasive speciese. biodiversity
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Matching
__C__ Something from the environment that humans use
__B__ Number of people in a given area_____ The variety of life in an ecosystem
a. pollutionb. population densityc. natural resourced. Invasive speciese. biodiversity
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Matching
__C__ Something from the environment that humans use
__B__ Number of people in a given area__E__ The variety of life in an ecosystem
a. pollutionb. population densityc. natural resourced. Invasive speciese. biodiversity
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What do the arrows in the food web represent?
The flow of energy within the food web.
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List two producers and three consumers in the food web.
Producers = rosebush, oak tree, grassConsumers = deer, wolf, rabbit, squirrel caterpillar, frog,
sparrow, snake, hawk
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Draw one food chain that includes the sparrow.
rose bush –> caterpillar –> sparrow -> hawkrose bush -> caterpillar -> sparrow -> snakeoak tree -> caterpillar -> sparrow -> hawkoak tree -> caterpillar -> sparrow -> snakegrass -> caterpillar -> sparrow -> hawkgrass -> caterpillar -> sparrow -> snake
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