SNC1P Ecology Review

Question 1

T/F An increase in a predator population will likely result in an increase in a prey population

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False

Question 2

All the living features of an ecosystem are said to be ...

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Biotic

Question 3

An ecosystem that maintains relatively constant abiotic and biotic features is said to be ...

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Sustainable

Question 4

A process that converts sugar + O2 into CO2 + H2O + Energy is called ...

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Cellular Respiration

Question 5

True/False: The role of an organism in its habitat is its niche.

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True

Question 6

If a __________species is removed from an ecosystem it will collapse.

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Keystone

Question 7

The thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth is called the ...

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Atmosphere

Question 8

Organisms that feed on the remains of dead or decaying species are known as...

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Detritivores and Scavengers

Question 9

Which of the following is not a type of limiting factor?

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Abundance of food

Question 10

The Drooping Trillium may soon disapear from Ontario and maybe everywhere. It is considered ...

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Endangered

Question 11

The cycle of moving living and non living matter through the environment is known as ...

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Biogeochemical Cycle

Question 12

Which of the following is not a method of conserving biodiversity?

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Food Banks

Question 13

Living things, their remains, features (ex. nests) that are part of their activities are ...

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Biotic Factors

Question 14

The Blanchards Cricket Frog no longer exists in Ontario but lives elswhere. In Ontario it is...

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Extirpated

Question 15

This is an inverted pyramid of ...

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Biomass

Question 16

The terrestrial layer of Earth (mountains, ocean floor, rocky outer shell) is called the...

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Lithosphere

Question 17

Something that absorbs carbon is known as a(n)...

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Carbon Sink

Question 18

A ___________represents the heirarchy of feeding relationships within a community (ecosystem).

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Food Web

Question 19

The Emerald Ash Borer a non-native species having negative impacts and is therefore ...

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Invasive

Question 20

The Bali tiger of Indonesia is said to no longer exist. Therfore it is considered ...

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Extinct

Question 21

All the places on Earth where living things can exist is called the...

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Biosphere

Question 22

Taking a species out of its native ecosystem and placing them in a zoo to protect them is ...

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Ex-Situ Conservation

Question 23

Biosphere II is also know as ...

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The "Earths systems research facility" in Arizona

Question 24

Organisms that consume only meat are known as ...

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Carnivores

Question 25

Most food chains tend to limit themsleves to this many trophic levels.

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4

Question 26

The level of an organism depending on it's position in a food web (ecosystem) is called a(n)...

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Trophic Level

Question 27

True/False: Climate, Space, Food and Water are limiting factors.

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True

Question 28

Members of the same species living in the same envirmonment define a(n)...

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Population

Question 29

The part of Earth that includes all water (oceans, lakes, ice, clouds groundwater) is called...

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Hydrosphere

Question 30

An organism gets food, water, shelter and other things it needs to survive from its...

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Habitat

Question 31

Organisms that eat both autotrophs and heterotrophs are known as...

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Omnivores

Question 32

The range of abiotic features within which a species can survive is know as its ...

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Tolerance Range

Question 33

The maximum population size of a species that an ecosystem can sustain is called ...

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Carrying Capacity

Question 34

The Eastern Wolf is at risk of becoming threatened or endangered. It is considered...

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Special Concern

Question 35

The environment where an organism lives is defined as its ...

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Habitat

Question 36

The following picture describes a pyramid of ...

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Energy Flow

Question 37

The following digram describes a pyramid of ...

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Biomass

Question 38

Energy that travels through empty space is known as...

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Radiant energy

Question 39

A _________________ is one possible link (path) of energy flow in an ecosystem.

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Food Chain

Question 40

Different plants fighting over resources is this type of relationship.

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Interspecific

Question 41

The following diagram describes a pyramid of ...

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Numbers

Question 42

Biosphere I is also known as ...

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Earth

Question 43

Organisms that consume only plants are known as ...

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Herbivores

Question 44

A system made up of living things in an area with non-living things is called a(n)...

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Ecosytem

Question 45

True/False: Commensalism is a relationship in which two species live closely and both benefit.

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True

Question 46

The Canadian Lynx is a(n) _____________ species / native species to Canada.

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Indiginous

Question 47

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

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10%

Question 48

The non-living characteristics of an ecosystem are ...

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Abiotic Factors

Question 49

Collecting millions of different samples, Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a giant...

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Seed Bank

Question 50

A type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with, on or in and harms the organisms is ...

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Parasitism

Question 51

The American White Pelican may soon be endangered. It is considered to be ...

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Threatened

Question 52

grass → rabbit → fox What % of energy does the fox get from the grass?

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1%

Question 53

A prairie dog, a hawk and a snake are all members of the same

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Community

Question 54

Protecting a species within its natural habitat is a type of ...

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In-Situ Conservation

Question 55

If an area has all the wolves it can support, the wolf population has reached its

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Carrying Capacity

Question 56

The study of the interaction between living things and their environment

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Ecology

Question 57

A factor that restricts the size of a species population or where it can live is called ...

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Limiting Factor

Question 58

The variety of species living in an ecosystem

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Biodiversity

Question 59

An organism that can not create its own food and must search for its food is known as a(n)...

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Heterotroph

Question 60

Light, oxygen, soil, and water are all types of ...

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Abiotic Factors

Question 61

Something that releases carbon into the atmosphere is known as a(n) ...

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Carbon Source

Question 62

Lions fighting over their pride is a type of _______________ relationship.

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Intraspecific

Question 63

A "producer" can make it's own food energy and is also known as a(n)...

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Autotroph

Question 64

A species behaviour, what it eats, what eats it and where is lives is known as a(n)...

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Niche

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SNC1P Ecology Review

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