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A basic ecology quiz
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1
The arrow in a food chain and food web means....
Eats
I am hungry
Doesn't like
Is eaten by
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Photosynthesis uses the following things to produce food (glucose).....
Sunlight, oxygen and water
Glucose, carbon dioxide and water
Carbon dioxide, water and oxygen
The processcarbon dioxide, water and sunlight
3
Which of the following is incorrect:
A carnivore is always a top order consumer
Carnivores can eat herbivores, omnivore and carnivores
Omnivores eat producers and herbivores
A herbivore only eats producers
4
A tropical rainforest is defined by.....
Hot and dry conditions
Both 2 and 3
Year long rainfall
Warm and humid conditions
5
A tundra is a biome that...
is characterised by grass varieties
Is hot and dry
Is extremely cold and covered in snow most of the year
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A biome is......
A habitat
A place
A type of ecosystem
Large ecological areas on the earth's surface.
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Surtsey is important because...
It is pretty
We need to be careful of volcanic activity
It is a model for succession on an island
It has been undisturbed by humans
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A producer.....
Makes things
Produces its own food through respiration
Produces its own food through photosynthesis
Eats food it makes
9
I have a very dry season and a very wet season, what biome am I?
Savanah
Rainforest
Desert
Tundra
10
When making a food web.....
Have each consumer level organised in rows
You need to reduce the amount of line crossing
Put producers in a row on the bottom
All of the options
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The difference between a food chain and food web is:
A food chain is linked a food web isn't
A food web shows one feeding relationship
Food chain shows one & a food web all feeding relationships
a food chain is shorter
12
Decomposers play a unique role in an ecosystem because:
They are environmental recyclers of nutrients
They have a large biomass
The are food for other animals
They are little and don't take up much room
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Biodiversity is important because:
Large number of plant species means greater variety of crops
All of the options
Better withstand and recover from a variety of disasters
Ensures natural sustainability for all life forms
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What is biomass?
organic matter derived from living or recently living things
The mass of dead things
The mass of living things
The mass of biology