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Ecology Final Review
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1
A tick sucking the blood of a moose is what type of interaction?
Herbivory
Parasitism
Predation
Symbiosis
2
What is the chemical formula for water?
OH2
H2O
H2O2
H - O
3
When a new island forms, it goes through which of the following?
Primary Succession
New Land Succession
Secondary Succession
Tertiary Succession
4
Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as “sunny and humid,” describe
Precipitation
Climate
Time
Weather
5
What type of growth does the graph represent?
Logistic Growth
Decreasing Growth
None of the Answers are Correct
Exponential Growth
6
If 300 deer live within a20-km
2
area, then 15 deer per km
2
is the deer ______ for that area.
Population Density
Carrying Capacity
Limiting Factor
Survivorship curve
7
BONUS: How many elements are on the periodic table?
106
118
110
128
8
Giraffes, lions, zebras, hyenas, and all the other living things of the Serengeti make up a(n)
Ecosystem
Biome
Population
Community
9
What is the systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through experiments?
Science
Ecology
Biology
Environmental Studies
10
Wolves being selected for by humans into dogs is an example of what?
Genetic Drift
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Genetic Flow
11
What has happened to resource consumption in the last 150 years including the industrial rev.?
It has decreased slightly.
it has decreased significantly.
It has stayed the same
it has increased significantly.
12
Moss that eat dead trees are referred to as what?
Decomposers
Omnivores
Herbivores
Carnivores
13
_________ is the weight of living material at some particular time.
Energy Pyramid
Biomass
Trophic Level
Ecosystem Limit
14
Who is this person and what was he the father of?
Albert Einstein, Evolution
Charles Darwin, Evolution
Charles Darwin, Ecology
Albert Einstein, Ecology
15
What is the element of life and Mr. Freidhoff's favorite element?
Carbon
Helium
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
16
“All the living things and their physical environment within a given area” best defines
Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
17
Matter that organisms require for their life processes are called
Decomposers
Nutrients
Renewable Resources
Fertilizers
18
The first level of all food pyramids
Primary Producers
Tertiary Consumers
Secondary Producers
Primary Consumers
19
When numerous food chains link to each other in an ecosystem, it is known as a(n) _________.
Food Web
Food Cluster
Energy Transformation Diagram
Ecosystem
20
What does the diagram below represent?
Scientific Thinking
Scientific Method
Scientific Process
Scientific Menu
21
What is the term for organisms, including plants and algae, which create their own food?
Decomposers
Omnivores
Producers
Consumers
22
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?
Natural Gas
Solar Energy
Wave Energy
Wind Energy
23
A species of turtle creates many eggs, not many of which make it to adulthood? What type is it?
Type III
None of the Answers are Correct
Type II
Type I
24
What is a species of organism that is likely to become extinct without help?
Threatened Species
Endangered Species
Extinction Organism
25
Read and Answer the following Question.
Tropical
Deciduous
Temperate
Coniferous
26
Any organism that uses the sun’s energy to create sugars is a
Primary Consumer
Omnivore
Primary Producer
Secondary Consumer
27
What is a group of organisms that can interbreed and create fertile offspring?
Community
Organism
Symbiotic Relationship
Species
28
Which is the highest population density of grasshoppers?
1 grasshoppers/1 square meters
35 grasshoppers/10 square meters
40 grasshoppers/30 square meters
2 grasshoppers/5 square meters
29
Natural resources that are naturally replenished over months, years, or decades are called
Renewable Resources
Footprints
Nonrenewable Resource
Fossil Fuels
30
Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?
Wind Energy
Crude Oil
Coal
Natural Gas
31
The equation for determining population growth is
(births + emigration) + (deaths – immigration).
(birth s+ immigration) – (deaths + emigration).
(births + immigration) + (deaths – emigration).
32
Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
Bacteria
Cells
Precipitation
Humans
33
A tick sucking the blood of a moose is what type of interaction?
Predation
Symbiosis
Parasitism
Herbivory
34
In order of smallest to largest, an ecologist studies life at these scales:
Biosphere, Ecosystem,Population, Individual, Community
Individual, Community,Population, Ecosystem, Biosphere
Ecosystem, Community,Population, Individual, Biosphere
Individual, Population,Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
35
In a population of 100 monkeys, you count 48 males and 52 females. What does this represent?
Carrying Capacity
Age Ratio
Gene Ratio
Sex Ratio
36
In the years immediately after a fire, a forest will experience
Tertiary Succession
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
None of the answers are correct
37
The idea of evolution is considered a _________ because it has a _________ amount of evidence.
Law, Large
Theory, Large
Hypothesis, Large
Theory, Small
38
The ultimate source of energy in every environment is....
The Sun
Rocks
Omnivores
Bacteria
39
What is one individual living thing?
Species
Population
Community
Organism
40
An interaction in which an individual kills and consumes an individual of another is called
Symbiosis
Parasitism
Predation
Herbivory
41
Which of the following countries has the largest ecological footprint?
Australia
USA
France
South Africa
42
What are the four methods of evolution?
Mutation, Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Migration
Mutation, Gene Drift, Immigration, ArtificialSelection
Mutation, Gene Drift, Gene Flow and Artificial Selection
Mutation, Gene Testing, Mutations, Change over Time
43
What is the three word definition that we use to describe evolution?
Generations of Time
Hypothesis Law Theory
Change over Time
Populations Never Change
44
When energy is transferred between trophic levels, the actual amount of energy transferred is
90%
50%
100%
10%
45
What products are created by the process of photosynthesis (What is produced, not used)?
Carbohydrates and Carbon Dioxide
Sunlight and Energy
Oxygen and Carbohydrates
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
46
What does the diagram below represent?
Periodic Table
pH Scale
Ion Chart
Polarity Scale
47
Which of the following is the correct age of the universe?
A few hundred years
Thousands of Years
Millions of Years
Billions of Years
48
Which of the following characterizes are used to classify biomes?
Climate
Biotic Factors
All of the Answers Are Correct
Abiotic Factors
49
What percentage of Earth's surface is covered in water?
92%
70%
10%
40%
50
A resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called
Nonrenewable Resource
Sustainable Resource
Renewable Resource
Footprint Resource
51
Which of the following has the largest biomass?
Plants
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
52
Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have more life—both producers and consumers?
Aphotic Zone
Benthic zone
All of the Zones have Equal Production
Photic Zone
53
What does biology mean?
Study of Matter
Study of Abiotic Factors
Study of Learning
Study of Life
54
Humans, by natural instinct and digestive capabilities are…
None are correct.
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
55
The Graph below represents what type of growth?
Exponential Growth
Limiting Growth
Logistic Growth
Decreasing Growth