stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Water and Ecology Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Water and Ecology Review
Water and Ecology Review
34 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
688 plays
Gifted 7th grade ecology #ecology #7thgrade #azstandards
Flashcards
34 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
34
Answers
1
Obtains food by eating, cannot produce own food.
Organism
Consumer
Prey
Producer
2
Which of these is a primary consumer?
A
C
B
D
3
If pollution enters a river at the headwaters, what could happen to the water down river?
Only the area that the pollution entered will be affected
It could also be polluted
Nothing will happen
The pollution will stay in that spot only
4
Organisms that use any outside energy source, such as the sun, to produce energy rich molecules
Carnivore
Producer
Herbivore
Decomposer
5
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
Food web
Food chain
Population
Ecosystem
6
Which is NOT a direct consequence of rising ocean temperatures?
coral bleaching
rising sea levels
shells dissolving
glacier melting
7
An owl ate a snake, that ate a mouse, that ate some grass, which one is the producer?
Owl.
Grass
Mouse.
Snake.
8
When a person dumps old oil from their car on the ground, how is the environment affected?
Fertilizer for invasive plant species.
No effect.
Could pollute groundwater.
Acts as insect repellent.
9
A producer is..
Interacting group of various species in a common location.
Organism capable of producing its own food.
A series of organisms each dependent on next as food source.
Any living component that affects another organism
10
Which of these is a tertiary consumer?
A
C
B
D
11
Oil spills from a damaged barrell. What is the MOST significant problem?
The oil and water will mix
Nothing will happen
The oil will cause the barrell to dry up
Moving groundwater can take the oil to other areas
12
If the rodent population decreases in a country ecosystem, what happens to the owls?
They become endangered.
Their numbers stay the same.
Their numbers increase.
Their numbers decrease.
13
Study that deals with relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Ecosystem
Ecology
Biology
Biogenetics
14
Which of these is a secondary consumer?
C
B
A
D
15
Which of the following is an organism?
Sand
Sunlight
Dandelion
Water
16
Which term describes the NUMBER of DIFFERENT biotic species in an area?
Biodiversity
Habitat
Consumer
Producer
17
What fuels all of the food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids?
Plants
Animals
the Sun
Decomposers
18
The more BIODIVERSITY an ecosystem has the better each species will be.
True
False
19
A food chain is...
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
All the organisms living in a geographical area.
Series of organisms dependent on next as a food source.
Interacting group of various species in a common location.
20
Biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
Ecology
Economy
Ecobiology
Ecosystem
21
Who is responsible for taking care of our groundwater?
Only industries
Only the government
Everyone
Only farmers
22
Which of these are all examples of abiotic factors?
Water, sunlight, mushroom.
Temperature, goldfish, sunlight.
Tree, temperature, mushroom.
Water, temperature, sunlight.
23
The 10% Law law states that only 10 calories move up each trophic level.
True
False
24
In Primary Succession the soil has to be created.
False
True
25
Which of the following is a nonliving feature of the environment?
Fungi
Sun
Bacteria
Cow
26
A Lichen is a pioneer species.
True
False
27
Which of these is a producer?
C
A
D
B
28
If there are still spaces that could hold water in the soil you are in the saturated zone.
True
False
29
Which of these are all examples of biotic factors?
Goldfish, tree, water.
Tree, goldfish, mushroom
Temperature, goldfish, tree.
Sunlight, mushroom, temperature.
30
An organism that cannot make its own food
Plant
Algae
Producer
Consumer
31
All of the water that flows to the same location creates a .......
The ocean
Pond
Watershed
Lake
32
In secondary succession the soil is still there.
True
False
33
What do the arrows in a food chain and web mean?
what animal eats the least
the flow of energy
what animal eats the others
what animal eats the most
34
Fungi, worms and bacteria play what role in an ecosystem.
Break down remains of living things
Provide oxygen to animals
Obtain dissolved oxygen from moisture.
Stores chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
