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food web, food chain, ecology
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1
All the feeding relationships in an ecosystem?
trophic level
food chain
food pathway
food web
2
What type of organism eats plants?
carnivores
primary consumers
decomposers
herbivores
3
Water evaporating off the leaves of a plant?
condensation
evaporation
trasnpiration
precipitation
4
A dead organism is known as a ___factor?
biotic
abiotic
5
What is another name for a producer?
carnivore
autotroph
cow
heterotroph
6
Which is an abiotic factor we need to live?
seeds
other animals
water
worms
7
Animals who eat are called ?
omnivores
consumers
herbivores
carnivores
8
Nitrogen fixation relies on ___?
plants
bacteria
fungus
animals
9
What provides energy for a food web?
sunlight
producers
decomposers
herbivores
10
The process of a plant making food is called?
chemosynthesis
food web making
biogenesis
photosynthesis
11
Which of these has the most energy?
plants
tertiary consumer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
12
What do we need nitrogen for?
hydration
breathing
building body part (proteins)
energy
13
Which is NOT a producer?
plant
animals
algae
bacteria
14
How much energy is passed from one level to the next in a food chain?
10%
no energy is passed along
1%
100%
15
Which process does NOT involve the carbon cycle?
cellular respiration (breaking down food)
transpiration
photosynthesis
fossil fuels burning
16
Which is a second level consumer?
hawk
shrew
marsh grass
cricket
17
Which is a community?
whales in the sea
Robins and Cardinals in Chicago
people in Lombard
squirrels in Roselle
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Who does the hawk get energy from?
marsh grass
frog
shrew
cricket
19
The area of Earth that can support life?
ecosystem
biosphere
population
biome
20
One step in a food chain is called?
consumer level
trophic level
decomposer
producer
21
Who performs cellular respiration?
animals only
all organisms
plants only
bacteria and fungi
22
The process of water changing from liquid to gas?
condensation
precipitation
evaporation
transpiration
23
Animals who eat dead organisms for their food?
heterotrophs
autotrophs
scavengers
decomposers
24
What are the reactants for cellular respiration?
water, carbon dioxide
oxgyen and water
carbon dioxide and glucose
oxygen, glucose
25
The study of living things and their environment is called?
chemistry
ecology
biology
photosynthesis
26
Amount of living matter?
biology
biogeneous
biomass
biosphere
27
Organims like fungi and bacteria that recycle the nutrients of dead organisms are called?
carnivores
herbivores
decomposers
photosynthesizers
28
Grass-->Worm-->Raccoon-->Eagle Worm 500 kcal, how much eagle?
500 kcal
5 kcal
50 kcal
5000 kcal
29
What is NOT part of a community?
water
seeds
leaves
worms
30
What are the products of photosynthesis?
carbon dioxide, glucose and water
water, sunlight and glucose
oxygen, carbon dioxide and water
glucose, oxygen
31
Using the diagram. What is this called?
food chain
food trophic level diagram
food web
food pyramid
32
Which is a biotic factor in a mini-ecosystem?
carbon dioxide
nitrogen gas
water
radish seed
33
Predators are animals who __?
break stuff down
eat plants
make food
eat prey
34
Animal who eat plants and other animals are known as?
omnivores
carnivores
herbivores
detritivores
35
What do you call an organism who eats primary consumers?
secondary consumers
producers
decomposers
tertiary consumers
36
Heterotrophs are ___
self-feeders
herbivores
rely on others to feed
make their own food
37
What do plants need?
carbon dioxide and water
oxygen and water
water and glucose (sugar)
glucose and oxgyen
38
What would the sun be?
biotic
abiotic
a combination of biotic and abiotic
neither biotic or abiotic
39
Which is a biotic factor that we need?
food
water
oxygen
sunlight
40
Grass-->Worm-->Raccoon-->Wolf Who is the tertiary consumer?
wolf
worm
raccoon
grass
41
What is there the MOST biomass of?
omnivores
large predators
herbivores
plants
42
Organisms that eat plants are called?
omnivores
carnivores
plants
herbivores
43
Sometimes energy is wasted as (this form)?
gamma waves
light
heat
sound
44
What is another word for autotroph?
heterotroph
herbivore
carnivore
producer
45
Sunlight, water and ___ are need by a plant to make food?
nitrogen
bacteria
carbon dioxide
oxygen
46
As we move up the food pyramid we run out of ?
animals and energy
energy only
animals only
we don't run out of anything
47
One pathway in a food web is called?
a pyramid step
a feeding pattern
a food chain
a trophic level
48
Which part of the water cycle involves living organisms?
precipitation
condensation
evaporation
transpiration
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What happens to the energy as it moves through a food web?
it is used up
in doubles
it increases
it becomes heat
