Review Quiz

Question 1

Trees and shrubs not grow in temperate grasslands. What abiotic factor causes this?

Accepted Answer

seasonal drought

Question 2

In a food chain or an energy pyramid, when going up a trophic level 90% of the energy is

Accepted Answer

used by decomposers

Question 3

If bushes were removed from the food ecosystem then what chain would completely cease to exist?

Accepted Answer

locust --> shrike --> caracal

Question 4

The sum total of all of the genetic information carried by a species.

Accepted Answer

genetic biodiversity

Question 5

Which is the correct organization of the ecological levels of study?

Accepted Answer

Species, populations, communities

Question 6

A small fish attaches to a whale and gets to travel w/o using energy. The whale is not harmed.

Accepted Answer

commensalism

Question 7

Which of the following is a food chain the food web shown in figure 3-4?

Accepted Answer

grass, grasshopper, snake, hawk

Question 8

In which biome do you find plants with large leaves that maximize the use of available sun?

Accepted Answer

tropical rainforest

Question 9

Plants are?

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Primary Producers

Question 10

In an ecosystem there must be some organisms that return nutrients to the envir from the dead

Accepted Answer

decomposers

Question 11

Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes except...

Accepted Answer

transpiration

Question 12

The Study of interactions among and between organisms and their environment.

Accepted Answer

Ecology

Question 13

Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment except

Accepted Answer

plant life

Question 14

If the many of the producers were removed, then how will the ecosystem stability be affected?

Accepted Answer

become unstable because many of the food chains will be gone

Question 15

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within the food web?

Accepted Answer

trophic level

Question 16

In what kind of symbiotic relationship are both organisms both benefit?

Accepted Answer

mutualism

Question 17

The greater the biodiversity, the ____________ the ability for the species to adapt.

Accepted Answer

greater

Question 18

The number of species in the biosphere, or the number of species in a particular area

Accepted Answer

species biodiversity

Questions 18