MP1 Review- Intro to Ecology

Question 1

all the organisms that live in a particular area, with their nonliving environment is called:

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Ecosystem

Question 2

The process an organism goes through in order to adjust in changes in abiotic factors is called

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Acclimation

Question 3

Name one consequence of increasing levels of ultraviolet radiation reaching Earth’s surface.

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Sunburns

Question 4

Organisms that can use the sun’s energy to manufacture glucose molecules are known as

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Autotrophs

Question 5

Which of the following might be included in a typical ecosystem?

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Photosynthetic plants., A variety of microscopic life., Animals of varying sizes and shapes

Question 6

Conformers are organisms that

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acclimate their diet to consume whatever is available

Question 7

The role that an organism has in its environment is called its

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Niche

Question 8

The network of complex interactions of feeding relationships of organisms in an ecosystem

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Food Web

Question 9

The portion of Earth that supports all life is called the:

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Biosphere

Question 10

organisms who expend energy to maintain an internal condition, like a constant body temperature

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Regulator

Question 11

This climate zone is most likely to have distinct seasons that range from hot to cold.

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Temperate Zone

Question 12

The physical, or nonliving, factors that shape or influence an ecosystem are called?

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Abiotic Factors

Question 13

The process by which water rises toward the surface in warmer regions is called an

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Upwelling

Question 14

Melting snow on a mountaintop feeds a stream that runs to a valley below. This is example of

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Ecosystem

Question 15

A linear series of steps in which one organism transfers energy to another organism is called a

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Food Chain

Question 16

What name is given to each step of a food chain?

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Trophic Level

Question 17

organism that can live in 1 particular environment or survive on 1 type of food would be called

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Specialist

Question 18

Athletes train at higher elevations develop more red blood cells to get oxygen in the thin air

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Acclimation

Question 19

In which of the following ways do decomposers benefit the ecosystem?

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Recycle chemical elements to the ecosystem to be used again

Question 20

An organism’s _____ is the place where it lives out its life.

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habitat

Question 21

The study of the interactions between living organisms and their environment is called

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Ecology

Question 22

All of the living organisms in an area form a(n):

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Community

Question 23

A blanket around the Earth that protects life from the harmful UV radiation from the sun is:

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Ozone layer

Question 24

The two methods by which heat is transferred throughout the biosphere are ____ & ____.

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Winds & Ocean Currents

Question 25

Organisms that obtain energy by consuming a variety of plants and animals are called

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Omnivores

Question 26

Deer, mice, owls, and crickets are most likely members of the same

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Community

Question 27

In which climate zone would the sun’s rays strike the Earth at a very low angle?

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Polar Climate Zone

Question 28

The biological or living influences on the organisms in an ecosystem are called

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Biotic Factors

Question 29

In which climate zone would the sun’s rays strike the Earth directly for most of the year?

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Tropical Zones

Question 30

Choose a human activity that increases the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Burning of fossil fuels

Question 31

Organisms that obtain energy by consuming bodies of dead organisms and/or their wastes are:

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Detritivores

Question 32

This phenomenon insulates the earth from the freezing temperatures of space.

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Greenhouse Effect

Question 33

This term describes organisms that are unable to make their own food molecules.

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Heterotroph

Question 34

group of organisms that can mate with one another and live in the same general area is known as

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Species, Population

Question 35

Earth has three major climate zones that are determined by the _______of the region.

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Latitude

Question 36

What is the name of the molecule that consists of three atoms of oxygen?

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Ozone

MP1 Review- Intro to Ecology

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MP1 Review- Intro to Ecology

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