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Duplicate of Ecology Exam Review Game
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Study for your Ecology Exam on Tuesday 4/1.
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1
Which of the following is NOT one of the four ABIOTIC factors in an ecosystem?
Plants
Water
Light
Soil
2
Which of the following is NOT an effect of HABITAT LOSS?
Biodiversity is lowered
Organisms loose their homes
Less trees can damage the soil
Birds and insects have more places to live
3
Which of the following processes in the nitrogen cycle directly returns nitrogen back to the soil?
Respiration performed by consumers
Decay and decomposition of living things
Consumption performed by producers
Burning of fossil fuels by factories
4
Which choice is not a usual reason for competition in nature?
Over food
Over mates
Over anger
Over shelter
5
Which the same organism is a secondary consumer as well as a tertiary consumer.
Snake
Owl
Rabbit
Bird
6
A negative result of organisms staying close together.
Easier to find a mate.
Difficult for predators to pick out one target.
Can work together to find or catch food.
More likely to fight with other animals.
7
Which statement provides the best explanation for the difference in biomass of organisms found at each trophic level?
Organisms at lower trophic levels provide less energy
Organisms at higher trophic levels have less energy
Organisms at higher trophic levels require smaller habitats
Organisms at lower trophic levels outcompete organisms at higher levels
8
What is the study of organisms and their environment called?
Biology
Geology
Ecology
Psychology
9
The best tool to show energy passing from ALL organisms in an ecosystem.
Food Chain
Food Line
Food Store
Food Web
10
What is the best answer for a COMMUNITY?
One population living in a single spot.
Group of populations living in the same place.
Many people living across the world.
A college where people go to learn more about the world.
11
A soccer field is mowed once a week. What effect does continual mowing have on the ecology of the field?
Mowing increases the number of species found in the field.
Mowing maintains a low species diversity by inhibiting further succession.
Mowing causes different types of communities to form across the field.
Mowing increases nonnative species displacing the native species.
12
What would be the most likely effect of a wildfire that burned a large area of a forest?
More sugars and starches would be available for animals in the area.
The availability of fossil fuels for use by industries would be reduced.
An increase in animal respiration would increase release of carbon dioxide.
Less carbon dioxide would be removed from the atmosphere by plants.
13
When an organism has adapted to fulfill a specific role in an ecosystem.
Profession
Job
Niche
Occupation
14
Which of the following is an example of COMMENSALISM?
A hawk eats a fish
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
15
Producers incorporate 12,000 KJ of energy into their tissues. How much energy would be in the tissues of herbivores?
120 KJ
1200 KJ
1.2 KJ
12000 KJ
16
In the nitrogen cycle ________ is responsible for converting atmospheric nitrogen (N₂) into a form plants can use.
Translation performed by the ribosome
Decomposition performed by mushrooms
Nitrogen fixation performed by bacteria
Respiration performed by consumers
17
A factor that contributes to algae overgrowth is overfishing. Because it does which of the following?
Increases the competition between different algae species
Inhibits the spread of pathogens in algae colonies
Allows more sunlight to be available to algae
Reduces the number of organisms that feed on algae
18
Which of the following is an example of MUTUALISM?
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A hawk eats a fish
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A tick drinks blood from a dog
19
Wolves chase and take down large animals, such as goats.
Predator-Prey
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
20
Microorganisms convert vegetable and paper scraps into rich fertilizer. What role do they play in an ecosystem?
The microorganisms turn solar energy into sugars.
The microorganisms are decomposers that help recycle nutrients.
The microorganisms help balance the numbers of producers and consumers.
The microorganisms function as autotrophs.
21
Which statement best describes how bacteria recycle matter in an ecosystem?
Bacteria produce toxins to prevent the growth
Bacteria are decomposers help transfer organic material back into the soil.
Bacteria cause diseases that limit the reproduction
Bacteria are producers that create energy
22
The physical location that an organism lives
Crib
Location
Habitat
Pad
23
Which of the following best explains what happens to most of the energy in a food web?
Most of the energy is stored in the organism
Energy is stored as chemical energy in the form of oxygen
The energy is fully transferred to the next trophic level
Only a small portion of the energy is transferred to the next trophic level
24
Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna are caught faster than they can reproduce. What effect will overfishing have on ecosystem?
Overfishing increases ecosystem stability by allowing prey to overproduce.
Overfishing has no effect on the ecosystem's stability.
Overfishing decreases the stability by disrupting food chains.
Overfishing makes the ecosystems more stable by increasing competition.
25
Which of these best demonstrates mutualism between certain types of bacteria and humans?
Invasive bacteria at an area of injury produce toxins
Bacteria become resistant to antibacterial medication.
Bacteria in improperly prepared food is consumed by humans
Bacteria obtain nutrients from the gut and produce vitamin K for humans.
26
A group of the same species living in the same area
Density
Family
Population
Species
27
Which word cannot be used to describe a PREDATOR?
Meat eater
Herbivoire
Consumer
Carnivoire
28
What is the smallest grouping of similar organisms called?
Species
Family
School
Pod
29
What is SYMBIOSIS?
A jealous relationship
A close relationship
A greedy relationship
A distant relationship
30
Which statement is an example of how carbon moves through a food chain as part of the carbon cycle?
Producers take in carbon dioxide, and consumers release it.
Producers release carbon dioxide, and consumers take it in.
Producers take in carbon from the soil, and release it when they decompose.
Producers release carbon into the soil, and consumers take it from soil.
31
Which is the proper order for the FIVE LEVELS that environments are organized into.
Organism, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Biome
Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism.
Community, Population, Organism, Biome, Ecosystem.
Biome, Organism, Ecosystem, Population, Community.
32
Researchers have observed striped hyenas and gray wolves hunting together in certain areas.
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Predator-Prey
33
Ants carry leaves to fungi that convert them into food for the ants. The fungi also depend on the leaves for food.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Competition
34
The pygmy seahorse does not harm or benefit the sea fan while it grasps the branches with its tail.
Mutualism
Parasite/host
Commensalism
Predator/prey
35
The living factors in an ecosystem
Biotic
Unbiotic
Rebiotic
Abiotic
36
Removal of which organism would cause the most instability in the ecosystem?
Zooplankton
Cephalopods
Kittiwakes
Foxes
37
Which of the following is an example of PARASITISM?
A hawk eats a fish
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
38
After a wheat field is cleared, wild grasses and weeds begin growing. This process is considered –
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
39
Why is wheat field clearing considered secondary succession?
because the field contains inorganic matter
because soil is already present
because pioneer species appear
because there are no large trees
40
The struggle between individuals or populations for a limited resource.
Competition
Struggle
Fight
Argument
