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Chapters 3 and 4 Argo Community High School General Biology Ms. Gergits
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To avoid competition organisms may
have different niches
share areas
migrate to new areas
all of these
2
___% of energy is lost between organisms in food chains and energy pyramids.
90
80
75
10
3
The first organisms to arrive in an area are
autotrophs
heterotrophs
carnivores
pioneer species
4
How is a water cycle different from the flow of energy?
matter is recycled
matter is recycled and changes form
matter is lost
matter is given away
5
What type of light was best for photosynthesis?
blue
green
purple
red
6
These organisms are
cause no harm
predators
parasites
mutualistic
7
A frog would be
abiotic
biotic
yummy
dead
8
The series of steps in which a large fish eats a small fish that ate algae is a
food web
pyramid of numbers
food chain
pyramid of energy
9
Soil development requires
erosion, wind and rain
weathering, hot and cold
weathering and erosion
snow,ice, rain
10
Which gas is forming in the tube?
oxygen
hydrogen
nitrogen
carbon dioxide
11
Dogs and fleas would be an example of
commensalism
predation
mutualism
parasitism
12
Which of the following are decomposers?
oak tree
bacteria
fox
robin
13
How is water recycled from land to atmosphere?
condensation and perculation
perculation and ground water
evaporation and transpiration
evaporation and runoff
14
Human activities produce carbon dioxide. Which ones?
transportation
deforestation
swimming
manufacturing
15
The group of organisms always found as the base of a food web or chain are
people
parasites
producers
predators
16
Plants need different resources than animals because they
heterotrophs
autotrophs
17
All ecological pyramids that we studied
varied as you go up trophic levels
increased as you go up trophic levels
decreased as you go up trophic levels
stayed the same for each trophic level
18
Humans cause most carbon dioxide through
transportation
breathing
manufacturing
raising cattle and pigs
19
Lichens, mosses, and weeds are often
parasitic
symbiotic
pioneer species
climax community
20
A food _____links all the food chains in an ecosystem.
chain
level
pyramid
web
21
We required energy from other organisms, that makes us
chemosynthesizers
consumers
abiotic
producers
22
This is an example of
parasitism
mutualism
commensalism
23
Primary producers are organisms that can
form energy through photosynthesis
consumer plants and animals and dead matter for energy
rely on others for energy
obtain energy from plants
24
The niche of this big cat would be
parasite
herbivore
predator/carnivore
producer
25
Nutrients move through an ecosystem in a
ecological pyramids
energy pyramids
biogeochemical cycles
water cycles
26
Competition for resources can result in
more diseases
stress and death
all of these
loss of territory
27
A fox prefers living inside of a den. This would be part of their
habitat
niche
28
This is an example of
parsitism
mutualism
commensalism
29
A pyramid of biomass shows the amount of ___ available on each trophic level.
living stuff
living junk
living biomass
living carnivores
30
What causes the greenhouse effect?
Greenhouse gases trap radiant heat
Carbon dioxide
deforestation
CFCs
31
Primary producers would be
trees and grass
only trees
all plants, algae, phytoplankton
only grass
32
Nitrogen fixation occurs in the roots of legume type plants with the help of
fungus
viruses
lichens
bacteria
33
How is most heat lost as it goes to another organism?
combustion
heat
sunlight
digestion
34
Ecosystems can change over time due to ____.
succession
success
recycling
replacement
35
Trophic levels include
producers and consumers by level
niches
types of symbiosis
energy changes
36
A farmer lets a field go back to its natural state; this is anexample of
secondary succession
primary succession
37
Producers can convert ____into energy/sugar and oxygen.
carbon dioxide and water
sunlight and chlorophyll
sunlight and water
carbon monoxide and water
38
Climate change is causing
stronger storms
all of these
change in seasons
loss of coast lines
39
Niches can be shared if organisms divide the space or
use the space at different times
compete for the space
don't use the space at all.
use the space at the same time
40
The last consumer in a food chain receives the _____ energy from the producers.
most
least
same
41
Every organism needs nutrients to build tissue and carry out life functions such as
reproduction
all of these
growth
development
42
When nitrogen is turned back into nitrogen gas by bacteria, _______has occurred.
denitrification
nitrification
43
An area was destroyed by a fire, it must go through ___ to become a forest again.
drought
primary succession
secondary succession
pioneer
44
This is a pyramid of
population
energy
numbers
biomass
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Which organism supports all others?
producers
sun
decomposers
consumers